Tom :A5 A5 D5 E5 The stage is set tonight down in Nashville D5 A5 F#5 It's been a long, hard ride into town A5 D5 E5 And thanks to some cowboys and heros D5 E5 A5 My chance to sing has finally come around A5 D5 E5 The first song I ever sang was haggard D5 A5 F#5 Momma sang to me I saw the Light A5 D5 E5 I'd turn my radio up louder D5 E5 A5 To hear Johnny Cash walk the line A5 D5 E5 Waylon sang a song about Texas D5 A5 F#5 Willie's "Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain" A5 D5 E5 Bocephus sings a song about dixie. D5 E5 A5 Lefty taught us all how to sing. Chorus 1: A5 E5 D5 Hats off to hard riding cowboys E5 A5 Riding some where tonight A5 E5 D5 Hats off to hard riding cowboys D5 E5 A5 Wanted, dead or alive A5 D5 E5 Charlie ran the devil out of Georgia D5 A5 F#5 Skynyrd sang sweet home Alabam A5 D5 E5 The Ahlman brothers taught us how to ramble D5 E5 A5 And to Tucker boys showed us how to jam. **Repeat Chorus 1 A5 D5 E5 The stage is set tonight up in Heaven D5 A5 F#5 Rebas band is there with Patsy Cline A5 D5 E5 And all around are cowboys and cowgirls D5 E5 A5 And thanks to them the music's still alive Chorus 2: A5 E5 D5 Hats off to hard riding cowboys E5 A5 Flying somewhere tonight A5 E5 D5 Hats off to hard fighting cowboys D5 E5 A5 Wanted, dead or alive **Repeat Chorus 2 And Fade
