You Aint A Cowboy If You Aint Been Bucked Off chords

Capo 4th

[C]

[C]I was mindin' my business and holdin' the fort
And [F]I still remember how you sallied forth
And my [C]mind, it was busy, warnin' my heart
But, hell, [F]you ain't a cowboy if you [Bb]ain't been bucked [C]off

The story's familiar, the oldest tale in the west
I [F]fell into love then the bird left the nest
Well I [C]guess that there's reasons we let our hard hearts go soft
And [F]you ain't a cowboy if you [Bb]ain't been bucked [C]off

There's [F]all kinds of horses will leave you [C]grabbin' the breeze
[F]Busted up and broken up with [C]scars you can't see
But if you [Fm]ain't been bucked off and been [C]throwed a few times
It [Fm]don't count for nothin' when you [C]make that last ride

[Fm] [Gm] [Fm] [C] x3
[Fm] [Gm] [Fm] [G]

In acoustic version:

e|-3--3-3-3-1--1-1-1-0--0-0-0----------|
B|-3--3-3-3-------------------3--3-3-3-|
G|-0-----------------------------------|
D|-0-----------------------------------|
A|-2-----------------------------------|
E|-3-----------------------------------|

Well the [C]years have passed quickly and ain't nothin's the same
Only [F]I don't feel different and you've hardly changed
Well I [C]guess what I'm sayin' is I'll give one last nod
'Cause [F]you ain't a cowboy if you [Bb]ain't been bucked [C]off
Nahh [F]you ain't a cowboy, if you [Bb]ain't been bucked [C]off