Old Wore Out Cowboys Song Lyrics and Chords by Johnny Rodriguez
Old Wore Out Cowboys
Recorded by Johnny Rodriguez and Johnny Bush
Written by Patsy Bruce and Ronald Robert Peterson
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There must be someplace for
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old wore out
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cowboys
Drifters and dreamers and
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pickers like
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me
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Where the
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cue sticks are straight and the
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beer's
alway
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s
cold
And the jukebox is playing
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Hank Williams for
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free
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I've worked in poolroom
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s barrooms an
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d
bedrooms
From Cheyenne to Memphis
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it ain't nothin
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g
ne
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w
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few wayward cowgirls
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too many state fair
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bulls
I rode ‘em all till Iâ
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€™m busted
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and
bruised
Repeat #1
I
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picked my guitar till my
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fingers were
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blistered
Blistered and bleeding
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and staining my
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jeans
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Some tried to whip me
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more didn't tha
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n
did
And I'm proud of my dues an
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d my guitar still has
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6
strings
Repeat #1
The
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jukebox is playing
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Hank Williams for
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free
FAQ
Who sang the the song Old Wore Out Cowboys?
- The song Old Wore Out Cowboys was sang by Johnny Rodriguez.
Who is Johnny Rodriguez?
- Juan Raoul Davis "Johnny" Rodriguez (born December 10, 1951) is an American country music singer. He is a Tejano and Texas country music singer, infusing his music with Latin sounds, and even singing verses of songs in Spanish.
In the 1970s and 1980s, he was one of country music's most successful male artists, recording a string of hit songs, such as "You Always Come Back to Hurting Me," "Desperado," "Down on the Rio Grande" and "Foolin'." He has recorded six No. 1 country hits in his career.
