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