Verse 1:
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G C D
The stage is set tonight down in Nashville
C G Em
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 Em
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 Em
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 Em
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 Em
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.