This Cowboy's Hat Chris LeDoux
"This Cowboy's Hat" by Jake Brooks, Preformed by Chris LeDoux
Transcribed by ear by Steve Woolen, stevewoolen at gmail.com
Well, there's always been groups of people that never could see eye to eye, and I always
thought if they ever had a chance to sit and talk face to face, they might realize they
got a lot in common.
Standard Tuning, Capo 2nd Fret
Intro:
Am X2
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Verse:
[Am] [Em] [G] [Am] [Am] [Em] [G] [Am] [Am] [C] [Dm] [Am] [Em] [Am]
Chorus and Solo:
[Am] [C] [Dm] [Am] [C] [Em] [Am] [C] [Dm] [Am] [Em] [Am]
Verse:
Well I was sittin' in a coffee shop just havin' a cup to pass the time
[Am] [Em] [G] [Am]
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Swappin' rodeo stories with this old cowboy friend of mine
[Am] [Em] [G] [Am]
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When some motorcycle riders started snickerin' in the back
[Am] [C] [Dm]
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Started pokin' fun at my friend's hat
[Am] [Em] [Am]
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Now one ol' boy said, "Hey Tex, where'd ya park yer horse?"
[Am] [Em] [G] [Am]
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My friend just pulled his hat down low, but they couldn't be ignored
[Am] [Em] [G] [Am]
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One husky fella said, "I think I'll rip that hat right off yer head"
[Am] [C] [Dm]
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That's when my friend turned around, and this is what he said:
[Am] [Em] [Am] [A5] [Am]
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Chorus:
[Am]"You ride a black tor[C]nado[Dm] across the western sky
[Am]Rope an ol' blue [C]norther and [Em]milk it till it's dry
Bull[Am]dog the Missis[C]sippi,[Dm] pin its ears down flat
[Am]Long before you [Em]take this cowboy's [Am]hat."
Pre-Verse
[Am]
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Verse 2:
"Now partner this old hat's better left alone
[Am] [Em] [G] [Am]
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1/4 bend
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See it used to be my daddy's, but last year he passed on
[Am] [Em] [G] [Am]
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1/2 bend and release
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My nephew skinned the rattl'r that makes up this old hat band
[Am] [C] [Dm]
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But back in '69 he died in Vietnam
[Am] [Em] [Am]
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Now the eagle feather was given to me by an Indian friend of mine
[Am] [Em] [G] [Am]
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But someone ran him down somewhere around that Arizona line
[Am] [Em] [G] [Am]
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And a real special lady gave me this hat pin
[Am] [C] [Dm]
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I don't know if I'll ever see her again"
[Am] [Em] [Am] [A5] [Am]
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Chorus
Pre-Verse
[Am]
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Verse 3
"Now, if your leather jacket means to you what this hat means to me
[Am] [Em] [G] [Am]
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Then I guess we understand each other, and we'll just let it be
[Am] [Em] [G] [Am]
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But if you still think it's funny, man you got my back up against the wall
[Am] [C] [Dm]
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And if you touch my hat your gonna have to fight us all."
[Am] [Em] [Am]
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Right then I caught a little sadness in that gang leaders eyes
[Am] [Em] [G] [Am]
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An' he turned back to the others and they all just kind of shuffled on outside
[Am] [Em] [G] [Am]
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But when my friend turned back towards me, I noticed his ol' hat brim
[Am] [C] [Dm]
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Well it was turned up, in a big ol' Texas grin!
[Am] [Em] [Am]
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Chorus
1/2 step bend full step bend
Outro Solo: (Follows chorus chord progression)
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slow 1/2 step bend
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1/2 step bend
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