Hats Off

 
               Verse 1: 
------------ 
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: 
------------ 
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: 
------------ 
A                     D              E 
Waylon sang a song about Texas 
D                          A                  F#m 
Willie's "Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain" 
A                         D               E 
Bocephus sings a song about dixie. 
D                    E             A 
Lefty taught us all how to sing. 
 
A              E              D 
Hats off to hard riding cowboys 
E                          A 
Riding some where tonight 
A             E              D 
Hats off to hard riding cowboys 
D           E          A 
Wanted, dead or alive 
 
 
Verse 4: 
------------ 
A                    D              E 
Charlie ran the devil out of Georgia 
D                   A                F#m  
Skynyrd sang sweet home Alabam 
A                            D                       E 
The Ahlman brothers taught us how to ramble 
D                           E                        A  
And to Tucker boys showed us how to jam. 
 
 
Repeat Chorus 1 
 
 
Verse 5: 
------------ 
A                        D               E 
The stage is set tonight up in Heaven 
D                   A                       F#m    
Rebas band is there with Patsy Cline 
A                         D                  E 
And all around are cowboys and cowgirls 
D                                 E                A  
And thanks to them the music's still alive 
 
 
Chorus 2: 
-------------- 
A              E             D 
Hats off to hard riding cowboys 
E                         A 
Flying somewhere tonight 
A              E                D 
Hats off to hard fighting cowboys 
D           E          A        
Wanted, dead or alive 
 
 
Repeat chorus 2 and fade. 
 
 
Don "Boogs" Wolfe 
http://www.geocities.com/timessquare/8250/