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