G7    C
 I`ve  been walkin` the streets so long,
Singin` the same old song.
                                               G
I know every crack on these dirty sidewalks of  Broadway;
      F
Where  hustle is the name of the game,
                                                    C
And nice guys get washed away like the snow and the  rain.

               G
There`s been a  load of compromising,
       F           C
On the  road to my  horizon.
    F                       D                      Dm7  G
But  I`m gonna be where the  lights are shining on  me; 

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                  C        F  C
Like a rhinestone  cowboy, 
C                           Cmaj7         Dm7     G
 Riding out on a horse in a  starspangled  rodeo. 
G7          C        F  C
 Rhinestone  cowboy, 
C                               Cmaj7                Dm7
 Getting cards and letters from  people I don`t even  know;
G

                           F       C
An offer`s comin` over the  phone. 

Well I really don`t mind the rain,
And a smile can hide the pain;
But you`re down when you`re ridin` a train,
That`s takin` the long way.
But I dream of the things I will do,
With subway ticket and a dollar tucked inside my shoe.

There`s been a load of compromising,
On the road to my horizon.
But I`m goin` where the lights are shining on me;

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