Cover art for I Hate Cowboys by Chase Rice
Jan. 6, 20231 viewer

I Hate Cowboys Lyrics

[Verse 1]
I hate cowboys
Their hats just look so stupid
Hate their Wranglers and their boots
And all them jukebox red-dirt songs
Man, I hate cowboys
They think they're scared of nothin'
Run their mouths about bulls buckin'
But eight seconds ain't that long
I wish they'd stay their ass at home

[Chorus]
'Cause they think that they're John Wayne walkin' through the door
Turnin' every head includin' yours
Pretty thing that's never seen one before
Has got a thing for bad guys, yeah
They ask her to dance while you're at the bar
Starts talkin' 'bout thеm Texas stars
Next thing you know, you got a broken hеart
She's gone and that's why I hate cowboys

[Verse 2]
How they're gone just like the wind
He took a hard one on the chin
And I still ended up on the losin' end
[Chorus]
'Cause they think that they're John Wayne walkin' through the door
Turnin' every head includin' yours
Pretty thing that's never seen one before
Has got a thing for bad guys, yeah
They ask her to dance while you're at the bar
Starts talkin' 'bout them Texas stars
Next thing you know, you got a broken heart
She's gone and that's why I hate cowboys

[Post-Chorus]
Yeah, I hate cowboys

[Bridge]
I hear they ain't all bad and that might be true
But the ones I run into

[Chorus]
Man, they think that they're John Wayne walkin' through the door
Turnin' every head includin' yours
Pretty thing that's never seen one before
Has got a thing for bad guys, yeah
They ask her to dance while you're at the bar
Starts talkin' 'bout them Texas stars
Next thing you know, you got a broken heart
She's gone and that's why I hate cowboys
[Post-Chorus]
Yes, I do
Yeah, that's why I hate cowboys

[Outro]
From Texarkana over to Oklahoma
Up in Montana to California
While she's yours, you better hold on tight
'Cause once she rides into the night
You'll hate cowboys
Just like I hate cowboys, yeah

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What did Chase Rice say about "I Hate Cowboys"?
Genius Answer

When you listen to the song you of course get that I don’t actually hate cowboys – I’m really fortunate to call several of them great friends. But damn, doesn’t it make you crazy when Mr. Steal Your Girl kicks open the door — with that hat and those Wranglers, and he can two-step better than you, talk cooler than you? ‘I Hate Cowboys’ is an ode to the fact that just like Taylor Sheridan writes in Yellowstone, if it were easier everyone would cowboy…hell, I wish I could!

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January 6, 2023
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