This Cowboys Hat - Chris Ledoux | Guitar Chords

[Verse 1]
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Well, there's always been groups of people
who could never see eye to eye,
an' I always thought if they'd get the chance
to sit down and talk face to face
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they might realize they got a lot in common

[Verse 2]
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  Well, I was sittin' in  a coffee shop, just havin' a cup to pass the time
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Swappin' rodeo stories with this old cowboy friend of mine
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When some motorcycle riders started snickerin' in the back
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  Started pokin' fun at my friend's hat
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  One old boy said, "Hey Tex,  where'd you park your horse?"
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My friend just pulled his hat down low, but they couldn't be ignored
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One husky fella said, "I think I'll rip that hat right off your head."
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That's when my friend turned around, and this is what he said:

[Chorus (1)]
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Bm        Bm              D   Em
  "You'll ride a black tornado  'cross the western sky
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Rope an old Blue Norther' and milk it till it's dry
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Bulldog the Mississippi,  pin its ears down flat
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  Long before you take  this cowboy's hat

[Verse 3]
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Bm                       F#m/C#
  Now, pardner, this ole hat's better left alone
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    See, it used to be my daddy's, but last year he passed on
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My nephew skinned the rattler that makes up this old hatband
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But back in '69 he died in Vietnam
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  Now the eagle feather was given to me  by an Indian friend of mine
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But someone ran him down somewhere around that Arizona line
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And a real special lady gave me this hat pin
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     But I don't know if I'll ever see her again."

[Chorus (2)]
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Bm       Bm              D   Em
  You'll ride a black tornado  'cross the western sky
Bm               D            F#7
Rope an old Blue Norther' and milk it till it's dry
    Bm            D     Em
Bulldog the Mississippi,  pin its ears down flat
Bm                    F#m             Bm
  Long before you take  this cowboy's hat

[Verse 4]
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Bm                     F#m/C#                        A              Bm
  "Now if your leather jacket means to you what this hat means to me
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Then I guess we understand each other, and we'll just let it be
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But if you still think it's funny, man, you got my back up against the wall
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And if you touch my hat, you're gonna have to fight us all."
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  Well, right then I caught a little sadness in that gang leader's eyes
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And he turned back towards the others and they all just kinda shuffled on outside
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But when my friend turned back towards me, I noticed his old hat brim
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Well, it was turned up in a big old Texas grin

[Chorus (3)]
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       Bm              D   Em
You'll ride a black tornado  'cross the western sky
Bm               D            F#7
Rope an old Blue Norther' and milk it till it's dry
    Bm            D     Em
Bulldog the Mississippi,  pin its ears down flat
Bm                    F#m             Bm
  Long before you take  this cowboy's hat

[Outro]
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