Intro: 

verse 1 

Dm             Dm7     G       C        G      Am   
   I was never one for singing   what I really feel 
F                        Dm    G                           Am 
   Except tonight I'm bringin'   everything I know is real 
C                   G                  G7        Bb 
Stars they come and go  They come fast they come slow 
                 A                 A7           Dm    F 
They go like the last light of the sun all in a blaze 
                   G      F G G7 
They always have a story 
    Am             Am7         C                    Am    F 
But it gets lonely here  when theres no one here to share 
                         Dm F                  G7 
We can shake it all away      If you'll hear a story 

verse 2 

C                   G                     Bb   Am 
People lust for fame   like athletes in a game 
                    G7                Dm 
We break our collar bones and come up swinging 
                    Dm7 
Some of us are down    some are crowned   
F                           G 
some are lost an never found 
G7                  C   G     
Those thats seen it all    
Bb                       Am7          Dm 
they live their lives in sad cafes an music halls 
Dm7                G     G7 
They always have a story 

verse 3 

     Dm7                   C    
Some make it when they're young  
G                    Bb              Am7 
Before the world has done it's dirty job 
 Dm                   F 
Later on someone will say you've had your day 
             G        C  G 
Now you must make way 

verse 4 

                  G7      C   G 
Some make it when they're old  
Bb                    Am             Dm             F 
Perhaps they have a soul they're not afraid to bare 
                           G      G7 
Or perhaps there's nothin' there 

Verse 5 

C                   G                            Bb 
Stars they come and go  They come fast they come slow 
                  A                A7           Dm    F 
They go like the last light of the sun all in a blaze 
                    G      Am G G7  
And all they see is glory 

Verse 6 

Am                     Am7             C                
So if you don't lose patientce with my fumblin' around  
F                              
I'll come up singin' for you 
G              C   G  Am7             Dm 
Even when I'm down       I'll come up singing    
G 
singing   
G7       C  G 
singing 


[Refrão]

       F     G    C      F  C 
Like a Rhinestone cowboy   
       Cmaj7               C                 G  C  G 
riding out on a horse in a star-spankled rodeo 
            F    G     C      F C 
Just like a Rhinestone cowboy  
        Cmaj7                  Am             Am7  G 
Getting cards and letters from people I don't even know 
        Dm            G        F     Em  Dm  F  Em  Dm  G   
Lord an offers comin' over the phone 
                                     F  Em  Dm  F  G 
Verse 7 

          C                                           F        C 
I've been walkin' these streets so long   singin' the same ole songs 
                                               G         
I know every crack in these dirty sidewalks of Broadway 
      F 
Where hustles the name of the game   
                                                   C    F  C 
And nice guys get washed away like the snow an the rain 
              G                            F            C 
Theres been a load of compromisin' on this road to my horizion 
    F                      D                     G 
But I'm gonna be where the lights are shinin' on me 


[Refrão]

       F    G     C      F  C 
Like a Rhinestone cowboy   
       Cmaj7               C                 G  C G  
Riding out on a horse in a star-spankled rodeo 
       F    G     C      F C 
Like a Rhinestone cowboy  
        Cmaj7                  C                   G             
Getting cards and letters from people I don't even know 
        G7                     F     Em  Dm  F  Em  Dm  G 
Lord an offers comin' over the phone 
                                     F  Em  Dm  F  G 
Verse 8 

       C                      
Well I really don't mind the rain and a smile can hide all the pain 
                                                            G        C G 
But your down when you're ridin' the train thats taking the long way 
    F                               
And I dream of the things I'll do with a subway token an a dollar tucked      

 Am7       C    G C 
inside my shoe 
               G                                F             C 
There'll be a load of compromisin' Lord on that road to my horizion 
    F                      D                     G  C  G 
But I wanna' be where them lights are shinin' on me 


[Refrão]

       F    G     C       F C 
Like a Rhinestone cowboy   
       Cmaj7               C                 G  C  G 
riding out on a horse in a star-spankled rodeo 
            F    G     C      F C 
Just like a Rhinestone cowboy  
        Cmaj7                  C                   G 
Getting cards and letters from people I don't even know 
                               F      Em  Dm  F  Em  Dm  G 
Lord an offers comin' over the phone 
                                       F  Em  Dm   
outro 

       F    G     C      F  C 
Like a Rhinestone cowboy