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The stage is set tonight down in Nashville            
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It's been a long, hard ride into town
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And thanks to some cowboys and heros
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My chance to sing has finally come around


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The first song I ever sang was haggard
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Momma sang to me I saw the Light
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I'd turn my radio up louder 
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To hear Johnny Cash walk the line


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Waylon sang a song about Texas
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Willie's "Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain"
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Bocephus sings a song about dixie.
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Lefty taught us all how to sing.

Chorus 1:
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Hats off to hard riding cowboys
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Riding some where tonight
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Hats off to hard riding cowboys
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Wanted, dead or alive


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Charlie ran the devil out of Georgia
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Skynyrd sang sweet home Alabam
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The Ahlman brothers taught us how to ramble
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And to Tucker boys showed us how to jam.

**Repeat Chorus 1


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The stage is set tonight up in Heaven
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Rebas band is there with Patsy Cline
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And all around are cowboys and cowgirls
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And thanks to them the music's still alive

Chorus 2:
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Hats off to hard riding cowboys
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Flying somewhere tonight
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Hats off to hard fighting cowboys
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Wanted, dead or alive

**Repeat Chorus 2 And Fade