A cowboy with no cows to feed

from Where it is you're from by Shades in a dark room

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This one is for my folks.

They lost their farm to the bank. A cult bought it and then bulldozed and burned the native forest on a New Years Day. As we watched.
Happy memories.

This love song is about finding success in failure.
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lyrics

A Cowboy With No Cows To Feed.

Intro: B B E B.

B
Woke up on a Sunday, hoping maybe Monday
E B
would be fair.
B E B
Got up, got dressed and grabbed my best cowboy hat.
F# E B
It had seen a lot of summers.
F# E B
It had seen a lot of rain.

B E B
The bank, it took my herd and it took my two hundred acres.
B E B
And it took my home and the horse I'd rode for ages.
F# E B
But you took my heart from me,
F# E B
So they couldn't take everything.

G#m E B F# F#7 F# F#7
And raising a three-child-family sounds like success to me. Yeah.
G#m
And being together through whatever weather
E B F#
Sounds like love to me.

B E F#
And we've seen a lot of summers,
B E F#
And we've seen a lot of rain.

Solo.
(B B7 B B7 E E7 B B7
B B7 B B7 E E7 B B7
F# E B B7 B
F# E B B7 B)

C#
Some say- they say, some say- they say,
F# C#
You cannot be
C# F# C#
A cowboy, if you ain't got no cows to feed.
G# F# C#
But I still have my cowboy hat.
G# F# C# F# C#
And I'm glad that I still have you.
G# F# C# F# C#
And I'm glad that I still have you.
G#
And I'm glad
F#
That I
C# F# C#
Still have you….

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D-Man: Lyrics, vocal, guitars, bass.
G-Hard: Keys.

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from Where it is you're from, released September 1, 2015
D-Man: Lyrics, vocal, guitars, bass.
G-Hard: Keys.

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Shades in a dark room Auckland, New Zealand

An NZ band of friends from Dargaville, Austria & the US, creating songs in a suburban Auckland garage.

"Proto-punk/alt folk"
"Kinda punk/New Wave."

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