Intro: C  G  C 

C                                       F 
Guitars and whiskey in a honky tonk somewhere 
                         C                                    G 
Cowboy angel said here's one about a girl with flowers in her hair 
     C                                                  F 
Wild flowers, asked the Knoxville boy, no the cowboy replied 
                            C                            G           C 
A wild rose like those that grows along the road, a slow burnin' suicide 



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          F                                          C 
Don't you cry for the cowboy angel, it's too late anyhow 
                                                             G 
He's too far gone, still ridin' on your tears can't help him now 
      F                     G                C             F 
Don't waste your love sweet Magdelene, it'll only slow him down 
          C                               G                 C 
Don't you cry for the cowboy angel ridin' out to that sweet town 


D                                                      G 
From Babylon to Joshua Tree, you could taste it in the air 
                         D                              A 
That grevious wine of sympathy and a cross no man could bear 
     D                                                        G 
Are you goin', asked the Knoxville boy, hell yeah the cowboy replied 
                             D                  A          D 
Then he blew his mind like a dandelion and rode off in the night 




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          G                                          D 
Don't you cry for the cowboy angel, it's too late anyhow 
                                                             A 
He's too far gone, still ridin' on your tears can't help him now 
      G                     A                D             G 
Don't waste your love sweet Magdelene, it'll only slow him down 
          D                               A                 D 
Don't you cry for the cowboy angel ridin' out to that sweet town 


          G                  D            A                 G       D A D 
Don't you cry for the cowboy angel ridin' out to that sweet town