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{t:This Cowboy's Hat} {artist: Lee Kernaghan} {key: Am} https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSTBcBbi7EM Capo 2 [Am] Well I was sitting in a [Em] roadhouse [G] havin' a cup to pass the [Am] time [Am] Swapping rodeo [Em] stories with a [G] few old territory friends of [Am] mine [Am] When some motorcycle [C] riders started [Dm] snickering in the back [Am] They were pokin' fun[Em] at my friends [Am] hat [Am] Well one old boy said [Em] 'Hey Tex where'd you [G] park your [Am] horse' [Am] My friend just turned his [Em] hat down low but [G] they couldn't be ig-[Am]nored [Am] Then one husky [C] fella said 'I think I'll [Dm] rip that hat right off your head' [Am] That's when my friend turned [Em] round and this is what he [Am] said [Am] Now this old [Em] hat is [G] better left a-[Am]lone [Am] You see it used to be my [Em] father's but [G] last year he passed [Am] on [Am] My Uncle skinned the [C] red belly black that [Dm] makes up this ol' hat band [Am] But back in sixty [Em] nine he was killed in Viet-[Am]nam [Am] Now the eagle feather was [Em] given to me by an [G] old aboriginal friend of [Am] mine [Am] But someone run him [Em] down somewhere up around that [G] Nothern Territory [Am] line [Am] And a real special [C] lady gave me this hat [Dm] pin [Am] But I don't know if I'm [Em] ever going to see her a-[Am]gain You'll [Am] ride a black tor-[C]nado a-[Dm]cross the western sky You'll [Am] rope an old blue [C] norther and [Em] milk it 'til it's dry Bull-[Am] dog the Diaman[C]-tina [Dm] pin its ears down flat [Am] Long before you [Em] take this cowboy's [Am] hat [Am] Now if your leather jacket [Em] means to you what this old [G] hat means to [Am] me [Am] Then I guess we under-[Em]stand each other and [G] we'll just let it [Am] be [Am] But if you still think it's [C] funny then you've [Dm] got my back up against the wall [Am] And if you touch my [Em] hat then you're [G] gonna have to fight us [Am] all [Am] Well right then and there I [Em] noticed a little [G] sadness in the gang leader's [Am] eyes [Am] He turned back toward the [Em] others and they [G] all just shuffled on out-[Am]side [Am] But when my friend turned [C] back towards me I [Dm] noticed his hat brim Well it was [Am] turned up in a [Em] big old Territory [Am] grin You'll [Am] ride a black tor-[C]nado a-[Dm]cross the western sky You'll [Am] rope an old blue [C] norther and [Em] milk it 'til it's dry Bull-[Am] dog the Diaman[C]-tina [Dm] pin its ears down flat [Am] Long before you [Em] take this cowboy's [Am] hat