Chords for Chris LeDoux-This Cowboy's Hat

_ _ _ _ _ Well, there's always been groups of people that never could see eye to eye.
But I always thought if they ever had a chance to sit down and talk face to face, they [G] might.
realize they got a lot in common.
[Bm] _ _ _ _ _ .
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_ _ _ Well, I was sitting [F#m] in a coffee shop, just [A] having a cup to [Bm] pass the time, swapping [F#m] rodeo.
stories with [A] this old cowboy friend of [Bm] mine, _ when some [D] motorcycle riders started [Em] snickering.
in the back, _ _ [Bm] started poking [F#m] fun at my friend's [Bm] hat.
_ .
_ _ One old boy [C#] said, Hey [A] Tex, where'd you park your [Bm] horse?.
My friend just pulled [C#] his hat [A] down low, but they couldn't be ignored.
[Bm] _ One [D] husky fella said, I think I'll [Em] rip that hat right off your head.
That's when my [Bm] friend turned [F#m] around, and this is what [Bm] he said.
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_ [Bm] _ _ [D] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ .
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_ [Bm] _ _ [D] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ .
_ [Bm] _ _ [F#m] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ .
_ Now partner, this [F#m] old hat's [A] better left alone.
[B] _ .
_ [Bm] See, it [F#m] used to be my daddy's, [A] but last [C#] year he passed on.
[Bm] My [D] nephew skinned the rattler that [E] makes up this old hat [Em] band, [Bm] but back in 69 [F#m] he died in Vietnam.
[Bm] _ [Em] _ [Bm] _ .
Now the eagle feather was [F#] given to me [A] by an Indian friend of mine, [Bm] _ .
but someone ran [F#m] him.
down somewhere around [A] that Arizona line, [C#] _ .
[Bm] and a [D] real special lady gave me [Em] this hat pin, _ _ _ .
[Bm] but I don't know if I'll ever [F#m] see her [B] again.
_ _ .
[Bm] You ride a black [D] tornado [Em] across the western sky, [Bm] rope an [D] old blue northern _ [F#] milkhead till.
the sky is dry, [Bm] Bulldog of [D] Mississippi, _ [E] [Em] Pennsylvia's down flat, [Bm] long before you [F#m] take this [B] cowboy's hat.
_ [Bm] _ .
_ Now if your [F#m] leather jacket means to you [A] what this hat means to me, [Bm] _ .
then I guess we [F#m] understand.
each other and [A] we'll just let it be.
[Bm] _ .
But if you still think [D] it's funny, [Em] man you got my back up against the wall, and [Bm] if you.
touch my hat you're [F#m] gonna have to fight us all.
[B] _ [Bm] _ _ .
_ Well right then I [F#m] caught a little sadness in that [A] gang leader's eyes, [Bm] _ .
and he turned.
back [F#m] to the others and they all just [A] kinda shuffled on [Bm] outside, but when my friend [D] turned.
back towards me, [Em] I noticed his old hat brim, well [Bm] it was turned up [F#m] in a big ole Texas [Bm] groove.
_ .
You ride a black [D] tornado _ [Em] across the western sky, [Bm] rope an old [D] blue northern [F#] milkhead till.
the sky is dry, [Bm] Bulldog of [D] Mississippi, _ [E] Pennsylvia's [Em] down flat, [Bm] long before [F#m] you take this [Bm] cowboy's hat.
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