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Hats Off by Alabama.  Done in 4/4 time.
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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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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.


Chorus 1:
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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:
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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:
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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:
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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.



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