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