This Cowboy's Hat - Chris LeDoux

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Embed: My friend just pulled his hat down low,
But they couldnt be ignored.

One husky fella said
"I think I'll rip that hat right off yer head."
Thats when my friend turned around,
and this is what he said.

Chorus:

You'll ride a black tornado,
cross the western sky,
Rope an ol' Blue Northern,
and milk it till its dry,
Bulldog the Mississippi,
and pin its ears down flat,
Long before you take this Cowboys Hat!

Now partner, this ol' hats better left alone,
see it used to be my daddy's,
but last year he passed on,
My nephew skinned the rattler that makes up this hat band,
but back in 69' he died in Vietnam.
Now the eagle feather was given to me by an old indian friend of mine,
someone ran him down somewhere around that Arizona line,
and a real special lady gave me this hat pin,
but I dont know if I'll ever see her again...

You'll ride a black tornado,
cross the western sky.
Rope an old Blue Northern,
and milk it 'til its dry.
Bulldog the Mississippi,
and pin its ears down flat,
long before you take this Cowboy's hat.

Now if your leather jacket means to you what this hat means to me,
then we understand each other,
and we'll just let it be.
but if you still think its funny,
Man you got my back up against the wall,
And if you touch my hat,
your gonna have to fight us all.

Right then I caught a little sadness in that Gang leader's eyes,
he turned back to the others,
and they all just kinda shuffled on outside,
but when my friend turned back towards me,
I noticed his ol' hat brim,
well it was turned up,
in a big ol' TEXAS grin!

You'll ride a black tornado,
cross the western sky.
Rope an old Blue Northern,
and milk it to its dry.
Bulldog the Mississippi,
and pin its ears down flat,
long before you take this Cowboy's hat.Lyrics provided by TANCODEhttp://lyricsever.com/" readonly=""/>

This Cowboy's Hat Lyrics

Talking...
Well there's Always Been Groups Of People
that never could see eye to eye.
and I always thought if they ever had a
chance to sit down and talk face to face.
They Might Realize they got a lot in common

Well I was sittin in a coffe shop,
just having a cup to pass the time,
Swappin Rodeo stories,
with this ol' Cowboy friend of mine


When some motorcycle riders startin snickerin in the back.
They started pokin fun at my friends hat.

One ol' boy said "Hey Tex, where'd ya park your Horse?"
My friend just pulled his hat down low,
But they couldnt be ignored.

One husky fella said
"I think I'll rip that hat right off yer head."
Thats when my friend turned around,
and this is what he said.

Chorus:

You'll ride a black tornado,
cross the western sky,
Rope an ol' Blue Northern,
and milk it till its dry,
Bulldog the Mississippi,
and pin its ears down flat,
Long before you take this Cowboys Hat!

Now partner, this ol' hats better left alone,
see it used to be my daddy's,
but last year he passed on,
My nephew skinned the rattler that makes up this hat band,
but back in 69' he died in Vietnam.
Now the eagle feather was given to me by an old indian friend of mine,
someone ran him down somewhere around that Arizona line,
and a real special lady gave me this hat pin,
but I dont know if I'll ever see her again...

You'll ride a black tornado,
cross the western sky.
Rope an old Blue Northern,
and milk it 'til its dry.
Bulldog the Mississippi,
and pin its ears down flat,
long before you take this Cowboy's hat.

Now if your leather jacket means to you what this hat means to me,
then we understand each other,
and we'll just let it be.
but if you still think its funny,
Man you got my back up against the wall,
And if you touch my hat,
your gonna have to fight us all.

Right then I caught a little sadness in that Gang leader's eyes,
he turned back to the others,
and they all just kinda shuffled on outside,
but when my friend turned back towards me,
I noticed his ol' hat brim,
well it was turned up,
in a big ol' TEXAS grin!

You'll ride a black tornado,
cross the western sky.
Rope an old Blue Northern,
and milk it to its dry.
Bulldog the Mississippi,
and pin its ears down flat,
long before you take this Cowboy's hat.

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Born October 02, 1948 // Biloxi, MS, United States
Died March 9, 2005 // Casper, WY, United States

Band: Western Underground
Members: Mark Sissel (guitar), Bobby Jensen (keyboards), K.W. Turnbow (drums), Ned LeDoux (drums), Lyle Evans (bass), Dave Varnado (fiddle, mandolin, guitar)

Chris was born in Biloxi, Mississippi. Shortly after being born, his family moved to Austin, Texas. A few years later, the family moved again to Wyoming where he attended high school in Cheyenne and won the state's bareback riding title twice.

Since 1971, he has recorded songs about real cowboys, and his albums combine his own experiences about rodeo life with old and new cowboy songs.

A large and dedicated group of followers formed on the rodeo circuit. This is when he made a name for himself with songs like "Lean, Mean and Hungry", "Ten Seconds In The Saddle", and "Caballo Diablo". In 1976, he became the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association's (PRCA) world champion in bareback riding.

In 1989, Garth Brooks gave Chris's career a boost by mentioning his name in the hit, "Much Too Young (To Feel This Damn Old)". Chris hit the Top 20 a year later with "Cadillac Ranch", followed by successes Haywire, Stampede, and One Road Man. 20 Greatest Hits has 11 songs from his earlier albums.

He once described his music as a combination of western soul, sagebrush blues, cowboy folk, and rodeo rock 'n' roll.

After becoming ill in October 2000, he underwent a liver transplant. Coming back in 2003, he released the album Horsepower and celebrated career sales of more than 5 million albums. In 2004, Chris was diagnosed with liver cancer. Despite undergoing radiation treatment, he passed away on March 9th, 2005.
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