The Western Beat

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INTRO 
 
 
 
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Legend has it years ago, 
 
A sound was born and began to grow. 
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Old Tex and Buddy showed the way, 
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And a brand new beat was here to stay. 
 
 
 
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Miles around you could hear it comin', 
 
Steel guitars and a flat pick strummin'. 
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And it told the story of the workin' man, 
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And the beat spread out across the land. 
 
 
 
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The western beat is alive and kickin', 
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Carrying on an age old tradition. 
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The good old boys are turnin' up the heat, 
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And the house is shakin' to the western beat. 
 
 
 
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So come on boys, rosin up the bow, 
                                              
There's fire in the fiddle and the old banjo. 
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Stoke it 'til you can hold it down, 
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Serve it up at the speed of sound. 
 
 
 
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The western beat is alive and kickin', 
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Carrying on an age old tradition. 
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The good old boys are turnin' up the heat, 
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And the house is shakin' to the western beat. 
 
 
 
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INSTRUMENTAL 
 
 
  
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Well the western beat is a freight train comin', 
 
Across the land like a diesel hummin'. 
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And it tells the story of the workin' man, 
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You can still hear it ringin' out across the land. 
 
 
 
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Yeah the western beat is alive and kickin', 
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Carrying on an age old tradition. 
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The good old boys are turnin' up the heat, 
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Yeah the western beat is alive and kickin', 
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Carrying on an age old tradition. 
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The good old boys are turnin' up the heat, 
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And the country's shakin' to the western beat.