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