Cowboy Song (Live)
Original track by Thin Lizzy taken from their 1976 Album JailBreak.
Bass performance Phil Lynott. Tab by bass50611. Welcome to my tab
This live version from the album Live And Dangerous that is first in a
trio medley. Note the ending. It goes into The Boys Are Back In Town.
This is how I played it with my rock band many, many moons ago.
Comments bass254@btinternet.com

                         NOTE THE TUNING

Intro: (Played quietly under guitar and vocals)
      I am just a cowboy...lonesome on the trail.....A starry night...The
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Ab|---------------7------9----------7------5------------------------------|
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    Campfire light.................The coyote call.........and the howling
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Db|-----------------------------7------------------------------------------|
Ab|----------------9-----7--5----------------------7----9------------------|
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    Winds wail......So I ride out...to the old sundown..........(1.2.3.)
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Db|----------------7-----------6-----------------------------------------|
Ab|--7-----5-------------------------------------9--------7---5----------|
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Chorus 1: (No Vocals)
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Db|-7--7---------7--7---------7--7---------------|
Ab|------5---5--------4---4----------------------|
Eb|--------------------------------7--5--2--0--5-|

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Db|-7--7---------7--7---------7--7---------------------|
Ab|------5---5--------4---4----------------------------|
Eb|--------------------------------7--5--2--0--5-5-5-5-|

Verse:
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Db|-7--7--7--7-------------------------------------7--7--7--7---6--6--6--6-|
Ab|------------7--7--7--8--9--9--9--7--5--5--5-4---------------------------|
Eb|----------------------------------------------7-------------------------|

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Db|-------------------------7--7--7--7-------------------------------------|
Ab|-9--9--9--7--5--5--5-4--------------7--7--7--8--9--9--9--7--5--5--5-4---|
Eb|-----------------------7----------------------------------------------7-|

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Db|-7--7--7--7---6--6--6--6---------------------|
Ab|-------------------------9--9--9--7--5--5--5-|
Eb|---------------------------------------------|

Repeat Chorus 1: (With Vocals)

Repeat Verse:

Repeat Chorus 1: (With Vocals)

1st Solo: (Repeat Verse)

Chorus 2 Part 1:              (No Vocals Play This x2)
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Db|-7--7---7-----7--7--7------7--7---------------|
Ab|------5---5--------4---4----------------------|
Eb|--------------------------------7--5--2--0--5-|

Chorus 2 Part 2: (Vocals but NO BASS)

2nd Solo:                           (Play This x2)
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Ab|------5---5--------4---4----------------------|
Eb|--------------------------------7--5--2--0--5-|

Chorus 3:                          (Play This x3)
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Db|-7--7---7-----7--7---7-----7--7---------------|
Ab|------5---5--------4---4----------------------|
Eb|--------------------------------7--5--2--0--5-|

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Db|-7--7---7-----7--7---7-----7--7---------------------|
Ab|------5---5--------4---4----------------------------|
Eb|--------------------------------7--5--2--0--5-5-5-5-|

Solo 3: (Repeat Verse)

Outro:
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Ab|------5---5--------4---4----------------------|
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Db|-7--7---7-----7--7---7-----7--7---------------|
Ab|------5---5--------4---4----------------------|
Eb|--------------------------------7--5--2--0--5-|

    Roll me over and set me free... Cowboy’s life......is the life for me..
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Db|-7--7---7-----7--7---7-----7--7---------------------------------------|
Ab|------5---5--------4---4---------2-------3----4---5-------------------|
Eb|----------------------------------------------------------------------|

SONG GOES INTO THE BOYS ARE BACK IN TOWN STARTING ON THE A