Chords for Jerry Jeff Walker - Man in The Big Hat

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From Fiesta, Texas [Am] in [G] San Antonio, [Am] the [G] only musical theme park in Texas.
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Welcome to the Texas Connection.
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[G] _ _ [N] Presenting the one and only Jerry Jeff Walker.
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_ _ [E] _ _ [A] Was in a little bar in Texas [C#m] on a sultry summer day.
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Our boy come in off the road [E] just to pass the time away.
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Pulled a stool up to the bar, [C#m] pushed his hat back on his head.
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Listen to the stories told, [E] the words the cowboy said.
He [A] said, I can tell you a story [G] about the Indians on the plains.
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Tell you about Wells Fargo, [B] about the coming of [E] the train. _ _
_ _ [A] _ Talk about the slaughter [G] of the bumble over the road.
_ _ [D] Sing you songs of settlers [B] come looking for [E] a [D] home.
[A] _ _ [B] [A] And the man [D] in the big [A] hat is black.
_ _ Drink up [D] while the drinking [E] is free.
_ _ [D] Drink up to [G] the cowboy [E] that's dead or [A] a dying. _
_ [E] Drink to my [Bm]
kumbaya, [A] dressing me. _ _ _
_ [E] Drink to my [Bm]
kumbaya, dressing [A] _ me.
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_ [A] Shirt was brown faded, _ [C#m] _ satin white and black. _
_ [Bm] Fancy butts were blue and gray, [E] they had a pocket on the back. _
_ [A] _ He had a finger missing [C#m] from the hand that rolled the smoke. _
[Bm] He laughed and talked the cowboy life, but [E] you knew it weren't no joke.
He [A] said, I made the cattle drive, [G] the mares sat in the sown. _
[D] _ Ten days in the saddle, the [B] life was weary to [E] the bone. _
_ _ [A] The road from here to Wichita, _ [G] found a woman's smile.
[D] _ _ Campfire with a group of beans [B] was the only delight for [E] _ [D] [C#m] miles.
Sounds good to [A] me.
And the man [D] in the big [A] hat is black.
_ _ Drink up [D] while the drinking [E] is free.
_ _ [D] Drink up to [G] the cowboy [E] that's dead [A] or a dying. _
_ [E] Drink to my [Bm]
kumbaya, [A] dressing me. _ _
_ [E] Drink to my [Bm]
kumbaya, [A] dressing me.
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_ [A] They rested easy at the bar, hips [C#m] put upon the rail.
[Bm] He told us all about the life he lived, [E] and all the lonely dust he tread.
_ [A] Silence never broke him, [C#m] just the words pouring from his lips.
The [Bm] whole bar was as quiet as the .45
[E] carried on his hip.
He [A] said, I seen the day so hot, [G] the pony couldn't stand it.
_ [D] If your water bag was dry, don't [B] you count upon [E] the land. _
_ _ _ _ [A] Winters, I seen winters, [G] your boots froze in the snow.
_ [D] Your only thoughts was leaving, [B] thought you had no place [E] to go.
[D] You [C#m] know it, sing it.
And [A] the man [D] in the big hat [A] is black. _ _ _
Drink up [D] while the drinking [E]
is free.
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Drink up to [G] the cowboy [E] that's dead [A] or a dying. _
_ [E] Drink to my [Bm] kumbaya, [A] dressing me. _ _
_ [E] Drink to [Bm] my kumbaya, [A] dressing me.
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_ [A] He rolled one more cigarette, _ [C#m] turned toward the door.
_ [Bm] I could hear the spurs jingling _ _ _ [E] as the boot heels hit the floor.
_ [A] He loosened up his belly notch, _ [C#m] pulled his hat down on his head.
_ [Bm] As he turned to say goodbye, [E] this is what the cowboy said.
[A] The high lines chased the highways, [G] fences closed the range.
_ [D] See a working cowboy at [B] the sight of the smutty [E] stream. _ _ _
[A] The cowboy's life was lonely, [G] his life was not the best.
[D] If it hadn't been like me, there [B] wouldn't have been no wild [E] west. _ _
_ _ [A] _ And [D] the man in the big hat [A] is black. _
_ Drink up [D] while the drinking [E] is free. _ _
_ [D] Drink up to [G] the cowboy [E] that's dead [A] or a dying.
_ _ [E] Drink to my [Bm] kumbaya, [A] dressing me.
_ _ _ [E] Drink to my [Bm] kumbaya, dressing [A] _
me.
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So [E] we did.
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[C#m] We drank all night long.
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