The Last Great Cowboy (Americana)

Song Description

Genre: Country - Alternative, Folk Mood: Down/Dark/Melancholic, Laid Back/Groovy Speed: Medium Fast (95-130) Instruments: Acoustic Guitar (Guitar, Banjo, Mandolin) Track type: Lyric - Full Lyric themes: Loneliness, War, Change, Storytelling Keywords: acoustic, simple Ending type: End Sustain

Song Length 4:11 Genre Country - Alternative, Folk - Country
Tempo Medium (111 - 130) Lead Vocal Male Vocal
Mood Worried, Cool Subject Fear, History, Past
Similar Artists Bruce Springsteen, Marc Cohn Language English
Era 1800 - 1899

Lyrics

THE LAST GREAT COWBOY

STEVE DAFOE 2005

(COPYRIGHTED)

CHORUS:

Fmaj9 Gmaj9 Fmaj9 Cm7
AND THE LAST GREAT COWBOY RIDES ALONE

Fmaj9 Gmaj9 Fmaj9 Cm7
AND THE LAST GREAT COWBOY RIDES ALONE

Fmaj9 Cm7
RIDES ALONE.......

Fmaj9 Cm7
RIDES ALONE.......


VERSE 1 :


A Fmaj7 G
AND THE BARSTOOL PROPHETS

Fmaj7
THEY DIDN'T KNOW HIS NAME

C
BUT THEY'D TELL ALL WHO CAME


A Fmaj7 G
ABOUT THE LAST GREAT COWBOY

Fmaj7
WHOSE LEGEND ONLY GREW

C
WITH EVERY GLASS OF BREW

A Fmaj7 G
AND WITH EACH NEW ROUND

Fmaj7
THEY'D STAND UP DURING THE TALE..
C
AND SING A SONG TO HAIL

C EM
AND THIS IS HOW IT'D SOUND.......... TO CHORUS .......




VERSE 2:


A Fmaj7 G
AND THE BARSTOOL PROPHETS ...

Fmaj7
SAID THE TOWN FELT THE FEAR

C
AS THE RITCHIE GANG GOT NEAR...


A Fmaj7 G
AND A CALL WENT OUT...

Fmaj7
FOR ANYONE TO SEND...

C
HELP BEFORE IT WAS THE END...


A Fmaj7 G
AND WITH EACH NEW ROUND ..

Fmaj7
AS THEY CONTINUED THE TALE...

C
THEY' D SING WITHOUT FAIL...


C EM
AND THIS IS HOW IT'D SOUND.... ...... TO CHORUS.....


VERSE 3:


A Fmaj7 G
AND THE RITCHIE GANG

Fmaj7
SHOWED UP WITH FOUR STRONG

C
DIDN'T CARE 'BOUT WHAT'S WRONG


A Fmaj7 G
BUT THE LAST GREAT COWBOY

Fmaj7
MET THEM IN THE STREET ...

C
IN THE NOON'S SEARING HEAT...


A Fmaj7 G
AND AS ALL GUNS WERE DRAWN....

Fmaj7
THE COWBOY FIRED FOUR ROUNDS...

C
THE RITCHIE GANG WENT DOWN...

C EM
AND AS HE LEFT YOU COULD HEAR THE SOUND OF........TO CHORUS...








VERSE 4: (OPTIONAL)

(SOFTER SINGING)

A Fmaj7 G
AND THOSE BARSTOOL PROPHETS

Fmaj7
NOW DRUNK AND FAST ASLEEP

C
BUT TOMMORROW THEY'LL BE HERE...

C
TO TELL THE TALE THEY KEEP..

C EM
AND THIS IS HOW IT SOUNDS..... TO CHORUS......





NOTES: Fmaj9 IS (TO ME) Fmaj7 WITH HIGH "E" HELD

Gmaj9 IS ABOVE FMAJ9 BUT ON THIRD (3rd) FRET



Great song! It reminds me of Tom Petty. I love the imagery and the story. I definitely want to hear more so I will be friending you. Like said before, great song.

Bar stool prophets! I'm hooked!

Good song. I really liked the hook.

Great image and hook in an authentic roots style. Solid voice creates a sense of place and time, which is pretty much the whole deal.

This is a really great piece with an amazing way of wrapping the theme around the entire feel of the song. It feels very polished and well thought out with clear and concise thought. The Acoustic playing style creates the older country feel for the idea of an old last cowboy as the story unravels. There are few writers that are capable of thinking on this level in a story mentality and its absolutely refreshing to hear. Thank you!

This is a nice guitar vocal track. The chorus is good because it's very memorable melody. The ending was good with the guitar string bend. Nice job there. Maybe consider giving a little space at the end of each verse going into the chorus. Silence and space can be your friend if used correctly. So maybe cut the strum just before the chorus and let the last chord of the verse ring out.

very professional guitar/vocal. This acoustic demo is great for background music in movies and television. The melody is very catchy and memorable. The hook is strong and tells a story...this song reminds me of Waylon Jennings, Chris LeDoux and other great Americana/country artists...Michael Murphy is another...

Country, Folky, Americana... just a nice bar room troubadour type song.

nice acoustic cowboy song. folk/country , liked the theme and style of the vocals and melody

Good ole' country sounding song!! Great vocals! Nice acoustic guitar!!

Pretty nice songwriting demo. Really nice guitar work. Nice melody and pretty good lyrics. Kind of reminds me of Ed Bruce's LAST COWBOY SONG.

has potential--singing is good, a band would make it sound a lot more happening

Good story story telling....
Great song as an acoustic and vocal.
Which means it should be awesome fully produced.
Like the chorus... and the melody line.
Both,right in the pocket!
Very nice!

Lyrics Steve Dafoe Music Steve Dafoe
Publisher Steve Dafoe Performance Shawn Byrne

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