Am          C               F         C
Been in the saddle since the sun came up
Am          G                  F          G
Rounding up strays in, this ole; West Texas dust
Am          C                  F          C
She's been packing her things since I put coffee on
   Am      G         C
By sundown she'll be gone


[Verse 2]
Am          C               F         C
Damn this ole girth, worn right in two
Am          G                  F          G
But a spare length of leather and I'll make it do
Am          C                  F          C
Just when I think I've got life by the reins
   Am      G         C
Home ain't sweet home on the range


[Chorus]
   Am               C           F               C
If heartaches were horses and hard times were cattle
   Am            G              F           C
I'd ride home at sunset, sitting tall in the saddle
   Am               G           F               C
If heartaches were horses and hard time were cattle


[Bridge]
     Bbm                         C
And she'd say she loved me and this cowboy way of life
     Gm                         G
She'd be right beside me when we rode home tonight


[Chorus]
   Am               C           F               C
If heartaches were horses and hard times were cattle
   Am            G              F           C
I'd ride home at sunset, sitting tall in the saddle
   Am               G           F               C
If heartaches were horses and hard time were cattle