Chords for Dean Dillon Accepts the Icon Award at the 2013 BMI Country Awards - Full
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When Dale called me and told me I was the icon for 2013, I started crying.
And I'll tell you why.
I live, eat, sleep, and breathe songs.
It's all I've ever done.
It's all I ever loved to do.
And I got so many people to thank here tonight that made this possible
because it darn sure ain't all about me.
It's about my family, my mama, my sisters, my sons, my daughters,
my beautiful wife Susie.
It's about my God that I love.
[B] It's about Frank Dikus, and it's about Hank Cochran and Harlan Howard.
It's about this wonderful thing called country music.
[Bm]
Tom Collins, I want to thank you for taking a chance on me so many years ago.
Jerry Bradley, God love you.
Charlie Pride, thank all of you.
You know, I hear a lot of some disgruntlement going on
with what's going on in country music in today's world.
There's a box, and there's some cowboys out there kicking the sides down on it right now
and stretching the boundaries and pushing the limits
and putting new twists and turns on it.
And they go out there and they play every night to these thousands and thousands of people,
and they sing their songs to their generation.
And that's what it's all about.
Hell, I wish they'd cut some traditional stuff every once in a while.
There's still some of us old cowboys out there writing that stuff.
We kind of know what it's about.
We've been around the block, and I know what's around the corner, don't you, Dale Dodson?
I want to thank Buddy Cannon.
A lot of good years together.
Jesney, brother, can you believe this hillbilly stuff we've done?
Unbelievable.
Two old boys from East Tennessee do make their mamas proud and do good.
But seriously, the BMI family.
I picked up a country song around that magazine when I was 14 years, 13, 14 years old,
and I'd [G] go through there and look at those songs and read that lyric,
and down at the bottom of it, it'd have BMI.
And I thought, what in the world is BMI?
I didn't know no better.
When I was 16, there was an old boy who put 10 grand into me
and flew me to Nashville and I cut my first record here with Lloyd Green when I was 16 years old,
and Roy Husky Sr.
And unfortunately, Roy Husky, he was going to be my point man,
and he passed away about six months after I did my session,
so we didn't get the ball off the ground too far that time.
I found out what BMI was and I signed with them.
First time I met Frances Preston, I thought, man, what a great lady that is.
You don't meet those kind of people every day.
And there's one more person now.
When I was a kid, sleeping in that coal bin over there on 18th Avenue
under Royal American Records, and I met Docus that day, and he said,
you ain't worth staying.
I said, no, man, I ain't got no money.
He said, well, there's a coal bin here you can sleep in.
We got a blanket in there if you want to.
And I said, well, hell yeah, sounds good to me.
Better than nothing.
And next door was NSAI, and there's a lady by the name of Maggie Cavender.
[B] And I used to go up and play her all these terrible songs.
And she'd listen to them, and she'd tell me, just keep writing, keep writing.
You know what, Troy Thomas, and thank you.
Mike Goylan.
[F] I was with A Cup for Oats for 20-some years, and then Sony and
[B] Cass Hoey.
[A] Butch Baker, [F#] thank you all.
I still need a dollar or two every now and then.
[G] Don't hurt me.
Man, I'll tell you what, I was sitting down there with George looking up here tonight
at these first-time BMI Song [B] Award winners.
How about that?
How about that crowd?
Right on.
And in the immortal words of Hank Cochran,
Isn't this wonderful?
Thank you all.
God bless you.
And I'll tell you why.
I live, eat, sleep, and breathe songs.
It's all I've ever done.
It's all I ever loved to do.
And I got so many people to thank here tonight that made this possible
because it darn sure ain't all about me.
It's about my family, my mama, my sisters, my sons, my daughters,
my beautiful wife Susie.
It's about my God that I love.
[B] It's about Frank Dikus, and it's about Hank Cochran and Harlan Howard.
It's about this wonderful thing called country music.
[Bm]
Tom Collins, I want to thank you for taking a chance on me so many years ago.
Jerry Bradley, God love you.
Charlie Pride, thank all of you.
You know, I hear a lot of some disgruntlement going on
with what's going on in country music in today's world.
There's a box, and there's some cowboys out there kicking the sides down on it right now
and stretching the boundaries and pushing the limits
and putting new twists and turns on it.
And they go out there and they play every night to these thousands and thousands of people,
and they sing their songs to their generation.
And that's what it's all about.
Hell, I wish they'd cut some traditional stuff every once in a while.
There's still some of us old cowboys out there writing that stuff.
We kind of know what it's about.
We've been around the block, and I know what's around the corner, don't you, Dale Dodson?
I want to thank Buddy Cannon.
A lot of good years together.
Jesney, brother, can you believe this hillbilly stuff we've done?
Unbelievable.
Two old boys from East Tennessee do make their mamas proud and do good.
But seriously, the BMI family.
I picked up a country song around that magazine when I was 14 years, 13, 14 years old,
and I'd [G] go through there and look at those songs and read that lyric,
and down at the bottom of it, it'd have BMI.
And I thought, what in the world is BMI?
I didn't know no better.
When I was 16, there was an old boy who put 10 grand into me
and flew me to Nashville and I cut my first record here with Lloyd Green when I was 16 years old,
and Roy Husky Sr.
And unfortunately, Roy Husky, he was going to be my point man,
and he passed away about six months after I did my session,
so we didn't get the ball off the ground too far that time.
I found out what BMI was and I signed with them.
First time I met Frances Preston, I thought, man, what a great lady that is.
You don't meet those kind of people every day.
And there's one more person now.
When I was a kid, sleeping in that coal bin over there on 18th Avenue
under Royal American Records, and I met Docus that day, and he said,
you ain't worth staying.
I said, no, man, I ain't got no money.
He said, well, there's a coal bin here you can sleep in.
We got a blanket in there if you want to.
And I said, well, hell yeah, sounds good to me.
Better than nothing.
And next door was NSAI, and there's a lady by the name of Maggie Cavender.
[B] And I used to go up and play her all these terrible songs.
And she'd listen to them, and she'd tell me, just keep writing, keep writing.
You know what, Troy Thomas, and thank you.
Mike Goylan.
[F] I was with A Cup for Oats for 20-some years, and then Sony and
[B] Cass Hoey.
[A] Butch Baker, [F#] thank you all.
I still need a dollar or two every now and then.
[G] Don't hurt me.
Man, I'll tell you what, I was sitting down there with George looking up here tonight
at these first-time BMI Song [B] Award winners.
How about that?
How about that crowd?
Right on.
And in the immortal words of Hank Cochran,
Isn't this wonderful?
Thank you all.
God bless you.
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_ _ _ When Dale called me and told me I was the icon for 2013, I started crying.
_ And I'll tell you why.
I _ live, eat, sleep, and breathe songs.
_ It's all I've ever done.
It's all I ever loved to do.
_ And I got so many people to thank here tonight that made this possible
because it darn sure ain't all about me.
_ It's about my family, my mama, my sisters, my sons, my daughters, _
my beautiful wife Susie.
It's about my God that I love. _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ _ It's about Frank Dikus, and it's about Hank Cochran and Harlan Howard.
_ It's _ _ _ _ about this wonderful thing called country music.
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _
Tom Collins, I want to thank you for taking a chance on me _ _ _ _ _ so many years ago.
_ _ Jerry Bradley, God love you.
_ _ _ Charlie Pride, _ _ thank all of you.
_ _ You know, I hear a lot of _ some _ disgruntlement going on
with what's going on in country music in today's world. _ _ _ _
There's a box, _ _ and there's some cowboys out there kicking the sides down on it right now
and stretching the boundaries and pushing the limits
and putting new twists and turns on it. _ _
And they go out there and they play every night to these thousands and thousands of people, _ _
_ and they sing their songs to their generation. _ _
_ And that's what it's all about. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
Hell, I wish they'd cut some _ _ _ traditional stuff every once in a while. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ There's still some of us old cowboys out there writing that stuff.
_ We kind of know what it's about.
We've been around the block, and I know what's around the corner, don't you, Dale Dodson? _ _
_ _ _ _ I want to thank Buddy Cannon.
_ A lot of good years together. _ _ _ _
_ Jesney, brother, can you believe this hillbilly stuff we've done? _
_ _ _ Unbelievable.
Two old boys from East Tennessee do make their mamas proud and do good.
_ But seriously, _ the BMI family.
I picked up a country song around that magazine when I was 14 years, 13, 14 years old,
and I'd [G] go through there and look at those songs and read that lyric,
and down at the bottom of it, it'd have BMI. _
And I thought, what in the world is BMI?
I _ didn't know no better.
When I was 16, there was an old boy who put 10 grand into me
and flew me to Nashville and I cut my first record here with Lloyd Green when I was 16 years old,
and Roy Husky Sr.
_ And _ unfortunately, Roy Husky, he was going to be my point man,
and he passed away about six months after I did my session,
so we didn't get the ball off the ground too far that time.
_ I found out what BMI was and I signed with them.
_ _ First time I met _ Frances Preston, I thought, man, what a great lady that is.
You don't meet those kind of people every day. _ _
_ _ _ And there's one more person now. _
When I was a kid, sleeping in that coal bin over there on 18th Avenue
under Royal American Records, and I met Docus that day, and he said,
you ain't worth staying.
I said, no, man, I ain't got no money.
He said, well, there's a coal bin here you can sleep in.
We got a blanket in there if you want to.
And I said, well, hell yeah, sounds good to me.
Better than nothing.
And next door was NSAI, and there's a lady by the name of Maggie Cavender. _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ _ And I used to go up and play her all these terrible songs.
_ And she'd listen to them, and she'd tell me, just keep writing, keep writing. _
_ _ You know what, _ _ _ _ Troy Thomas, and thank you. _ _ _
_ Mike Goylan.
_ _ [F] I was with A Cup for Oats for 20-some years, and then Sony and _ _ _
[B] Cass Hoey.
_ [A] Butch Baker, [F#] thank you all. _ _
_ I still need a dollar or two every now and then. _
[G] Don't hurt me. _ _ _ _ _ _
Man, I'll tell you what, I was sitting down there with George looking up here tonight
at these first-time BMI Song _ [B] Award winners. _ _
How about that?
_ How about that crowd? _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Right on. _
_ _ And in the immortal words of Hank Cochran,
_ _ Isn't this wonderful? _
Thank you all.
God bless you. _ _ _ _
_ And I'll tell you why.
I _ live, eat, sleep, and breathe songs.
_ It's all I've ever done.
It's all I ever loved to do.
_ And I got so many people to thank here tonight that made this possible
because it darn sure ain't all about me.
_ It's about my family, my mama, my sisters, my sons, my daughters, _
my beautiful wife Susie.
It's about my God that I love. _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ _ It's about Frank Dikus, and it's about Hank Cochran and Harlan Howard.
_ It's _ _ _ _ about this wonderful thing called country music.
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _
Tom Collins, I want to thank you for taking a chance on me _ _ _ _ _ so many years ago.
_ _ Jerry Bradley, God love you.
_ _ _ Charlie Pride, _ _ thank all of you.
_ _ You know, I hear a lot of _ some _ disgruntlement going on
with what's going on in country music in today's world. _ _ _ _
There's a box, _ _ and there's some cowboys out there kicking the sides down on it right now
and stretching the boundaries and pushing the limits
and putting new twists and turns on it. _ _
And they go out there and they play every night to these thousands and thousands of people, _ _
_ and they sing their songs to their generation. _ _
_ And that's what it's all about. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
Hell, I wish they'd cut some _ _ _ traditional stuff every once in a while. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ There's still some of us old cowboys out there writing that stuff.
_ We kind of know what it's about.
We've been around the block, and I know what's around the corner, don't you, Dale Dodson? _ _
_ _ _ _ I want to thank Buddy Cannon.
_ A lot of good years together. _ _ _ _
_ Jesney, brother, can you believe this hillbilly stuff we've done? _
_ _ _ Unbelievable.
Two old boys from East Tennessee do make their mamas proud and do good.
_ But seriously, _ the BMI family.
I picked up a country song around that magazine when I was 14 years, 13, 14 years old,
and I'd [G] go through there and look at those songs and read that lyric,
and down at the bottom of it, it'd have BMI. _
And I thought, what in the world is BMI?
I _ didn't know no better.
When I was 16, there was an old boy who put 10 grand into me
and flew me to Nashville and I cut my first record here with Lloyd Green when I was 16 years old,
and Roy Husky Sr.
_ And _ unfortunately, Roy Husky, he was going to be my point man,
and he passed away about six months after I did my session,
so we didn't get the ball off the ground too far that time.
_ I found out what BMI was and I signed with them.
_ _ First time I met _ Frances Preston, I thought, man, what a great lady that is.
You don't meet those kind of people every day. _ _
_ _ _ And there's one more person now. _
When I was a kid, sleeping in that coal bin over there on 18th Avenue
under Royal American Records, and I met Docus that day, and he said,
you ain't worth staying.
I said, no, man, I ain't got no money.
He said, well, there's a coal bin here you can sleep in.
We got a blanket in there if you want to.
And I said, well, hell yeah, sounds good to me.
Better than nothing.
And next door was NSAI, and there's a lady by the name of Maggie Cavender. _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ _ And I used to go up and play her all these terrible songs.
_ And she'd listen to them, and she'd tell me, just keep writing, keep writing. _
_ _ You know what, _ _ _ _ Troy Thomas, and thank you. _ _ _
_ Mike Goylan.
_ _ [F] I was with A Cup for Oats for 20-some years, and then Sony and _ _ _
[B] Cass Hoey.
_ [A] Butch Baker, [F#] thank you all. _ _
_ I still need a dollar or two every now and then. _
[G] Don't hurt me. _ _ _ _ _ _
Man, I'll tell you what, I was sitting down there with George looking up here tonight
at these first-time BMI Song _ [B] Award winners. _ _
How about that?
_ How about that crowd? _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Right on. _
_ _ And in the immortal words of Hank Cochran,
_ _ Isn't this wonderful? _
Thank you all.
God bless you. _ _ _ _