################################################################
# The following is the author's own interpretation of the song #
# to be used for studying or private use only. Downloaded from #
# www.TabGuitarLessons.com. FREE GUITAR SOFTWARE + LOTS MORE!  #
# Home of the 60 minute fretboard memory technique. You'll     #
# memorise ALL the notes and positions on the fretboard in 60  #
# minutes or less. visit www.TabGuitarLessons.com today.       #
################################################################

Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2001 11:09:19 -0700 (PDT)
 From: Terry Chenault <rodeocowboytc@yahoo.com>
 Subject: a song
 My band and I play this song at our gigs..very cool
 song!!
 "This Cowboys Hat" by Chris Ledoux sent in by Terry
 Chenault
 
 I was sittin in a coffee shop havin a cup to past the
 time, swappin' rodeo stories with this ole cowboy
 friend of mine. Some motorcycle riders started
 snickering in the back,started poking fun at my
 friends' hat.
 
 One ole bay said "Hey Tex, where'd you park your
 horse?", my friend just pulled his hat down low but,
 they couldn't be ignored. One husky fella said "I
 think I'll rip that hat right off you head." That's
 when my friend turned around, and this is what he
 said.
 
 (CHORUS)
 "You'll ride a black tornado 'cross the western sky,
 rope an ole blue northern and milk it til it's dry,
 bulldog the mississippi, pin its ears down flat,
 longbefore you take this cowboy's hat."
 
 2nd Verse
 
 "Now partner this ole hat's better left alone, you see
 it used to be my daddy's, but last year he passed on.
 My nephew skinned the rattler that makes up this ole
 hat band, but back in 69 he died in Vietnam. Now the
 eagle feather was given to me by an indian friend of
 mine, but someone ran him down somewhere around that
 Arizona line. And a real special lady gave this hat
 pin, but I don't know if I'll ever see her again."
 
 (CHORUS)
 
 3rd Verse
 
 "Now if your leather jacket means to you what this hat
 means to me, I guess we understand each other and
 we'll just let it be.But if you still think it's
 funny, man you got my back up against the wall and if
 you touch my hat you're gonna have to fight us all."
 Right then I caught a little sadness in that gang
 leaders eyes, he turned back to the others and they
 just kinda shuffled on outside. And when my friend
 turned back towards me, I noticed his ole hat brim, it
 was turned up in a big ole Texas grin.
 
 (CHORUS)