C
I'm an Icelandic cowboy

           F              C
On my Icelandic pony.

            Am                D        G
I travel around in the west.

 C                             F                         C
I know all the ways around Snæfellsnes,

                                        G       C
'Cause that's where my baby stays.

      C
I've been to the east

              F                 C
And I've been to the west.

                          Am                  D       G
I've been to the north and the south.

C                               F              C
Once I met there an old polar bear,

                              G               C
But I found out he had a big mouth.

F
That's why I'm singing

              C
For you, forgotten cowboys,

G                                        C       C7
Forgotten cowboys of the world.

F                           C
Come to Iceland, 'cause it's a nice land

G                                                         C     C7 
And you can shake the shepherd's hand.

       F                       C
And if you come to Iceland

G                                 C
You can join the local band.