I'd Rather Be A Cowboy (lady's Chains) Lyrics - John Denver

This song appears on six albums, and was first released on the Farewell Andromeda Album, and has also been released on the Changes, Country Classics, The Country Roads Collection and The Rocky Mountain Collection Albums. A live version also appears on The Best of John Denver Live Album. 

Jesse went away last summer, a couple of months ago 

After all our time together, it was hard to see her go 

She called me right up when she arrived, asked me one more time to come 

Or livin' on an LA freeway, Ain't my kinda havin' fun 

I think I'd rather be a cowboy 

I think I'd rather ride the reigns 

I think I'd rather be a cowboy 

Then to lay me down and love the lady's chains 

We were just beginnin', it was such an easy way 

Layin' back up in the mountains, makin' songs for summer days 

She got tired of pickin' daisies, cookin' my meals for me 

She can live the life she wants to, yes, it's alright with me 

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I think I'd rather be a cowboy 

I think I'd rather ride the reigns 

I think I'd rather be a cowboy 

Then to lay me down and love the lady's chains 

I'd rather live on the side of a mountain 

Than wander through canyons of concrete and steel 

I'd rather laugh with the rain and the sunshine 

Then lay down my sun down in some starry field 

Oh, but I miss her in the morning, when I awake alone 

The absence of her laughter, is a cold and empty sound 

But her memory always makes me smile, and I want you to know 

I love her yes I love her, just enough to let her go 

I think I'd rather be a cowboy 

I think I'd rather ride the reigns 

I think I'd rather be a cowboy 

Then to lay me down and love the lady's chains 

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I think I'd rather be a cowboy 

I think I'd rather ride the reigns 

I think I'd rather be a cowboy 

Then to lay me down and love lady's chains 

Words and music by John Denver