Miranda Lambert – If I Was A Cowboy Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Miranda Lambert – If I Was A Cowboy Chords on Piano & Ukulele

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These are the chords for If I Was A Cowboy by Miranda Lambert on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard.

[Intro]
D         Bm           F#m
  Oh, ooh-ooh, oh, ooh-ooh
D         Bm           F#m
  Oh, ooh-ooh, oh, ooh-ooh

[Verse 1]
        D
Riding off in the sunset,
  Bm                  F#m
 blue eyes under my Stetson
          D
A little lady on the front porch
  Bm
wishing my heart would
         F#m
start settling
 D                      Bm
Big iron hips with the holsters
        F#m
I’d be looking mighty
fine on a poster
  D
Wanted by the law but
      Bm                 F#m
the laws don’t apply to me

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[Chorus]
            D       Bm
If I was a cowboy, I’d be
 F#m
wild and free
           D          Bm
Rolling around these towns
       F#m    A
 like tumbleweeds
          D
I’d be a legend at loving
      Bm
 and leaving
              F#m
Nipping on a whiskey and
 numbing up my feelings
                 D
You thought the West was wild
          Bm                  F#m
but you ain’t saddled up with me
If I was a cowboy,
              D
I’d be the queen
        Bm           F#m
Oh, ooh ooh, oh, ooh-ooh

[Verse 2]
          D
Sitting pretty on the prairie,
       Bm
baby, I’m your Huckleberry,
         F#m
let me hold you (Ooh, ooh)
      D                   Bm
This six gun sugars got a hair
                     F#m
 pin trigger, like I told
       A
you (Ooh, ooh, ooh)
           D
And this dove never really
       Bm
gets lonesome
         F#m
I never begged, never borrowed
 but I stole some
 D                         Bm
Wanted by the law but the laws
                F#m
 don’t apply to me, baby

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[Chorus]
            D
If I was a cowboy,
  Bm    F#m
I’d be wild and free
           D          Bm
Rolling around these towns
       F#m    A
 like tumbleweeds
          D
I’d be a legend at loving
      Bm
 and leaving
              F#m
Nipping on a whiskey and
 numbing up my feelings
                 D
You thought the West was wild
          Bm                  F#m
but you ain’t saddled up with me
            A
If I was a cowboy,
              D
 I’d be the queen
D   Bm   F#m
D   Bm   F#m

[Bridge]
    D               Bm
So mommas if your daughters
      F#m              A
grow up (Yeah, yeah, yeah,
           D
 yeah, yeah)
        Bm        F#m
To be cowboys, so what?
               A
(Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)

[Chorus]
            D      Bm
If I was a cowboy, I’d be
 F#m
 wild and free (Wild and free)
           D           Bm
Rolling around these towns like
   F#m
 tumbleweeds
(Towns like tumbleweeds)
          D
I’d be a legend at loving
      Bm
 and leaving
              F#m
Nipping on a whiskey and
                A
numbing up my feelings
                 D
You thought the West was wild
          Bm
but you ain’t saddled up
       F#m
with me (Saddled up with me
If I was a cowboy,
              D    Bm
 I’d be the queen
        F#m  A
Oh, ooh ooh, I’d be
          D    Bm   F#m  A
 the queen

[Outro]
D         Bm           F#m  A
 Oh, ooh ooh, oh, ooh-ooh
D         Bm           F#m  A
 Oh, ooh ooh, oh, ooh-ooh

How to play If I Was A Cowboy: key, chords and progression

If I Was A Cowboy by Miranda Lambert is centred on D major (two sharps: F♯, C♯). The song uses 4 chords: D, Bm, F#m and A.

Most of the song cycles through D – Bm – F#m – D (I – vi – iii – I in D major). In solfa, that is doh – lah – mi – doh. Get these 4 changes smooth and the rest comes quickly.

Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 2nd fret and play the shapes C, Am, Em, G (100% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 50% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.

Chord diagrams

D chord on guitar (xx0232)
DD F♯ A
Bm chord on guitar (x24432)
BmB D F♯
F#m chord on guitar (244222)
F♯mF♯ A C♯
A chord on guitar (x02220)
AA C♯ E

If I Was A Cowboy chords: questions

What key is If I Was A Cowboy in?

If I Was A Cowboy by Miranda Lambert is centred on D major (two sharps: F♯, C♯).

What chords are in If I Was A Cowboy?

If I Was A Cowboy uses 4 chords: D, Bm, F#m, A.

What is the chord progression of If I Was A Cowboy?

The main progression is D – Bm – F#m – D (I – vi – iii – I).

Is If I Was A Cowboy easy to play on guitar?

Yes, with a capo: put a capo on the 2nd fret and play the shapes C, Am, Em, G (100% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 50% without a capo).

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