HAT TOWN - Lee Kernaghan
Transcribed by Daniel Schaumann www.geocities.com/d_schaumann/>

Here's the song that helped Lee Kernaghan win 6 golden guitars at the
'99 Tamworth Country Music Awards here in Oz.  Keep 'em coming, Lee!


INTRO:

  D                               Am7
  1   2   3   4   1   2   3   4   1   2   3   4   1   2   3   4
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------3-----2---------------0-1---0---------------------------|
G|----2------0h2--------------2---------2-----0h2-----------------|
D|0---------------0-----------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------0-------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|

  G                               D
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E|--------------1-----0-------------------1p0---------------------|
B|------3---------------3-------3-3-----------1---3---------------|
G|0---------0---------------0h2-----------------------------------|
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A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|3---------------------------------------------------------------|

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A|--------------------------------0-------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|

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E|--------------1-----0-------------------------------------------|
B|------3---------------3---1-------------------------------------|
G|0---------0---------------------2-------------------------------|
D|----0-------0-------------------0-------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|3---------------------------------------------------------------|


LEAD GUITAR RIFF:

  D                   C   G   D
  1   2   3   4   1   2   3   4   
E|--------------------------------|
B|--------6-----------------------|
G|7---7-7---7-7-7-5h7-7-4-5---4---|  x2
D|---------------------7----------|
A|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|

D
I was born in a hat town, raised on the Warrego
     D
It's hard out here but you tough it out like an old brigalow
         G
From the back of the channel country across the western plains
    D                                  A                  D
The roads are straight & dusty and the folks are much the same


CHORUS:
G                                       D
Roots run strong and deep out here in a hat town
          G                                    D
And we'll carry on down through the years in a hat town
        A               D         D                G
Well it might be Thargomindah, it might be Barclay Downs
             D                   Am7
If there's a pub and a store and not much more
       C            G       D
You're livin' in an old hat town.


D
Stuck out in a heat haze on a half mile sixty zone
       D
Just a rag-tag bunch of buildings made of wood and tin and stone
    G
But there's a swag of stories and most of them are true
   D                                        A                 D
Of how the locals passed the hat around and pulled each other through


REPEAT CHORUS


SOLO:  G  G  G  G
       D  D  D  D
       G  G  G  G
       D  D  A  D

           D
Well we're rouseabouts and drovers
      D
We're bushies tried and true
          D
And we're out here for the long haul
      A                D
We're not just blowin' through


CHORUS:
G                                       D
Roots run strong and deep out here in a hat town
          G                                    D
And we'll carry on down through the years in a hat town
         A                   D            D               G
From the back of the channel country and across the dusty downs
             D                   Am7
If there's a pub and a store and not much more
       C            G       D
You're livin' in an old hat town.



D   Am7   G    D
Ooooh

     D   Am7   G    D
Yodeleyeeeeeeee

            D     Am7 G                    D
Livin' in a hat town, livin' in an old hat town

     D   Am7   G    D
Yodeleyeeeeeeee

            D     Am7 C            G       D
Livin' in a hat town, livin' in an old hat town