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