Wagoner Porter - This Cowboys Hat guitar tab

THIS COWBOY'S HAT

As recorded by Porter Wagoner

Words and music by Jake Brooks

I was sittin' in a coffee shop - Havin' a cup and passin' time

Swappin' rodeo stories - With this cowboy friend of mine

When some motorcycle rider - Started snickerin' in the back

And started pokin' fun at my friend's hat.

One ol' boy 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 dude said: - "Maybe I'll just rip that hat right off your head."

And that's when my friend turned around and said.

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"You'll ride a black tornado - Across the western skies

You'll rope an ol' blue norther - And milk it 'til it's dry

Bulldog the Mississippi - And pin its ears down flat

Long before you take this cowboy's hat."

He said "Pardner this ol' hat - Is better left alone

It used to be my daddy's hat - But last year he passed on

My nephew skinned the rattler - That makes up the hatband

But in sixty-nine he died in Vietnam.

I got this eagle feather - From an Indian friend of mine

Somebody ran him down - Close to the Arizona line

And a real special lady - Gave me this hat pin

And I don't know if I'll see her again."

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"Now if your leather jacket means to you - What this old hat means to me

Then we understand each other - And we'll just let it be

But it you still think it's funny - Then my back's against the wall

But you touch my hat - And you'll have to fight us all."

Well I caught a little sadness - In that gangleader's eyes

Then he turned back to the others - And they shuffled on outside

And when my friend turned back towards me - I noticed that his brim

Was turned up like a big ol' Texas grin.

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