Capo 1st fret

Standard (EADGBE)

Let's have a hand for that young cowboy

And wish him better luck next time.

I hope we'll see him up in Fargo

Or somewhere farther down the line

This time he sure drew a bad one

One that nobody could ride

By the way he pulled his hat on

You know he'd be there for the fight

Chorus

And it's the classic contra- diction [GD]

The unavoidable aff- liction.

And it don't take much to pre- dict, son

The way it always goes

'Cause one day she says she loves you [GD]

And the next she'll be tired of you

N' push'll always come to shove you

On that midnight rode- o

Instrumental

He almost made it to the buzzer

Somehow he gave up in the end

He put one hand around the other

And let that pick-up man on in

It was his last chance to ride it

Now he'll have to move a- long

But he knows back in his mind, that

He won't be away for long

Chorus

So let's have a hand for that young cowboy [GD]

And wish him better luck next time

I hope we'll see him up in Fargo

Or somewhere farther down the line