This Cowboy Song 
from the album "Fields Of Gold: The Best of Sting 1984 - 1994"
transcribed by Martin Nickel
transcribed by Scott Lapatine
  

This Cowboy Song - transcribed by Martin Nickel 

G
We rode all night across an endless desert
F
We had no moon to light our way
G
And though a billion stars were slowly turning
F
We lacked the consciences to pray 

  

G
Our horses running like devil chasers
F
Those feet they hardly touched the ground
G
Yes, I'm familiar with the grey wolves howing
F
But I'm certain I never heard this sound 

  

Eb
Devil to pay  On judgement day
Would Jesus strike me down
If I should pray
  

G
This cowboy song
           Em
It's all I know
         C                 Dsus
To bring me back into your arms
             G
Your distant sun
             Em
Your shining light
             C                 Dsus
You'll be my dark star shining tonight 

  

G
I've been the lowest of the low on the planet
F
I've been a sinner all my days
G
And I was living with my hand on the trigger
F
I had no sense to change my ways 

  

G
The priest asked if I'd embrace the ressurection
F
To suck the poison from my life
G
Just like an existential cowboy villain
F
His words were balanced on my knife 

  

Eb
Devil to pay  On judgement day
Would Jesus strike me down
If I should pray 

G
This cowboy song
           Em
It's all I know
         C                 Dsus
To bring me back into your arms
             G
Your distant sun
             Em
Your shining light
             C                 Dsus
You'll be my dark star shining tonight
Eb
Every night
Every night
All my distances afar 

G
This cowboy song
           Em
It's all I know
         C                 Dsus
To bring me back into your arms
            G
This cowboy song
            Em
This cowboy life
             C                 Dsus
I'll be your dark star shining tonight
  

G          F
Dark star, Dark star
G          F
Dark star, Dark star
...
[etc]
  

  

This Cowboy Song - transcribed by Scott Lapatine 

Main Riff: 

e |---------------------------------|----------------------------
B |-----3-----3-----3-----3---------|-----3-----3-----3-----3----
G |---0-----0-----0-----0-----0---0-|---0-----0-----0-----0------
D |-3-----3-----3-----3-----3---2---|-0-----0-----0-----0--------
A |---------------------------------|----------------------------
E |---------------------------------|----------------------------
  

e |-------------------------------------|----------------------------
B |------------3-----3-----3-----3------|-----3----3-----3-----3----3
G |---0-------0-----0-----0-----0---0--0|---0----0-----0-----0-----0-
D |-0-----0-----------------------------|----------------------------
A |-----2----3-----3-----3-----3---3----|----------------------------
E |-----------------------------------3-|-1----1-----1-----1-----1--- 

The chords for the Pre-Chorus ("Devil to pay...") are:
Eb C
The chords for the Chorus ("This cowboy song...") are:
G  B  C  D
The chords to the bridge thing ("In the night...") are:
Eb Cm C D 

Here's the lyrics (Or what they sound like...): 

(Verse 1)
We rode all night across an endless desert
We had no moon to light our way
And though a million stars are slowly turning
we lack of consciences to pray 

Our horses running like a devil chased us
those feet they hardly touch the ground
Yes I'm familiar with the gray wolves howlin',
but I'm certain I never heard that sound 

(Pre-Chorus)
Devil to pay
on judgement day
Would Jesus strike me down
If I should pray 

(Chorus)
This cowboy song
is all I know
to bring me back into your arms
Your distant sun
your shining light
you'll be my dark star shining tonight 

(Verse 2)
I've been the lowest of the low on the planet
I've been a sinner all my days
When I was living with my hand on the trigger
I had no sense to change my ways 

The preacher asked if I embraced the resurrection
to suck the poison from my life
Just like an existential cowboy villain
his words were balanced on my knife 

(Pre-Chorus)
(Chorus) 

(Bridge-type thing)
In the night
In the night
All my distances are far 

(Chorus) 

(Organ Solo) 

Dark star
Dark Star
(Howl)
Dark Star
Dark Star
Dark Star...
  

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Tabbed by Scott Lapatine
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