THIN LIZZY - "cowboy song2" Tablature
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Artist: Thin Lizzy
Album: Jailbreak
Tabbed By: Durx (sean.durx@btopenworld.com)
There seems to be a bit of confusion about this one. Some people say it's in Ab, some say it's in A. The right answer: Both.
This song was originally recorded in A, as it's almost impossible to play properly in Ab, but somewhere in the editing the pitch has been tweaked down ever so slightly - meaning that to the naked ear (and guitar) it's in A flat.
However I assure you that it's in (or at least was wrote and recorded in) A.
Anyways,
Intro:
A E
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|2---------------------------------------------------------|
|2----------------------2-2--------------------------------|
|2------------------2/4-----4p2p0--------------------------|
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I am Just a cowboy
F#m E D
|2-------------------------------2-----3p2-----------------|
|2-------------------------------3---------3---------------|
|2--------------------------1----2-----------2-------------|
|4--------------------------2------------------------------|
|4--------------------------2------------------------------|
|2---------------------------------------------------------|
Lonesome on the trail
A C#m
|---------------------4---------------------2---------3p2--|
|---------------------5----------------------------------3-|
|2--------------------6-------------------2---------------2|
|2--------------------6-----------------4------------------|
|2--------------------4---------------4-------2------------|
|---------------------4-------------2-----------0----------|
The starry night.... Campfire light
Repeat x2
[Chorus Riff]
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|2-2---2--------2-2-------2-------2-2--------------------2-|
|----4---4----4---------2---2---2--------0---------------2-|
|--------------------------------------------4---2----0----|
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--OR--
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|----7---7----------6---6--------4--2----------------------|
|7-7---7--------7-7---7------7-7------4-2-4/7--------------|
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Either way (it's up to you) repeat twice, then:
[Verse Riff]
|---------------------------------2---2---2--------2-2--2-2|
|---------------------------------2---2---2--------3-3--3-3|
|2---2---2-22---------------------2---2---2---1----2-2--4-2|
|2---4---2-22-----2---2---2-22----4---4---4---2------------|
|0---0---0-00-----2---4---2-22----4---4---4---2------------|
|-----------------0---0---0-00----2---2---2----------------|
|-----------------4---4---4-------2---2---2--------2-2--2-2|
|-----------------5---5---5-------2---2---2--------3-3--3-3|
|2---2---2-22-----6---6---6-------2---2---2---1----2-2--4-2|
|2---4---2-22-----6---6---6-------4---4---4---2------------|
|0---0---0-00-----4---4---4-------4---4---4---2------------|
|-----------------4---4---4-------2---2---2----------------|
Repeat x2
I am just a cowboy,
Lonesome on the trail,
Lord, I'm just thinkin' 'bout
A certain female,
The nights we spent together,
Riding on the range,
Lookin' back,
It seems so strange.
[Chorus Riff]
Roll me over and turn me around,
Let me keep spinnin' till I hit the ground,
Roll me over and let me go,
Ride me in the rodeo,
[Verse Riff]
I was took in Texas,
I did not know her name,
Lord, All these southern girls,
seem the same,
Down below the border,
In a town in Mexico,
Got my job,
Bustin' broncos for the rodeo,
[Chorus Riff]
Roll me over and turn me around,
Let me keep spinnin' till I hit the ground,
Roll me over and let me go,
Ride me in the rodeo,
Here I go.
[Solo]
I'm pretty sure this is about 85% correct.
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|14vvv-------14------14----16b18vvvr16p14------16p14-------|
|--------16------16-----------------------h16--------------|
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|17b-17b19r17p15-17b---17p15--17p15------------------------|
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|-------17-------------------------------------------------|
|16bvvv-----16---16p14---16p14-----------------------------|
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|---------------9bvvv--------------------------------------|
|7/9-9\7----7----------------------------------------------|
|---------9------------------------------------------------|
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Repeat Repeat Repeat
|--------|--------|------14|--------------17p14------------|
|--------|17p14---|14h17---|17bvvv--17p14-------17---17----|
|------14|------14|--------|-------------------------------|
|14h16---|--------|--------|-------------------------------|
|--------|--------|--------|-------------------------------|
|--------|--------|--------|-------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|------14----14h15p14-------------14----14h15p14-----------|
|14h16----14----------------14h16----14--------------------|
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|------14----15p14--17p14--15p14---------------------------|
|14h16----14---------------------16p14---------------------|
|--------------------------------------16------------------|
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[Chorus x4]
[Solo 2]
As with the first solo, it's at least 85% right.
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|----------------17------------14--------------------------|
|16b-16b-16brp14-----14-----16-----------------------------|
|------------------------16--------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
Repeat Repeat
|-----|--------------------------|-----------|-------------|
|17p14|--------------------------|-----------|-------------|
|-----|16--14h16p14----14--------|-----------|---14-14-14--|
|-----|-------------16----16p14--|------14-14|16-----------|
|-----|--------------------------|14h16------|-------------|
|-----|--------------------------|-----------|-------------|
Repeat
|---------|------------------------------------------------|
|----17p14|17b-17b--15\14----------------------------------|
|16b------|---------------16---------14--16b18r16p14-----14|
|---------|--------------------14h16------------------16---|
|---------|------------------------------------------------|
|---------|------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------17--------------------------------------|
|16p14------16bvvv-----16p14----14----14-------------------|
|------16--------------------16----16----14----------------|
|-------------------------------------------14-------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------14---17-16-14-16-17--------------|
|----------------------14---------------------14-----------|
|-------------------14-------------------------------------|
|---14-16-----14-16----------------------------------------|
|16--------16----------------------------------------------|
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|17p14-----14-17--17br--17-17------------------------------|
|------16--------------------------------------------------|
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[Chorus x2]
That's it! Hope someone can use (or at least make some sense of) this.
This musical interpretation has been removed due to a legal threat from Moses & Singer LLP, representing the National Music Publishers' Association (NMPA) and The Music Publisher's Association of the United States (MPA).
Unfortunately, these threats are fueled by greed and being masked by a "copyright infringement." They claim tab sites are "hurting the songwriters," but it's a known fact that the publishing companies garner most of the revenue. Instead, they would prefer you to purchase the official THIN LIZZY tablature which is an option we've always given our users. And due to the highly error-prone nature of tabs on the internet, many choose to go this route. These companies also do not realize that tablature sites help to promote their artists.
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