Verse 1:
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B E F#
The stage is set tonight down in Nashville
E B G#m
It's been a long, hard ride into town
B E F#
And thanks to some cowboys and heros
E F# B
My chance to sing has finally come around
Verse 2:
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B E F#
The first song I ever sang was haggard
E B G#m
Momma sang to me I saw the Light
B E F#
I'd turn my radio up louder
E F# B
To hear Johnny Cash walk the line
Verse 3:
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B E F#
Waylon sang a song about Texas
E B G#m
Willie's "Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain"
B E F#
Bocephus sings a song about dixie.
E F# B
Lefty taught us all how to sing.
Chorus 1:
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B F# E
Hats off to hard riding cowboys
F# B
Riding some where tonight
B F# E
Hats off to hard riding cowboys
E F# B
Wanted, dead or alive
Verse 4:
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B E F#
Charlie ran the devil out of Georgia
E B G#m
Skynyrd sang sweet home Alabam
B E F#
The Ahlman brothers taught us how to ramble
E F# B
And to Tucker boys showed us how to jam.
Repeat Chorus 1
Verse 5:
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B E F#
The stage is set tonight up in Heaven
E B G#m
Rebas band is there with Patsy Cline
B E F#
And all around are cowboys and cowgirls
E F# B
And thanks to them the music's still alive
Chorus 2:
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B F# E
Hats off to hard riding cowboys
F# B
Flying somewhere tonight
B F# E
Hats off to hard fighting cowboys
E F# B
Wanted, dead or alive
Repeat chorus 2 and fade.