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