Chords for Jerry Jeff Walker - Man In The Big Hat

[A] _ [C#m] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [E] _
_ [A] _ _ [C#m] _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ [E] He [A] said, I can tell you a story about the Indians on the plain.
They were a little boy in Texas on [C#m] a sultry summer day.
[Bm] A [B] cowboy coming off the road [E] just a bastard's time away.
_ [A] Pulled a stool up to the bar, [C#m] pushed his hat back on his head.
[Bm] Now listen to this story told, [E] the words the cowboy said.
He [A] said, I can tell you a story [G] about the Indians on the plains.
[D] Tell you about Wells Fargo, [B] the men [E] of the train.
[E] _ _
_ [A] Talk about slaughter, [G] a bubble on the road.
_ [D] Sing you songs of settlers come [B] out looking for [E] a [D] home.
[E] If you know [A] it, sing it.
And the man [D] in the big [A] hat is buying.
_ Drink up [D] while the drinking [E] is free.
_ [G]
Drink up to the cowboys [E] dead [A] or a dying.
_ [E] Drink to my [Bm] compadres [A] and me. _ _
[E] Drink to my [Bm] compadres [A] and me.
[C#m] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [E]
[A] His shirt was brown and faded.
[C#m] His hat was white and black.
_ [B] Pants at once were blue or gray.
[E] They had a pocket gun on his back.
_ [A] And he had a finger missing [C#m] from the hand that rolled the smoke.
[Bm] As he laughed and talked the cowboy laughed.
[E] He knew it weren't no [A] joke.
He said, I made the cattle drive [G] here to San Antonio.
_ [D] Ten days in the saddle, [B] we'll be ready [E] to move on.
_ _ [A] I rode from here to Wichita [G] without a woman's smile.
[D] The campfire where we cooked the beans [B] was the only [E] light for [D] my [E] eyes.
[A] And the man [D] in the big [A] hat is buying.
_ Drink up [D] while the drinking [E] is free. _ _
[D] Drink up [G] to the [E] cowboys dead [A] or a dying.
[E] Drink to [Bm] my compadres and [A] me. _
[E] Drink to my [Bm] [A] compadres and me.
[C#m] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [E] _ _
[A] He rested easy at the bar, [C#m] his foot upon the rail.
[B] He laughed and talked the times he'd had [E] while living on the trail.
_ [A] Silence never broke him [C#m] as the words forged from his lips
[Bm] just as quiet as the 45 [E] that he carried on his hips.
[A] He said, I seen the day so hot, [G] the morning couldn't stand.
_ [D] And if your water bag was dry, [B] don't you count upon [E] the land.
_ _ [A] Winters, I seen the winters, [G] your boots froze into snow.
[D] Your only thoughts was leaving, but [B] you had no [E] place to [D] go.
[C#m] _ [A] And the man [D] in the big [A] hat is buying.
_ Drink up [D] while the drinking [E] is free. _
[D] Drink up [G] to the [E] cowboys dead [A] or a dying.
_ [E] Drink to [Bm] my [A] compadres and me. _
[E] Drink to [Bm] my [A] compadres and me.
[C#m] He [Bm] _ _ _ [E]
[A] fell and rolled one more cigarette [C#] as he turned toward [C#m] the door.
[Bm] I could hear the spurs jingling [E] as his boot heels hit the floor.
_ [A] He loosened up his belly knots, [C#m] pulled his hat down on his head.
[Bm] As he turned to say goodbye to me, [E] this is what the cowboy [A] said.
You know the high lines chase the highway, [G] fences close the range.
_ [D] See you work a cowboy [B] in the sight that's mighty [E] strange.
[D] _
[A] _ [A] Yeah, cowboys, life was lonely.
[G] Life was not the best.
[D] Still, if it hadn't been for men like me, you [B] would not have a wow, [E] wow, wow. _
_ [A] _ _ [D] And the man in the big hat [A] is buying.
_ Drink up [D] while the drinking [E] is free. _
[D] Drink up to [G] the [E] cowboys dead or [A] a dying.
_ [E] Drink to my [Bm] compadres [A] and me.
One more time. _
Yeah, the man [D] in the big hat [A] is buying.
That's it.
_ Drink up [D] while the drinking [E] is free.
_ [D] Drink up to [G] the [E] cowboys dead or [A] a dying.
_ [E] Drink to my [Bm] compadres [A] and me.
_ _ [E] Drink to my [Bm] compadres [A] and me.
[C#m] _ _
[Bm] [A] So he did.
_ We drank [C#m] all night [Bm] long to that old cowboy.
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