01/02/2026
If I’m not writing about heroes, outlaws, and fast moving trains, I’m writing about the American cowboy. I wrote this song as a tribute to cowboys! That dying breed of men that dust off their chaps and climb back in the saddle again.
Dust Off Your Chaps
© Daniel Hammond
Verse
G Gbm Em\B D C D G G
Lawyers, Sold my horses, The bank stole my land
C C G G Am7 Am7 Am(Maj7) D7
My wife’s gone on holiday, With another woman’s man
G Gbm Em\B D C D G G
Green, Fertile valley, A cabin on the hill
C Bm Am D C D G G G G
She got the house, And my pick up, And I got stuck with the bill
Chorus
G Gbm Em\B D C D G G
Dust off your chaps, Fix that crease in your hat, And climb back in the saddle, And hang on
G Gbm Em\B D C D D
Sometimes, You can ride-em,’ And sometimes you can barely stay on
G Gbm Em\B D C D G G
So dust off your chaps, Fix that crease in your hat, And climb back in the saddle, And hang on
G Gbm Em\B D C D D G G G G G G
Sometimes, You can ride-em,’ And sometimes, You get thrown
Verse
G Gbm Em\B D C D G G G G
Everyone loves a cowboy, Except the woman that bares his name
C C G G Am7 Am7 Am(Maj7) D7
I need, A good hearted woman, To help me start over again
G Gbm Em\B D C D G G
Don’t you, Let-em’ break you, Cowboy you be strong
C Bm Am D C D G G
Tie on your dusty bandana, And keep pushing those doggies along
Chorus
G Gbm Em\B D C D G G
Dust off your chaps, Fix that crease in your hat, And climb back in the saddle, And hang on
G Gbm Em\B D C D D
Sometimes, You can ride-em,’ And sometimes you can barely stay on
G Gbm Em\B D C D G G
So dust off your chaps, Fix that crease in your hat, And climb back in the saddle, And hang on
G Gbm Em\B D C D D G G G G G G
Sometimes, You can ride-em,’ And sometimes, You get thrown
Bridge
B B Em Em Am7 Am7 Am(Maj7) D7
There’s too many, Damsels, In distress, For cowboys, To just fade away…
Tag
G Gbm Em\B D C D D G G G G G
So dust off your chaps, Fix that crease in your hat, And climb back in the saddle… And hang on
