_ _ _ _ _ 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 _ _ _ _ _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
_ _ _ 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.
_ _ .
_
Bm _ _
D _ _
Em _ _ _ .
_
Bm _ _ _
D _
F# _ _ _ .
_
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.
_ .
_ _ _
D _ _
Em _ _ _ .
_
Bm _ _
D _ _
F# _ _ _ .
_
Bm _ _ _ _
Em _ _ _ .
_
Bm _ _
F#m _ _ _ _
Bm _ .
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