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This Cowboy's Hat
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
by Chris LeDoux
from "THE BEST OF CHRIS LEDOUX" (1994)
Pre-Intro has a few lines of spoken word.
Then it starts in with the intro below.
Intro (Acoustic):
e]--------------------0--------------0---------------
B]-----------0--1-----------3-----------3--1--0------
G]--------2--------2-----2-----2-----------------2--- (x2)
D]-----2--------------------------2------------------
A]--0------------------------------------------------
E]---------------------------------------------------
Verse 1:
e]---------------------------------------------------------
B]--------1------------0------------3---------------0h1----
G]-----------2------------0------------0---------2---------
D]-----2------------0------------0------------2------------
A]--0------------2-------------------------0---------------
E]----------------------------3----------------------------
Well I was....
e]--------------------------------------------------------
B]--------1------------0------------3------------1--------
G]-----------2------------0------------0------------2-----
D]-----2------------0------------0------------2-----------
A]--0------------2-------------------------0--------------
E]----------------------------3---------------------------
Swappin' rodeo stories....
e]----------------------------------------1--------------
B]--------1------------1------------3--------3-----------
G]------------------------0------2-----2--------2--------
D]-----2------------2---------0--------------------0-----
A]--0---------0--3---------------------------------------
E]-------------------------------------------------------
When some motorcycle....
e]-------------------------------------------0-----------
B]--------1------------0---------------0--1-----0--------
G]-----------2------------1---------2--------------2-----
D]-----2-------------------------2-----------------------
A]--0---------------2---------0--------------------------
E]---------------0---------------------------------------
They started pokin'....
Verse 2:
e]---------------------------------------------------------
B]--------1------------0------------3---------------0h1----
G]-----------2------------0------------0---------2---------
D]-----2------------0------------0------------2------------
A]--0------------2-------------------------0---------------
E]----------------------------3----------------------------
One ole boy....
e]---------------------------------------------------------
B]--------1------------0------------3---------------0h1----
G]-----------2------------0------------0---------2---------
D]-----2------------0------------0------------2------------
A]--0------------2-------------------------0---------------
E]----------------------------3----------------------------
My friend just....
e]-------------------------------------0--1--------------
B]--------1------------1------------3-----------3--------
G]-----------2------------0------2-----------2-----2-----
D]-----2------------2---------0--------------------------
A]--0------------3---------------------------------------
E]-------------------------------------------------------
One husky fella....
e]----------------------------------------0--0--0--0-----
B]--------1------------0---------------1--1--1--1--1-----
G]-----------2------------1---------2--2--2--2--2--2-----
D]-----2-------------------------2--2--2--2--2--2--2-----
A]--0---------------2---------0-----0--0--0--0--0--0-----
E]---------------0---------------------------------------
That's when my....
Chorus:
Am C Dm
You'll ride....
Am C E
Rope an ole....
Am C Dm
Bull dawg the....
Am Em Am
Long before you....
e]-------------------0---------
B]-----------1--0h1-----1--0---
G]--------2--------------------
D]-----2-----------------------
A]--0--------------------------
E]-----------------------------
Verse 3:
e]--------------------------------------------------------- (Electric):
B]--------1------------0------------3---------------0h1---- Riff 1
G]-----------2------------0------------0---------2---------
D]-----2------------0------------0------------2------------
A]--0------------2-------------------------0---------------
E]----------------------------3----------------------------
Now pardner, this....
e]--------------------------------------------------------- (Electric):
B]--------1------------0------------3---------------0h1---- Riff 2
G]-----------2------------0------------0---------2---------
D]-----2------------0------------0------------2------------
A]--0------------2-------------------------0---------------
E]----------------------------3----------------------------
See it used....
e]----------------------------------------1--0----------- (Electric):
B]--------1------------1------------3-----------3-------- Riff 3
G]-----------2------------0------2-----2-----------2-----
D]-----2------------2---------0--------------------------
A]--0------------3---------------------------------------
E]-------------------------------------------------------
My nephew skinned....
e]-------------------------------------------0----------- (Electric):
B]--------1------------0---------------0--1-----0-------- Riff 4
G]-----------2------------1---------2--------------2-----
D]-----2-------------------------2-----------------------
A]--0---------------2---------0--------------------------
E]---------------0---------------------------------------
But back in....
Verse 4:
e]---------------------------------------------------------
B]--------1------------0------------3---------------0h1----
G]-----------2------------0------------0---------2---------
D]-----2------------0------------0------------2------------
A]--0------------2-------------------------0---------------
E]----------------------------3----------------------------
Now the eagle....
e]--------------------------------------------------------- (Electric):
B]--------1------------0------------3---------------0h1---- Riff 5
G]-----------2------------0------------0---------2---------
D]-----2------------0------------0------------2------------
A]--0------------2-------------------------0---------------
E]----------------------------3----------------------------
But someone ran....
e]----------------------------------------1--0----------- (Electric):
B]--------1------------1------------3-----------3-------- Riff 6
G]-----------2------------0------2-----2-----------2-----
D]-----2------------2---------0--------------------------
A]--0------------3---------------------------------------
E]-------------------------------------------------------
And a real....
e]----------------------------------------0--0--0--0----- (Electric):
B]--------1------------0---------------1--1--1--1--1----- Riff 7
G]-----------2------------1---------2--2--2--2--2--2-----
D]-----2-------------------------2--2--2--2--2--2--2-----
A]--0---------------2---------0-----0--0--0--0--0--0-----
E]---------------0---------------------------------------
But I don't....
Chorus:
Am C Dm
You'll ride....
Am C E
Rope an ole....
Am C Dm
Bull dawg the....
Am Em Am
Long before you....
e]-------------0---------------
B]--------0h1-----1--0---------
G]-----2----------------2------
D]--2----------------------2---
A]-----------------------------
E]-----------------------------
Verse 5:
e]---------------------------------------------------------
B]-----------1------------0------------3------------0h1----
G]--------2------------0------------0------------2---------
D]-----2------------0------------0------------2------------
A]--0------------2-------------------------0---------------
E]----------------------------3----------------------------
Now if your....
e]---------------------------------------------------------
B]--------1------------0------------3---------------0h1----
G]-----------2------------0------------0---------2---------
D]-----2------------0------------0------------2------------
A]--0------------2-------------------------0---------------
E]----------------------------3----------------------------
Then I guess....
e]----------------------------------------1--0-----------
B]--------1------------1------------3-----------3--------
G]-----------2------------0------2-----2-----------2-----
D]-----2------------2---------0--------------------------
A]--0------------3---------------------------------------
E]-------------------------------------------------------
But if you....
e]-------------------------------------------0----------- (Electric):
B]--------1------------0---------------0--1-----0-------- Riff 8
G]-----------2------------1---------2--------------2-----
D]-----2-------------------------2-----------------------
A]--0---------------2---------0--------------------------
E]---------------0---------------------------------------
And if you....
Verse 6:
e]---------------------------------------------------------
B]--------1------------0------------3---------------0h1----
G]-----------2------------0------------0---------2---------
D]-----2------------0------------0------------2------------
A]--0------------2-------------------------0---------------
E]----------------------------3----------------------------
Well, right then....
e]---------------------------------------------------------
B]--------1------------0------------3---------------0h1----
G]-----------2------------0------------0---------2---------
D]-----2------------0------------0------------2------------
A]--0------------2-------------------------0---------------
E]----------------------------3----------------------------
And he turned....
e]----------------------------------------1--------------
B]--------1------------1------------3--------3-----------
G]-----------2------------0------2-----2--------2--------
D]-----2------------2---------0--------------------0-----
A]--0------------3---------------------------------------
E]-------------------------------------------------------
But when my....
e]------------0----------------0-------------0--0--0--0----
B]------------1----------------0-------------1--1--1--1----
G]------------2----------------1-------------2--2--2--2----
D]------------2----------------2-------------2--2--2--2----
A]------------0----------------2-------------0--0--0--0----
E]-----------------------------0---------------------------
Well it was....
Chorus:
Am C Dm
You'll ride....
Am C E
Rope an ole....
Am C Dm
Bull dawg the....
Am Em Am
Long before you....
The acoustic plays the same chorus chords, and the electric plays
this....
Outro (Electric):
e]----------------------------------------------------------------------
B]------------------------------------5---------------------------------
G]-----------------2--5--2>-----5--7-----7--5------5--7--5--------------
D]------------2h5-------------------------------7-----------7--5--7-----
A]-------3h5------------------------------------------------------------
E]--3h5-----------------------------------------------------------------
e]-------------8-------12p10p8--------------------------------10/12-12--
B]--10--8--10-----10------------10---8b10---8--10--8--12----------------
G]----------------------------------------------------------------------
D]----------------------------------------------------------------------
A]----------------------------------------------------------------------
E]----------------------------------------------------------------------
e]--12p(10)-12-12-12p(10)-12-12-12p(10)-12-12-12\-----------------------
B]-----------------------------------------------------3/5--------------
G]-----------------------------------------------------------5----------
D]--------------------------------------------------------------h7------
A]----------------------------------------------------------------------
E]----------------------------------------------------------------------
e]-----------------------------------------------8----5>----------------
B]--------------------------------5----------5--------------------------
G]--7b8--7b8--7b8---5----------7-----7p5--7-----------------------------
D]---------------------7------------------------------------------------
A]----------------------------------------------------------------------
E]----------------------------------------------------------------------
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Electric Guitar riffs....
Riff 1: Riff 2: Riff 3:
e]------------- e]---------------- e]---------------------------
B]------------- B]-----5---------- B]---------------(5)/10--10--
G]-------5----- G]--7-----7p5----- G]--7--5(^^^^^)--------------
D]--5h7-----7-- D]-------------7-- D]---------------------------
A]------------- A]---------------- A]---------------------------
E]------------- E]---------------- E]---------------------------
Riff 4: Riff 5:
e]----------------8/10\8--8---8---- e]---------------------------
B]----------------8/10\8--10--10--- B]--3p1p0--0------0h1--------
G]---------9h12-------------------- G]------------2--------2-----
D]--10h12-------------------------- D]---------------------------
A]--------------------------------- A]---------------------------
E]--------------------------------- E]---------------------------
Riff 6: Riff 7: Riff 8:
e]----------8\5-- e]--3p0h3p4h5-- e]--3h5p3h5p3h5p3h5p3h5p3h5p3h5---
B]-------8------- B]------------- B]--------------------------------
G]--7h9---------- G]------------- G]--------------------------------
D]--------------- D]------------- D]--------------------------------
A]--------------- A]------------- A]--------------------------------
E]--------------- E]------------- E]--------------------------------
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The chords below represent chords used throughout the song, and
suggested fingering positions to use for picking.
Chords:
Am..x02210
C...332010
Dm..xx0231
E...022100
Em..022000
G...320033
G6..320000
Symbols used:
h-hammer on
p-pull off
b-bend
r-release bend
>-hold note
/-slide up
\-slide down
^-vibrato
()-ghost note
Peace, Love, And Empathy, Alex
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