Don't Touch My Hat chords by Lyle Lovett

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

**Author's note: the "G N.C." pattern indicates that you strum a quick G, then mute the guitar

Intro:
| C  G   | G   |
| C  G   | G   |
| G N.C. | D G |

Verse 1:
        C          G
Man you better let go
          C       G
You can't hold on to
     G  N.C.                     D      G
What belongs to me, and don't belong to you

   C          G
I caught you looking
          C      G
With your roving eye
          G N.C.                D       G    G
So Mister you don't have to act so surprised

Chorus:
                C
If it's her you want
                   G
I don't care about that
                 G N.C.         D         G
You can have my girl, but don't touch my hat

Verse 2:
   C      G
I grew up lonesome
        C   G
On the open range
              G    N.C.              D         G
And that cold North wind, can make a man feel strange

    C      G
My John B. Stetson
        C    G
Was my only friend
     G  N.C.                      D     G
And we've stuck together through many a woman

Chorus:
                C
If it's her you want
                   G
I don't care about that
                 G N.C.         D         G
You can have my girl, but don't touch my hat

Bridge:
         C
My mama told me
           G
Son to be polite
           C
Take your hat off
                D
When you walk inside
                  C
But the winds of change
              G
They fill the air
              G N.C.                  D   G
And you can't set your hat down just anywhere

Verse 3:
          C          G
So if you plead not guilty
     C       G
I'll be the judge
          G N.C.            D      G
We don't need no jury to decide because

   C       G
I wear a seven
           C       G
And you're out of order
              G   N.C.                D             G
'Cause I can tell from here, You're a seven and a quarter


Chorus:
                C
If it's her you want
                   G
I don't care about that
                 G N.C.         D         G
You can have my girl, but don't touch my hat
                C
If it's her you want
                   G
I don't care about that
                 G N.C.         D         G
You can have my girl, but don't touch my hat

Bridge 2:
             C
No it never complains
              G
And it never cries
                C
And it looks so good
                  D
And it fits just right

Chorus:
N.C.               G
So if it's her you want
        C           G
I don't care about that
         G N.C.                  D       G
You can have my girl, but don't touch my hat

Outro:
               G N.C.                  D       G
Well, you can have my girl, but don't touch my hat
               G N.C.                  D       G
Well, you can have my girl, but don't touch my hat