Mar132026

Luke Combs – I Ain’t No Cowboy Chords on Piano & Ukulele

ChordsGadd11 G D4 C/G Em D/F#Em7 Cadd9DAm7G/BCmaj7CC/EDsus4

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These are I Ain’t No Cowboy chords by Luke Combs for Piano and Ukulele.

[Intro]
Gadd11  G   Gadd11  G
 Gadd11  G    D4  

[Verse 1]
        G
Well, I knew the day I met her
    C/G
One day I'd have to forget her
                 Em
But that didn't stop me from
 tryin' to hold her
         D4
Like the river holds the rain
           G
She always wanted wide
 open spaces
      C/G
And I tried my best to tame her
                 Em
But I would have been 
better off breakin'
  D4
A herd of wild mustangs

[Chorus]
           G
I ain't no cowboy,
 but I wish I was
          D/F#
We'd have rode off together
 in the settin' sun
           Em7              
Instead of watchin' her ride 
                 Cadd9
right out of my life
   D            G
If I could have roped 
her heart back in
             D/F#
I could have been what
 she needed when
            Em7        
She saddled up, and she
             D    Cadd9
 kicked up a cloud of dust
           Am7         D4  
I ain't no cowboy, but now 
        Gadd11  G  Gadd11  G
I wish I was

[Verse 2]
                G
If I could have been more
 like John Wayne
             C/G
I could have found a way 
to make her stay
              Em  
But she was a Lorie
 Darlin' lookin'
               D4
 for her Gus McCrae and at
 the end of the day

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[Chorus]
           G
I ain't no cowboy, 
but I wish I was
          D/F#
We'd have rode off together
 in the settin' sun
           Em7              
Instead of watchin' her ride 
                 Cadd9
right out of my life
   D            G
If I could have roped
 her heart back in
             D/F#
I could have been what
 she needed when
            Em7        
She saddled up, and she
             D    Cadd9
 kicked up a cloud of dust
  G/B      Am7          D4   
I ain't no cowboy, but, damn, 
          Cmaj7
I wish I was

[Solo]
G/B    Am7     D4  

[Chorus]
                G
Naw, I ain't no cowboy,
 but I wish I was
          D/F#
We'd have rode off together
 in the settin' sun
           Em7               
Instead of watchin' her ride 
                C   D   C/E
right out of my life
   D            G
If I could have roped 
her heart back in
             D/F#
I could have been what 
she needed when
            Em7        
She saddled up, and she
             D    Cadd9
 kicked up a cloud of dust
  G/B      Am7    Dsus4
I ain't no cowboy
    D           Gadd11
But now I wish I was

[Outro]
Gadd11  G    Gadd11  G 
 Gadd11  G   D4

How to play I Ain’t No Cowboy: key, chords and progression

I Ain’t No Cowboy by Luke Combs is in the key of G major (one sharp: F♯). The song uses 15 chords: Gadd11, G, D4, C/G, Em, D/F#, Em7, Cadd9, D, Am7, G/B and Cmaj7 and 3 more.

Most of the song cycles through G – C/G – Em – D4 (I – IV – vi – Vsus4 in G major), a pop progression that moves to the vi before resolving through V. In solfa, that is doh – fah – lah – soh. Get these 4 changes smooth and the rest comes quickly.

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