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