The Only One I Know (Cowboy Life) - Cody Johnson Intro A
[Verse 1]
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Another Jake break wakes me up to a hotel lobby coffee cup,
C#m B A
That dirty old white pickup truck with the trailer hooked up by the Denny's she's mine
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Last night's bugs on the windshield, fast food trash on the dash meal
C#m B A
A speeding ticket and a doctor bill from a gash I got from a short go in Casper,
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Summer of last year, maybe next year
[CHORUS]
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Oh, and I ride and I fall, One day I might win 'em all,
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It's just broken hearts and broken bones, and a hell of a whole lot of being alone
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But I ride and I roam, where I hang my hat is home
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This cowboy life might kill me, but it's the only one I know
[Verse 2]
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Cell phone was breaking up, the night she called to say she'd had enough
C#m B A
Of my little white lies, little white lines, wanting somebody who could never be with her
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I look back on every fork in the road that I took to chase that buckle of gold
C#m B A
And wonder if what I held from what I hold is worth trading away, hell, I don't know
All I know
[CHORUS]
A E A E A
Oh, and I ride and I fall, One day I might win ’em all,
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It's just broken hearts and broken bones, and a hell of a whole lot of being alone
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But I ride and I roam, where I hang my hat is home
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This cowboy life might kill me, but it's the only one I know
[Bridge: E]
[Verse 3]
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Yeah it'll kill me before it ever lets me go,
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It'll kill me, but it's the only life I know
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And I'd rather die than be caught crying, so I just smile and wear my hat down l—o-w
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Wear my hat down low
[CHORUS]
E A E A
And I ride and I fall, One day I might win 'em all,
E B
It's just broken hearts and broken bones, and a hell of a whole lot of being alone.
E A E A
But I ride and I roam, where I hang my hat is home
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This cowboy life might kill me, but it's the only one I know
B E A E
Yeah this cowboy life might kill me, but it's the only one I know