Chords for Chris LeDoux - This Cowboy's Hat (Live From Casper, WY / February 1, 1997)

We all have a lot of things in common, that's what this song's about.
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[E] _ _ _ [Bm] _ Well I was sitting [C#] at a coffee [A] shop, having a cup to pass the [B] time,
Swapping [C#] rodeo [A] stories with this old cowboy [B] friend of mine.
[Bm] When some [D] motorcycle riders started [E] snickering in the [Em] back,
_ [Bm] Started [A] poking fun at my friend's [B] hat. _
_ _ One old [A] boy said, hey Tex, where'd you park your [B] horns?
My [C#] friend just pulled [A] his hat down low, but they couldn't be [B] ignored.
_ [Bm] One husky fella said, [D] I think I'll rip [Em] that hat right off your head.
That's when [Bm] my friend turned around, [F#m] this is what he [Bm] said. _
Feel like a [D] black tornado, [Em] across the western sky,
[Bm] Holdin' [D] on to the [F#] wind, drillin' till it's dry.
[Bm] Pulled off to [D] Mississippi, [Em] and it's years down the [Bm] track,
Long [F#m] before you take this [Bm] cowboy's hat. _ _
My [C#] partner, this [A] old hat's better left alone,
[B] _ _
Said it used [C#] to be my [A] daddy's, but last year [B] he passed [E] on.
[B] My nephew, [D] Skin the Rattler, that makes [E] up this old hat band,
Back [B] in 69 he [F#m] died in Vietnam.
[B] _ _ _ _
Eagle feather [C#] was given to [A] me by an Indian friend of mine.
[B] _
Someone ran him [C#] down [A] somewhere around that Arizona [B] line, _
And a real [Bm] special [D] lady gave me this [Em] hat, man.
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But I don't know [F#m] if I'll ever see her [Bm] again.
_ _ Feel like a black [D] tornado, _ [Em] across the western sky,
[Bm]
Holdin' on to [D] the wind, _ [F#] drillin' till it's dry.
[Bm] Pulled off to [D] Mississippi, _ [Em] and it's years down the track,
[Bm]
Long before [F#m] you take this [Bm] cowboy's hat. _ _
Now if your [C#] leather jacket [A] means to you what this hat means to [B] me,
I guess we [C#] understand [A] each other and we'll just let it be.
[B] _ _
If you still [D] think it's funny, [Em] man you got my back up against the wall,
And if you touch [Bm] my hat [F#m] you're gonna have to fight us [B] all.
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_ _ _ [Bm] _ [C#] then I caught a little sadness [A] in that gang leader's eyes,
[B] _ He turned back to [C#m] the others, [A] they all just kinda shuffled on [B] outside.
But when [Bm] my friend [D] turned back towards me, [Em] I noticed his old hat brim,
[Bm] Well it was turned down, [A] then a big ole Texas [Bm] grew in.
_ Feel like a black tornado, [Em] across the western [Bm] sky,
Holdin' on to [D] the wind, _
[F#] drillin' till it's dry.
[Bm] Pulled off to [D] Mississippi, [Em] and it's years down the [Bm] track,
Long before you [F#m] take this [Bm] cowboy's hat.
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Thanks for watching! _ _ _ _ _ _
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