Cowboy Junkies are a Canadian alt-country band formed by three siblings from the Timmins entertainment family (Margo Timmins, vocals; Michael Timmins, songwriter & guitars; Peter Timmins, drums) plus Alan Anton on bass. The group formed in Toronto in 1986. The band's name was simply a random choice as they approached their first ever gig, but it has come to perfectly represent their sound. (Some sources may credit Townes Van Zandt's song "Cowboy Junkies Lament" as the source of the band's name
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Transcribed by Brian Davies Comments & corrections to [email protected] More of my guitar music can be found at: http://www.ils.nwu.edu/~davies/
[G] [Am] [C] [G] [G] [Am] [C] [G]
[G] Place my body on the [Am] funeral pyre, [C] cut it loose to float down[G]stream. [G] Leave it frozen on a [Am] mountain top, [C] suspend it high to be picked [G] clean.
You said [D] never to grow [C] old, but you for[G]got to tell me how. [G] You said [D] never to grow [C] old and then sank your [G] teeth into those final feet. [G]
[G] Last night I dreamt of [Am] owls at my window. [C] I knew that time was winding [G] down. [G] Turned to tell you [Am] of my premonition, [C] changed my mind and lay back [G] down.
Chorus
[G] No sense wasting the [Am] time you got, [C] you got to walk down every [G] road. [G] No sense pretending that you're [Am] what you're not, [C] when you got to shoulder every [G] load.
Chorus
[G] [Am] [C] [G] [G] [Am] Cut it [C] loose, cut it loose, cut it [G] loose