Bronco Bill's Lament Chords

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[Verse 1]
[G]I coulda been most any[Em]thing
I [C]put my [D]mind to [G]be,
But a [A]cowboy's life [C]was
the only life [G]for [D]me.
It's a [G]strong man's oc[B]cupation
ridin' [C]herd and livin' [Am]free,
But [Em]strong men often [A]fail
Where [Em]shrewd men [A]can prevail,
[C]I'm an old [G]man now [Am]with
nothin' left [D]to say,
But [C]oh [G]god [Am]how I[G] w[D]orked
my youth [G]away.

[Verse 2]
Well you [G]may not recog[Em]nize my face,
[C]I used t[D]o be a[G] star,
A [A]cowboy hero [C]known both near and [G]far.[D]
I [G]perched upon a [B]silver mount
[C]and sang with my gui[Am]tar,
But the [Em]studio of [A]course,
owned my [Em]saddle and my [A]horse,
But that [C]six-gun on on the
[Am]wall belong[D]s to me,
[C]Oh [G]god [Am]I can't[G] liv[D]e
a memory.
[G]

[Verse 3]
You know I'd like to put my [Em]finger
on that [C]trigger [D]once [G]again,
And [A]point that gun [C]at all the prideful [G]men.[D]
All [G]the voyeurs and the [B]lawyers
who [C]can pull a fountain [Am]pen,
And [Em]put you where they c[A]hoose,
With [Em]the language that they [A]use,
[C]An [Em]d enslave you till [Am]you
work your [D]youth away,
[C]Oh [Em]god h[Am]ow I[G] wo[C]rked my
youth [D]away.

[Verse 4]
Whoopee [G]ty [Em]yioh
[G]Whoopee ty [Em]yi ay,
[G]One man's [E]work is [A]another man's [D]play
[C]Oh [G]God [Am]how I[G] w[D]orked my youth a[G]way.

[Verse 5]
You see I [G]always [D]liked the not[Em]ion
of [C]a cowboy [D]fighting [G]crime,
[A]This photograph [C]was taken in my [G]prime,
[D]
I could [G]beat those des[B]perados but
there's [C]no sense fightin' [Am]time,
[Em]But the singin' was [A]a ball
'Cause I'm [Em]not musical at [A]all,
I [C]moved [Em]my lips to[Am] someone els[D]e's
[G][Em][C][D][G][A][C]
[G]voi[D]ce.

[Verse 6]
[G]I coulda been most [Em]anything
I [C]put my [D]mind [G]to be,
But a [A]cowboy's life [C]was
the only life [G]for [D]me.
It's a [G]strong man's occu[B]pation
ridin' [C]herd and livin' [Am]free,
But [Em]strong men often [A]fail
[Em]Where shrewd men can [A]prevail,
I'm [C]an old [G]man now [Am]with
nothin' left to [D]say,
But [C]oh [G]god [Am]how I[C] w[D]orked my youth away.