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Intro:
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Verse 1:
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On that very first day, the Lord sat down and saw fit to say
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'Let there be light!' so he could tell the day time from the night
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And then he spoke again, felt the wind come rolling in
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Smelt the rain, it soaked everything
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And then the mountains rose up, across the Great Plains
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And all the angels up in Heaven started singing,
'All it's missing is a pretty thing'
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Let there be cowgirls for every cowboy
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Make 'em strong as any man, Lordy
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Something you can't tame, she's a mustang
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The heartbeat of the heartland
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She's got a drawl, ya'll,
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Yeah, she's the salt of the earth that rocks my world
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Let there be cowgirls, come on
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Verse 2:
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He made me back in '68, the first time I met her I was nearly eight
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And she was ten, her name was little KayLynn
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She was born to a farmer who was friends with my father,
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I was in love with the sharecropper's only daughter
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Thought I was in, he made me think again
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But when I turned 16, I thought it couldn't get worse
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I saw her riding on a horse and fell in love so bad it hurt
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Let there be cowgirls for every cowboy
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Make 'em strong as any man, Lordy
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Something you can't tame, she's a mustang
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The heartbeat of the heartland
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She's got a drawl, ya'll,
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Yeah, she's the salt of the earth that rocks my world
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Let there be cowgirls, ooooooh, come on
Instrumental/Solo: C#5 E5 B5 F#5 (4x)
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Ooh, let there be cowgirls
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Ooh, let there be cowgirls
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Let there be cowgirls for every cowboy
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Make them strong as any man, Lordy
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Something you can't tame, she's a mustang
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The heartbeat of the heartland
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She's got a drawl, ya'll,
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Yeah, she's the salt of the earth that rocks my world
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Son!
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Let there be cowgirls, ooooooh
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Let there be cowgirls, come on
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Written by Chris Cagle/Kim Tribble