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LANY – Cowboy In La Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Updated January 9, 2026

ChordsG C Em D

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[Intro]
G

[Verse 1]
G    C    Em         D   
Palm trees square dancing
           G    C  Em  D
 under the moon
G  C    Em          D  
Sunsets, they ain't got 
            G   C  Em  D
nothing on you
        G            C   
And the purple in the sky 
        Em             D
ain't as pretty as your eyes
G              C     Em   D
Tell me what I gotta do
            G    C  Em   
When you're with me it's 
       D         G  C  Em  D
better than Malibu

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[Chorus]
      G               C
Let's skip the club, let's 
skip the crowd
      Em            D
Wanna take you on a date
     G               C
I'll hold your hand, I'll
 hold the door
       Em               D
'Cause that's how I was raised
    G             C   
And all the other boys
             Em                D
 in town all look and talk the same
      G        C
But I got a different
 kind of heart
      Em     D
I'm a cowboy
               G  C  Em  D
A cowboy in LA
               G  C  Em  D
A cowboy in LA

[Verse 2]
G   C   Em            D   
Thunder, pickups, and cheap
        G  C  Em  D
 gasoline
G    C    Em         D   
Lightning, best show that
             G  C  Em  D
 I've ever seen
        G        C          
And you get up every day and
      Em                D
 you work hard for your pay
G          C         Em  D
Happy in a pair of jeans
    G C  Em         D
Oklahoma, it made a man out of me

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[Chorus]
      G               C
Let's skip the club, let's
 skip the crowd
      Em            D
Wanna take you on a date
     G               C
I'll hold your hand, I'll 
hold the door
       Em               D
'Cause that's how I was raised
    G             C           
And all the other boys in town
     Em                D
 all look and talk the same
      G        C
But I got a different kind of heart
      Em     D
I'm a cowboy
               G  C  Em  D
A cowboy in LA
               G  C  Em  D
A cowboy in LA

[Bridge]
    G           C
And we can take it slow
     Em        D
This ain't a rodeo
G          C               Em  D
I can show you something new

[Chorus]
      G             
Let's skip the club,
  C
 let's skip the crowd
      Em            D
Wanna take you on a date
     G              
I'll hold your hand, 
 C
I'll hold the door
       Em               D
'Cause that's how I was raised
    G             C        
And all the other girls in
           Em              D
 town won't look at you the same
      G        C
But I got a different
 kind of heart
      Em     D
I'm a cowboy                 
They got a cowboy 
      G  C  Em D
in LA
              G  C  Em  D
A cowboy in LA

[Outro]
G    C    Em         D   
Palm trees square dancing
           G   C  Em  D
 under the moon

How to play Cowboy In La: key, chords and progression

This is the chords of Cowboy In La by LANY on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard.

To play Cowboy In La by LANY, think in G major (one sharp: F♯). It takes 4 chords: G, C, Em and D.

Listen for G – C – Em – D (I – IV – vi – V in G major), a pop progression that moves to the vi before resolving through V: the song comes back to it again and again. In solfa, that is doh – fah – lah – soh. Once these 4 changes are comfortable, most of the song is done.

Beginner-friendly: every chord is an open chord on guitar, so you can play it without a capo or barre chords.