Mannys Hat Song

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Manny was a maker of hats, Manny was much more than that
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He was the kind of guy, you and I would want for a friend
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Manny was a regular guy, with an old soul look in his eye
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He was a man of word, and true to himself to the end


[Chorus]


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Manny loved to laugh and share a good story or two
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If he's a making you a hat, he needs to know some things about you
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He'd say, "Set yourself down, tell us what you're thinking about
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Your hat says something about you, 'fore you even open your mouth"


[Verse 2]


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Manny had a funky hat shop, south of town where everyone stopped
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To sit and chat, get a hat, and maybe get a new attitude
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He loved to sit up front and greet folks, take their measurements and laugh at their jokes
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You couldn't stop by without staying there all afternoon
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His wife Norma she sat in the back, sewing sweatbands in all of his hats
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She listened to the radio, some times I'd sing her a tune


[Chorus]


F                        G                     C
Manny loved to laugh and share a good story or two
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If he's a making you a hat, he needs to know some things about you
          F             G     C                   C/B      Am
He'd say, "Set yourself down, tell us what you're thinking about
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Your hat says something about you, 'fore you even open your mouth"


[Verse 3]

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He made hats for a lot of great men but none were finer then he made for a friend
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He made 'em the old way, steamed, and creased 'em by hand
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He'd take your old hat and make her brand new, he'd shape it any way you wanted him too
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He'd fix it up fine with a porcupine-beaded hatband
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You know his hats were worn all over the world, by real cowboy, women's and pearls
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He even made one for me he jokingly called "the old friend"


Bridge:
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Well when old friends disappear, I sometimes wonder where
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I'd like to think maybe there just somewhere round the bend
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But Manny's in heaven I bet, I'll go you one better yet
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I'll bet money John B. and Manny are talking God into a hat


[Verse 4]

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Old Manny used to take me aside, he'd say Jerry Jeff you know how to write
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Why don't you make up a hat song and do it just the way that you do
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Well now that old Manny has gone, I finally made him up Manny's hat song
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'Cause it's the best way to keep your old friend alive in a room


[Chorus]


F                        G                     C
Manny loved to laugh and share a good story or two
          F                             G                      C
If he's a making you a hat, he needs to know some things about you
          F             G     C                   C/B      Am
He'd say, "Set yourself down, tell us what you're thinking about
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Your hat says something about you, 'fore you even open your mouth"


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Manny was a maker of hats, Manny was much more than that
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He was the kind of guy, you and I would want for a friend