Chords for Chris LeDoux's son Ned performs 'This Cowboy's Hat' (Ned LeDoux Acoustic)

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Well, I [F#m] was sitting in a coffee [A] shop just having a cup to pass the [Bm] time,
swapping [F#m] rodeo stories with [A] this old cowboy friend of mine.
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Some [D] motorcycle riders [E] started snickering in the back, _ _
[B] started poking [F#m] fun at my friend's [Bm] hat. _ _
Well, one old [F#m] boy said, hey Tex, [A] where you park your [Bm] horse?
A friend just [F#m] pulled his hat down low, but [A] they couldn't be ignored.
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And one husky [D] fella said, I think I'll rip that [B] hat right off your head.
That's when my friend turned [F#m] around and this is what he [Bm] said.
_ Well, you'll ride a black [E] tornado _ [B] across a western sky,
open up [D] blue northern [F#m] and milk it till it's dry, _
[B] bulldog the [D] Mississippi, [E] pin its ears down flat,
[Bm] long [F#m] before you take this [Bm] cowboy's hat. _ _
Now, partner, [F#m] this old hat, [A] it's better left alone.
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You see, it [F#m] used to be my dad's, [A] but last year he passed [Bm] on.
My [B] nephew skinned the rattler that makes up this old hat band.
But back in 69, [F#m] he died in [Bm] Vietnam. _ _ _
Now, the [F#m] eagle feather was given to [A] me by an Indian friend of [Bm] mine. _
Somebody [G#] ran him down somewhere [A] around that Arizona [Bm] line. _
And a real [D] special lady gave me this [B] hat pin. _ _
But I don't know if [F#m] I'll ever see her again.
[Bm] _ _ _
You'll ride a black [D] tornado [B] across a western sky,
[Bm] open [E] up blue northern [F#m] and milk it till it's dry,
[Bm] bulldog the Mississippi, [B] pin its ears down flat,
long [F#m] before you take this [Bm] cowboy's hat. _
Now, [F#m] if that old leather jacket [A] means to you what this hat means to me,
[Bm] _
well, [F#m] I guess we understand [A] each other and we'll just let it be.
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But if you [D] still think it's funny, [E] man, you got my back up against the wall.
[B] And if you touch my [F#m] hat, you're going to have to [B] fight us all. _ _
But right [F#m] then I caught a little sadness [A] in that gang leader's eyes. _
He turned [F#m] back to the others and they all [A] just kind of shuffled on [Bm] outside. _
But when my [B] friend turned back toward me, [E] I noticed his old hat, Brim.
Well, [Bm] it was turned up [F#m] in a big Wyoming [Bm] grin. _ _
You'll ride a [F#m] black tornado [B] across a western sky,
[Bm] open [D] up blue northern [F#m] and milk it till it's dry,
bulldog the Mississippi, [B] pin its ears down flat,
long [F#m] before you take this [Bm] cowboy's hat. _
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