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