G   /   C   /   G   D   G  C  G

            G                          C
     Saw a sign on the highway I was driving along

          G                      D
     Way home on a hill top is where I belong

               G                         C
     I took a look at the home where my head used to be

               G                       D
     And I'll sing you a song that descended on me

          G            C            G       D        G
     The way I live determines the way my people survive

              G            C            G       D        C    C/B  Am7  G  C  G
     Yes the way I live determines the way my people survive

           G                      C
     So I went to the country to look up a friend

             G                           D
     Cos I heard that the house and the barn had a blend

               G                          C
     I took a look at the hole where the bird used to be

               G                          D
     And I'll sing him a song because he sang one for me

          G            C            G       D        G
     The way I live determines the way my people survive

              G            C            G       D        C    C/B  Am7  G  C  G
     Yes the way I live determines the way my people survive

               C           D           Bm
     And the names of the cowboys will all blow away

               C            D          Bm
     Like the dust off the desert on a hot windy day

                 C          D          Bm       C
     I've tried so hard to tell you in so many ways

                C            Am7            D                         G
     That I'm scared of the heartache and scenes with the cowboy of dreams

     G  /  C  /  G  /  D  /  G  /  C  /  G  /  D  /

               C           D           Bm
     And the names of the cowboys will all blow away

               C            D          Bm
     Like the dust off the desert on a hot windy day

                 C          D          Bm       C
     I've tried so hard to tell you in so many ways

                C            Am7            D                         G   C   G
     That I'm scared of the heartache and scenes with the cowboy of dreams