The Cowboy And The Hippie Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[D]On[G][D]
a highway through
the desert [G]beneath an overpass
Sat two [A]hikers just watchin' cars go [D]by
Now one was wearin'
[G]sandles with straggly matted hair
[A]Rose colored glasses for his eye[D]s

[Verse 2]
Now [D]the other was a cowboy,
he'd been [G]down on his luck
Lost his [A]money at the Tuscon Rodeo
[D]And he sat beside what remained
of his [G]trusty pickup truck
And like the [A]hippie now he's
thumbin' down [D]the road

[Verse 3]
[A]Now some folks don't realize
but [D]it's a well know fact
[G]Cowboy's and hip
[A]pies ain't never got [D]along
[A]Now was it just coincidence
[D]or some weird act of fate
That [G]brought these two to
[A]gether on the [D]road?

[Verse 4]
Well [D]they sat there without talking while
the [G]morning sun rose high
[A]When a hot desert breeze
commenced [D]to blow
And the fragrance of the incense
and six [G]weeks without a bath
Finally [A]drifted down and
reached the cowboy's [D]nose

[Verse 5]
[A]Well, man that really did it,
[D]he couldn't take no more
And he tied [G]his old bandana
[A]'round his fac[D]e
Said, "You [A]greasy stinking hippie
you'd [D]put a skunk to shame
[G]Boy, [A]you're a discrace to the
human [D]race"

[Verse 6]
Now [D]the hippie,
he just sat there and gave the [G]cowboy a smile
Said, [A]"Man, you don't smell so
sweet your[D]self
Well, I'm not too sure what that
green stuff is [G]on your boots
And on your jeans [A]but whew,
it's enough to make a buzzard belch"
[D][G][D]

[Verse 7]
The [A]cowboy said, "Now listen,
I ain't gonna [D]that that stuff from you
No [G]long haired freak's gonna [A]talk to me that [D]way,
get up"
Well, the [A]hippie said, "Now hold on man,
what [D]good's that gonna do?
You know [G]fighting never settles
[A]nothing [D]anyway"

[Verse 8]
Said, "You [D]know man, in a lot of ways,
we're [G]an awful lot alike
[A]Once you get down beneath the[D] skin
Like two books with different covers
but the [G]same words inside
[A]We're both brothers of [D]the wind"

[Verse 9]
"Now we [A]both love our freedom
and we'll [D]answer to no man
And you've [G]heard it said
to thine [A]own self [D]be true
We're [A]just a couple of free spirts
[D]drifting across the land
Do[G]ing exactly [A]what we want [D]to do"

[Verse 10]
Said, "Now [D]me I got my thing [G]and you,
you got yours
And [A]I don't see why we
can't get [D]along
They say the closest thing to freedom
[G]is livin' on the road
In a coun[A]try where freedom's
almost [D]gone"

[Verse 11]
Well [D]the cowboy,
he just stood there [G]and never said a word
But you [A]know this hippie sure
made a lot of [D]sense
Well, they shook hands and parted
[G]as a truck pulled to the side
And the hip[A]pie,
he went east and I went [D]west
[G][D]