Tom: Am
INTRO:
Am C G Am
VERSE:
Am
Left his home in Louisiana
C
Headed for Nashville, Tennessee
G
Where he plays in the bars and prays to the stars
Am
To find his melody
Am
He spends all thoise nights under the neon lights
C
Trying to chase a dream
G
Where he tries to be heard singing someone else's words
Am
But there's more to him than what it seems
Am
See he's always been pretty good with a pen
C
And he wears his heart on his sleeve
G
So put him under the lights with a pic and a mike
Am
And he'll make you believe
CHORUS:
Am
'Cause he ain't no cowboy
C
No he don't try to play the part
G
He's just a southern boy who likes making noise
Am
And he sings straight from his heart
Am
He was raised on the mud from the Mississippi floods
C
Yeah, he's usualy a simple man
G
But you'll know his name, he'll make you feel his pain
Am C Am
With a six string in his hand
VERSE:
Am
He was always told he was chasing fools gold
C
'You'll never make it anyway
G
And even though he tried, the passion inside
Am
Just wouldn't go away
Am
So I guess you can blame that rhythm in his veins
C
It was too hard to ignore
G
And he's known all along right where he belongs
Em
And he can't fight it anymore
CHORUS:
Am
'Cause he ain't no cowboy
C
No he don't try to play the part
G
He's just a southern boy who likes making noise
Am
And he sings straight from his heart
Am
He was raised on the mud from the Mississippi floods
C
Yeah, he's usualy a simple man
G
But you'll know his name, he'll make you feel his pain
Am
With a six string in his hand
POST-CHORUS:
Am
No he ain't here to claim the money or the fame
C
Yeah, he's got a much bigger goal
G
To take his love and his hurt and pour it into verse
Em Em Am C G Em
That you feel deep in your soooooul Noooooooo
CHORUS:
Am
He ain't no cowboy
C
But he won't apologize
G
For his jeans or his boots or his deep southern roots
Am
Or the fire in his eyes
Am
Got that Mississippi mud, running through his blood
C
And he's never been ashamed
G
And he ain't backing down
G
Or leaving this town
Em
Till they all know his name
