Verse 1:
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A D E
The stage is set tonight down in Nashville
D A F#m
It's been a long, hard ride into town
A D E
And thanks to some cowboys and heros
D E A
My chance to sing has finally come around
Verse 2:
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A D E
The first song I ever sang was haggard
D A F#m
Momma sang to me I saw the Light
A D E
I'd turn my radio up louder
D E A
To hear Johnny Cash walk the line
Verse 3:
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H E F#
Waylon sang a song about Texas
E H G#m
Willie's "Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain"
H E F#
Bocephus sings a song about dixie.
E F# H
Lefty taught us all how to sing.
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/a/alabama/hats_off_crd_ver_2.html ]
Chorus 1:
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H F# E
Hats off to hard riding cowboys
F# H
Riding some where tonight
H F# E
Hats off to hard riding cowboys
E F# H
Wanted, dead or alive
Verse 4:
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H E F#
Charlie ran the devil out of Georgia
E H G#m
Skynyrd sang sweet home Alabam
H E F#
The Ahlman brothers taught us how to ramble
E F# H
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
Verse 3+4 and Chorus 1
-- play like using a capo on 2nd fret
Verse 5 and Chorus 2
-- play like using capo on 4th fret
