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.


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