[Intro]
Bm
[Verse 1]
Bm
He wakes with the chickens and the Waco sun
Em G
He's got mouths to feed and cattle to run
Bm
Same as his daddy and his daddy done
G
It's all he's ever known
Bm
In this modern world movin' break-neck fast
Em G
He's a dyin' breed, a thing of the past
Bm
He'll be damned if he don't hit back
G
If you stand in his way
A
When there's nothin' more to say
[Chorus]
G
So here's to the lifers
The struggle-and-strifers
D A
Workin' long after the day is done
G
Here's to the broke-backs
The cowboys in old hats
D A
The last of the Great Generation
Em
It seems they still dream
[Verse 2]
Bm
She's a renaissance girl with a fire in her soul
Em G
She's got a pocket full of nothin', nobody tells her "no"
Bm
She flew into town twenty years ago
G
With a guitar and a song
Bm
She's been playin' them rooms but she ain't got far
Em G
Been livin' off tips in them Broadway bars
Bm
She's a troubadour queen but time left its mark
G
The scene's passed her by
A
In a world that's passed her by
[Chorus]
G
So here's to the lifers
The struggle-and-strifers
D A
Workin' long after the day is done
G
Here's to the broke-backs
The cowboys in old hats
D A
The last of the Great Generation
Em
It seems they still dream
[Bridge]
Bm G
No, they don't give up and they don't give in
D A
When things don't go their way
Bm G
Yeah we're gettin' knocked down, yeah we're gettin' back up
D A
Live to die another day
[Chorus]
G
So here's to the lifers
The struggle-and-strifers
D A
Workin' long after the day is done
G
Here's to the broke-backs
The cowboys in old hats
D A
The last of the Great Generation
Em
It seems they still dream
[Outro]
Bm