{"id":12411,"date":"2022-08-24T22:05:26","date_gmt":"2022-08-24T22:05:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/?p=12411"},"modified":"2025-09-23T01:29:12","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T01:29:12","slug":"whatcha-gonna-do-with-a-cowboy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/whatcha-gonna-do-with-a-cowboy\/","title":{"rendered":"Whatcha Gonna Do with a Cowboy"},"content":{"rendered":"

Shirley – Plaza Club<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/code>Chris Ledoux and Garth Brooks
\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

I can [C] see you got your eye on this old [C7] cowboy, <\/span><\/span>and I can [C] tell you've never [C7] had one for your [F] own.   <\/span><\/span>Or you've [F7] never been around one,  <\/span><\/span>now you're [C] thinkin that you've [A7] found one; <\/span><\/span>Well it [D] might be kinda fun to take him [G] home.\r\n<\/span><\/span>You [C] giggle every [C7] time that I say [C] yes ma'am;  <\/span><\/span>and I [C7] get this feelin if I held you [F] tight,  y<\/span><\/span>ou d be [F7] seein his and hers, <\/span><\/span>[C] buckles boots and [A7] spurs, b<\/span><\/span>ut [D] that's a feelin' you'll get [G] over over- [C] -night.\r\n<\/span><\/span> \r\n{ CHORUS } - - - <\/span>Cause [F] whatcha gonna do with a [C] cowboy <\/span><\/span>[F] when that old [F7] rooster crows at [C] dawn, w<\/span><\/span>hen he's [F] lyin there in- [F7] -stead, <\/span><\/span>of [C] getttin out of [A7] bed, <\/span><\/span>and [D] puttin on his [D7] boots and gettin [G] gone, [ A A# C ]\r\n<\/span><\/span>[F] What you gonna do when he says [C] honey <\/span><\/span>[F] I've got [F7] half a mind to [C] stay?   <\/span><\/span>[F] What you gonna [F7] do with a [C] cowboy, [A7]  <\/span><\/span>when [D] he don t saddle [G] up and ride [C] away.\r\n<\/span><\/span><\/span> \r\nYou can [C] see it takes a [C7] special kinda [C] woman  <\/span><\/span>to [C] put up with the life a cowboy [F] leads.   <\/span><\/span>Cause his [F] boots are always [F7] muddy, <\/span><\/span>and his [C] beer drinkin [A7] buddies <\/span><\/span>will [D] camp out on your couch and never [G] leave,\r\n<\/span><\/span>Don t [C] even start to [C7] think you're gonna [C] change him, <\/span><\/span>[C] you'd be better off to [C7] try and rope the [F] wind.  <\/span><\/span>What you [F] see is what you've [F7]  got,  <\/span><\/span>and he [C] can't be what he's [A7] not;  <\/span><\/span>and [D] honey you can't [G] hide him from your [C] friends.\r\n<\/span><\/span> \r\n{ CHORUS } - - - [ B A# A ] <\/span><\/span>when [D] he don t saddle [G] up and ride [C] away.\r\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Shirley – Plaza Club Chris Ledoux and Garth Brooks I can [C] see you got your eye on this old [C7] cowboy, and I can [C] tell you’ve never [C7] had one for your [F] own. Or you’ve [F7] never been around one, now you’re [C] thinkin that you’ve [A7] … CLICK TO VIEW SONGWhatcha Gonna Do with a Cowboy<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56,116,117],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12411","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-country-western","category-live-baritone","category-live-piano"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12411","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12411"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12411\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12411"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12411"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}