Verse 1:
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A (x02220@1)                                D (xx0232@1)                               E (022100@1)      
The stage is set tonight down in Nashville              
     D (xx0232@1)               A (x02220@1)              F#m (244222@1)                 
It's been a long, hard ride into town
A (x02220@1)                          D (xx0232@1)                EAnd (022100@1)thanks to some cowboys and heros
D (xx0232@1)                             E (022100@1)               A (x02220@1)                         
My chance to sing has finally come around

Verse 2:
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A (x02220@1)                  D (xx0232@1)                 EThe (022100@1)first song I ever sang was haggard
D (xx0232@1)                    A (x02220@1)               F#mMomma (244222@1)sang to me I saw the Light
A (x02220@1)                 D (xx0232@1)   EI'd (022100@1)turn my radio up louder 
     D (xx0232@1)              E (022100@1)                 ATo (x02220@1)hear Johnny Cash walk the line

Verse 3:
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B (x2444x@1)                   E (022100@1)            F#Waylon (244322@1)sang a song about Texas
E (022100@1)                        B (x2444x@1)            AbmWillie's (133111@4)"Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain"
B (x2444x@1)                       E (022100@1)             F#Bocephus (244322@1)sings a song about dixie.
E (022100@1)                  F# (244322@1)           BLefty (x2444x@1)taught us all how to sing.

Chorus 1:
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B (x2444x@1)            F# (244322@1)            EHats (022100@1)off to hard riding cowboys
F# (244322@1)                        BRiding (x2444x@1)some where tonight
B (x2444x@1)            F# (244322@1)            EHats (022100@1)off to hard riding cowboys
E (022100@1)         F# (244322@1)        BWanted, (x2444x@1)dead or alive

Verse 4:
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B (x2444x@1)                  E (022100@1)            F#Charlie (244322@1)ran the devil out of Georgia
E (022100@1)                 B (x2444x@1)            Abm (133111@4)Skynyrd sang sweet home Alabam
B (x2444x@1)                          E (022100@1)            F#The (244322@1)Ahlman brothers taught us how to ramble
E (022100@1)                         F# (244322@1)           B (x2444x@1)And to Tucker boys showed us how to jam.

Repeat Chorus 1

Verse 5:
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C# (x43121@1)                      F# (244322@1)             AbThe (xx1114@1)stage is set tonight up in Heaven
F# (244322@1)                 C# (x43121@1)                  Bbm (x13321@1) 
Rebas band is there with Patsy Cline
C# (x43121@1)                    F# (244322@1)                AbAnd (xx1114@1)all around are cowboys and cowgirls
F# (244322@1)                               Ab (xx1114@1)        C# (x43121@1)And thanks to them the music's still alive

Chorus 2:
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C# (x43121@1)            Ab (xx1114@1)           F#Hats (244322@1)off to hard riding cowboys
Ab (xx1114@1)                      C#Flying (x43121@1)somewhere tonight
C# (x43121@1)            Ab (xx1114@1)              F#Hats (244322@1)off to hard fighting cowboys
F# (244322@1)         Ab (xx1114@1)        C# (x43121@1)     
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