Space Cowboy Chords & Tabs
"SPACE COWBOY" (NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH "THE JOKER")
BY STEVE MILLER
FROM "LIVIN' IN THE U.S.A."
INTRO:
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
|-----------------|
|----------------*|
|----------------*|
|-1---1-----------|
MAIN RIFF:
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
|-----------------|
|-------------0-3*|
|-------0-1-1----*|
|-1-1-4-----------|
CHORUS:
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------*|
|-----------------|-----------------|-1---1---1---1---|-3---3---3---3--*|
|-1---1---1---1---|-4---4---4---4---|-----------------|-----------------|
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AND IT GOES LIKE THIS ONCE AFTER THE GUITAR SOLO:
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------*|
|-----------------|-----------------|-1---1---1---1-2-|-3---3---3---3--*|
|-1---1---1---1-3-|-4---4---4---4-0-|-----------------|-----------------|
WITH THE MAIN RIFF AGAIN, THEN TRIPELETS:
NOTE: I LIKE TO GIVE `ER A GOOD OCTAVE SLIDE BACK INTO THE MAIN RIFF.
1 X X 3 X X
|-------------|
|---------0-3-|
|-----0-1-----|
|-1-4---------|
NOW JUST STICK `EM ALL TOGETHER, AND YOU'VE GOT YOURSELF A SONG.
ROCK & ROLL.
BYE NOW,
-Russell