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