Verse 1:
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D G A
The stage is set tonight down in Nashville
G D Bm
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 Bm
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 Bm
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 Bm
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 Bm
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.