This Cowboy's Hat

[00:11.22] Well, I was sittin' in a coffee shop,
[00:13.24] just havin' a cup to pass the time
[00:16.94] Swappin' rodeo stories
[00:18.48] with this old cowboy friend of mine
[00:22.25] When some motorcycle riders
[00:23.84] started snickerin' in the back
[00:27.43] Started pokin' fun at my friend's hat
[00:33.43] Now one old boy said,
[00:34.81] "Hey Tex, where'd you park your horse?"
[00:38.64] My friend just pulled his hat down low,
[00:40.70] but they couldn't be ignored
[00:43.80] And one husky fella said,
[00:45.21] "I think I'll just rip that hat right off your head."
[00:49.35] That's when my friend turned around,
[00:51.00] and this is what he said:
[00:52.23] [Chorus]
[00:54.51] "You'll ride a black tornado
[00:57.10] across the western sky
[00:59.54] You'll rope an old Blue Norther'
[01:01.99] and milk it till it's dry
[01:04.75] Bulldog the Mississippi,
[01:07.57] pin its ears down flat
[01:10.13] Long before you take this cowboy's hat."
[01:13.34] [Verse 2]
[01:18.51] He said, "Partner, now
[01:19.71] this ole hat it's better left alone
[01:23.65] You see, it used to be my daddy's,
[01:26.11] but last year he passed on
[01:29.26] My nephew skinned the rattler
[01:30.72] that makes up this here old hatband
[01:34.13] But in '69, he died in Vietnam
[01:39.52] Now the eagle feather was given to me
[01:41.77] by an Indian friend of mine
[01:45.12] But somebody ran him down
[01:46.71] somewhere around that Arizona line
[01:50.96] And a real special lady gave me this here hat pin
[01:55.27] But I don't know if I'll ever see her again."
[01:57.51] [Chorus]
[02:01.25] "You'll ride a black tornado
[02:04.19] across the western sky
[02:06.65] You'll rope an old Blue Norther'
[02:09.07] and milk it till it's dry
[02:11.76] Bulldog the Mississippi,
[02:14.63] pin its ears down flat
[02:17.30] Long before you take this cowboy's hat."
[02:20.82] [Verse 3]
[02:25.77] "Now if your leather jacket means to you
[02:27.76] what this hat means to me
[02:30.75] Then I guess we understand each other,
[02:33.09] and we'll just let it be
[02:36.05] But if you still think it's funny,
[02:38.56] my back's against the wall
[02:41.16] But you touch my hat,
[02:42.44] you're gonna have to fight us all."
[02:47.51] Right then I caught a little sadness
[02:49.21] in that gang leader's eyes
[02:52.00] And he turned back towards the others
[02:53.45] and they all just kinda shuffled on outside
[02:57.86] But when my friend turned back towards me,
[03:00.70] I noticed his old hat brim
[03:02.97] Well, it look like it was turned up
[03:04.81] in a big old Texas grin
[03:06.67] [Chorus x3]
[03:08.36] "You'll ride a black tornado
[03:11.41] 'cross the western sky
[03:13.43] You'll rope an old Blue Norther'
[03:16.19] and milk it till it's dry
[03:18.88] Bulldog the Mississippi,
[03:21.76] pin its ears down flat
[03:24.38] Long before you take this cowboy's hat."
[03:27.56]
[03:29.27] "You'll ride a black tornado
[03:32.12] 'cross the western sky
[03:34.56] You'll rope an old Blue Norther'
[03:37.07] and milk it till it's dry
[03:39.77] Bulldog the Mississippi,
[03:42.70] pin its ears down flat
[03:45.27] Long before you take this cowboy's hat."
[03:48.59]
[03:50.17] "You'll ride a black tornado
[03:52.71] 'cross the western sky
[03:55.36] You'll rope an old Blue Norther'
[03:57.84] and milk it till it's dry
[04:00.04] Bulldog...