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AND BLUEBIRD CAFE, CBS PRESENTS THE 56th ACM AWARDS WITH

ALL-STAR PERFORMANCES AND PERFORMANCES BY MIR ANA LAMBERT,

DOLLY PARTON, BLAKE SHELTON, CARRIE UNDERWOOD, CECE WINS,

MAREN MORRIS AND LUKE COMBS, CHRIS STAPLETON, CARLY PEARSZE,

KELSEY BALLERINI, KENNY CHESNEY, LITTLE BIGTOWN, ALAN JACKSON,

AMY GRANT, CHRIS YOUNG AND KANE BROWN, ASHLEY McBRYDE, BLANCO

BROWN, ERIC CHURCH, DARIUS RUCKER, DAN + SHAY, JIMMY ALLEN,

BROTHERS OSBORNE, THOMAS RHETT, DIERKS BENTLEY WITH THE WAR ON

TREATY AND MORE HOSTED BY MICKEY GUYTON AND KEERT YOU ARE KEITH

URBAN.

♪ ♪ ♪ ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )

♪ I GOT SOME MONEY IN MY POCKET GOT SOME TROUBLE ON MY TAIL

♪ I CAN HEAR THE DOORS ARE KNOCKING, GUESS I'M

♪ HEADING OFF THE RAILS SINGING OOH-OOH-OOH-OOH

♪ OOH-OOH-OOH I'M TALKING 'BOUT YOU

♪ OOH-OOH-OOH, OOH-OOH-OOH I GOT SOME NEW BEST FRIENDS

♪ FOREVER, SEE, I MET 'EM AT THE BAR

♪ WHERE THE WHISKEY GOES DOWN BETTER, WHEN THEY

♪ DON'T KNOW WHO YOU ARE SINGING OOH-OOH-OOH-OOH

♪ OOH-OOH-OOH I'M TALKING 'BOUT YOU

♪ OOH-OOH-OOH, OOH-OOH-OOH OOH, GONNA FEEL THIS

♪ IN THE MORNING OOH-OOH

♪ 'CAUSE I'M GOING HARD TONIGHT SO BARTENDER, TAKE MY KEYS

♪ WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM ME BABY, I'M DRUNK AND

♪ I DON'T WANNA GO HOME NOT STAYING IN TO FIGHT

♪ I'M STAYING OUT ALL NIGHT BABY, I'M DRUNK AND

♪ I DON'T WANNA GO HOME WE DON'T GOTTA WAIT

♪ UNTIL THE WEEKEND THERE'S ALWAYS TIME FOR

♪ JUMPING OFF THE DEEP END SO DON'T YOU WAIT UP TONIGHT

♪ DON'T WORRY, I'LL BE FINE BABY, I'M DRUNK AND

♪ I DON'T WANNA GO HOME, YEAH ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )

WE'RE IN THE BATHROOM ♪ GETTIN' TATTED

THERE'S A LINE OUT IN THE HALL ♪ TRYNA BE MY SUGAR DADDY

GETTIN' HANDSY IN THE STALLS ♪ SINGING OOH-OOH-OOH-OOH

OOH-OOH-OOH ♪ I'M TALKING 'BOUT YOU

OOH-OOH-OOH, OOH-OOH-OOH ♪ YOU LIKE MY GIN AND TONIC

KISSES, 'CAUSE YOU ♪ KNOW THEY TASTE SO SWEET

AND I KNOW YOU GOT YOUR ♪ MISSUS, BUT THERE

AIN'T NO ONE LIKE ME ♪ TALKIN' 'BOUT YOU

OOH-OOH-OOH-OOH, OOH-OOH-OOH ♪ MMM, I'M TALKING 'BOUT YOU

OOH-OOH-OOH, OOH-OOH-OOH ♪ OOH, GONNA FEEL THIS

IN THE MORNING ♪ OOH-OOH

'CAUSE I'M GOING HARD TONIGHT ♪ SO BARTENDER, TAKE MY KEYS

WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM ME ♪ BABY, I'M DRUNK AND

I DON'T WANNA GO HOME ♪ NOT STAYING IN TO FIGHT

I'M STAYING OUT ALL NIGHT ♪ BABY, I'M DRUNK AND

I DON'T WANNA GO HOME ♪ WE DON'T GOTTA WAIT

UNTIL THE WEEKEND ♪ THERE'S ALWAYS TIME FOR

JUMPING OFF THE DEEP END ♪ SO DON'T YOU WAIT UP TONIGHT

DON'T WORRY, I'LL BE FINE ♪ BABY, I'M DRUNK AND

I DON'T WANNA GO HOME, YEAH ♪ OH-OH, I DON'T WANNA

OH-OH-OH ♪ DON'T WANNA GO HOME

SO BARTENDER, TAKE MY KEYS ♪ WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM ME

BABY, I'M DRUNK AND ♪ I DON'T WANNA GO HOME

NOT STAYING IN TO FIGHT ♪ I'M STAYING OUT ALL NIGHT

BABY, I'M DRUNK AND ♪ I DON'T WANNA GO HOME

WE DON'T GOTTA WAIT ♪ UNTIL THE WEEKEND

♪ THERE'S ALWAYS TIME FOR JUMPING OFF THE DEEP END

SO DON'T YOU WAIT UP TONIGHT ♪ DON'T WORRY, I'LL BE FINE

BABY, I'M DRUNK AND ♪ I DON'T WANNA GO HOME, YEAH

OH-OH, I DON'T WANNA ♪ OH-OH-OH

DON'T WANNA GO HOME ♪ OH-OH, I DON'T WANNA

( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> PLEASE WELCOME YOUR HOSTS FOR

TONIGHT, KEITH URBAN AND MICKEY GUYTON.

LOVE Y'ALL!

(APPLAUSE) >> MICKEY MICKEY!

HEY!

>> OH MY GOSH.

>> HOW ARE YOU?

>> I'M SO GOOD.

>> SO GOOD TO SEE YOU.

>> SO GOOD TO SEEYOU HERE.

>> OH MY GOSH.

>> Keith: WELCOME TO THE 56th ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS!

NASHVILLE IS BACK AND IT'S GREAT ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )

TO BE BACK HERE LIVE AT THE GRAND OLE OPRY HOUSE WITH MICKEY

GUYTON.

>> Mickey: AND WHAT A FANTASTIC WAY TO KICK OFF THE SHOW WITH

MIRANDA AND ELLE.

BIG THANKS.

>> Keith: THEY WERE AMAZING.

>> AMAZING, I LOVE THAT SONG >> Mickey: I'M JUST GLAD MIRANDA

HAS THAT CAR OUTSIDE BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA SEE HER ALL OVER

TOWN TONIGHT.

>> Keith: TONIGHT, WHILE WE CELEBRATE THE BEST IN COUNTRY

MUSIC, WE'RE ALSO CELEBRATING THE PROGRESS MADE BY THIS

GREAT CITY AND CITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

( APPLAUSE ) WE'VE ALL BEEN THROUGH SO MUCH,

BUT I'M PROUD TO SAY WE'RE ALL ON OUR WAY BACK.

AND WE'VE DONE IT WITH A LOT OF FIGHT AND A LOT OF HELP.

>> Mickey: AND SPEAKING OF HELP, UP THERE IN THEIR MASKS,

SOCIALLY DISTANCED AND VACCINATED, ARE HEALTHCARE

WORKERS FROM VANDERBILT HEALTH.

( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) A.C.M.'s CHARITABLE ARM,“

LIFTING LIVES,” HAS A LONG- STANDING PARTNERSHIP WITH

VANDERBILT, AND WE WANT TO THANK EVERYONE THERE FOR THEIR SUPPORT

TONIGHT.

YOU GUYS ARE OUR ARMY RIGHT NOW AND THIS WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE

WITHOUT YOU SO THANK YOU ALL SO, SO, MUCH

>> Keith: I'M SO HAPPY WE'RE DOING THIS TOGETHER, MICKEY.

>> ME TOO.

>> YOU'VE HAD AN IMPRESSIVE YEAR SINCE THE LAST TIME WE SHARED

THIS STAGE, WITH A LOT OF FIRSTS-- FIRST GRAMMY NOMINATION

YOU GOT TO PLAY ON THE GRAMMY FOR THE FIRST TIME,

FIRST TIME HOSTING THE ACM'S, ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT, YOU

HAD A BABY FOR THE FIRST TIME.

>> HI A BABY.

I LOVE HIM SO MUCH.

IT HAS BEEN A CRAZY YEAR AND THIS IS THE MOST ADULT

INTERACTION I'VE HAD IN THREE MONTHS SO I AM VERY EXCITED TO

BE HERE.

WITHOUT THE DIAPERS.

>> ME TOO.

I WILL TRY TO BE AS ADULT AS CAN I BE TONIGHT.

THIS SHOW IS SPECIAL BECAUSE NOT ONLY ARE WE BACK IN THE ICONIC

GRAND OLE OPRY HOUSE, WE'LL ALSO BE AT THE LEGENDARY BLUEBIRD

CAFÉ, THE STATION INN, AND A FEW OTHER COUNTRY MUSIC TREASURES

ALL AROUND NASHVILLE.

>> Mickey: AND IN A LITTLE WHILE, I'LL BE HEADING OVER

TO ONE OF MY FAVORITE PLACES, THE MOTHER CHURCH OF COUNTRY

MUSIC, THE HISTORIC RYMAN AUDITORIUM.

AND I CAN'T WAIT TO GET TOGETHER WITH THE ARTISTS THAT ARE

OVER THERE.

>> Keith: SO, LET'S GET THINGS STARTED OVER AT THE RYMAN RIGHT

NOW.

HERE TO KICK THINGS OFF WITH THEIR HIT SONG, “FAMOUS

WITH OUR FAVORITE FRIENDS, THEY HAVE A HIT SONG,

ACTUALLY.

>> THEY DO.

JOINED BY CHRIS >> Mickey: CHRIS YOUNG, JOINED

BY A WINNER TONIGHT FOR VIDEO OF THE YEAR, KANE BROWN.

>> THANK YOU MICKEY AND KEITH.

IT'S GREAT TO BE BACK AT THESE ACM AWARDS PLAYING AGAIN TO A

LIVE AUDIENCE.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ MY BUDDY BRANDON

HOLDS A RECORD ♪ FOR SINGLE SEASON

TOUCHDOWN THROWS ♪ AND GOOD OLD JOHNNY

HE'S THE LIFE OF EVERY PARTY ♪ IT'S LIKE "CHEERS"

THEY KNOW HIM EVERYWHERE HE GOES ♪ I'VE GOT SOME FAMOUS FRIENDS

YOU'VE PROBABLY NEVER HEARD OF ♪ BUT BACK IN RUTHERFORD COUNTY

OUR CROWD IS SECOND TO NONE ♪ YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW 'EM HERE

IN THIS BIG CITY WE'RE IN ♪ BUT WHEN I GO BACK HOME

I'VE GOT SOME FAMOUS FRIENDS ♪ YEAH, I DO

♪ ♪ ♪ ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )

HOW WE FEELING?

♪ MY BUDDY JASON HE'S THE SHERIFF

♪ HE'LL FLASH HIS LIGHTS BUT LET ME GO

♪ MY BOY RANDY, HE'S A PREACHER MY GIRL MEGAN, SHE'S BEEN

♪ TEACHER OF THE YEAR I SWEAR FOR FIVE YEARS IN A ROW

♪ I'VE GOT SOME FAMOUS FRIENDS YOU'VE PROBABLY NEVER HEARD OF

♪ BUT BACK IN HAMILTON COUNTY OUR CROWD IS SECOND TO NONE

♪ YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW 'EM HERE IN THIS BIG CITY WE'RE IN

♪ BUT WHEN I GO BACK HOME I'VE GOT SOME FAMOUS FRIENDS

♪ YEAH, I DO, OOH ♪ ♪ ♪

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ I GOT FRIENDS IN HIGH PLACES

ON THESE SMALL-TOWN ROADS ♪ 'CAUSE 'ROUND HERE IT'S ALL

ABOUT THE PEOPLE THAT YOU KNOW ♪ AND I'VE GOT SOME

FAMOUS FRIENDS YOU'VE PROBABLY ♪ NEVER HEARD OF

BUT BACK IN DAVIDSON COUNTY ♪ OUR CROWD IS SECOND TO NONE

YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW 'EM HERE ♪ IN THIS BIG CITY WE'RE IN

BUT WHEN I GO BACK HOME ♪ I'VE GOT SOME FAMOUS FRIENDS

YEAH, I DO, OOH ♪ YEAH, I DO

MIGHT NOT KNOW 'EM HERE ♪ IN THIS BIG CITY WE'RE IN

BUT WHEN I GO BACK HOME ♪ I GOT SOME

FAMOUS FRIENDS, YEAH ♪ ♪ ♪

( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ♪ I'VE GOT SOME FAMOUS FRIENDS

I'VE GOT SOME FAMOUS FRIENDS ♪ YEAH ♪

( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Keith: WOO!

>> WELL DONE BOYS, FROM THE RYMAN AUDITORIUM, OF COURSE.

LAST YEAR, AT THE TIME OF OUR

SHOW, BLANCO BROWN WAS INVOLVED IN A VERY SERIOUS ACCIDENT, AND

I'M TALKING SERIOUS TO THE POINT WHERE THEY WEREN'T

EVEN SURE IF BLANCO WAS GOING TO WALK AGAIN.

WE WERE SENDING HIM OUR PRAYERS AND LIGHT AND HOPE THAT HE WOULD

HAVE A RECOVERY.

HE NOT ONLY HAS HAD A SPEEDY RECOVERY BUT I'M HAPPY TO SAY

THAT HE IS ACTUALLY BACK WITH US TONIGHT.

HERE TO PRESENT THE FIRST AWARD OF THE EVENING, IN HIS SWRE

FIRST PUBLIC APPEARANCE, PLEASE MAKE HIM WELCOME, BLANCO

( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ♪ ♪ ♪

( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> I'M SO BLESSED TO BE BACK ON

THIS STAGE, AND I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE IN THE COUNTRY

COMMUNITY FOR THEIR LOVE AND SUPPORT.

AND TO ALL THE LIFESAVING FIRST RESPONDERS, WORDS ARE NOT

ENOUGH.

AND NOW, IT'S MY PLEASURE TO PRESENT THE NOMINEES FOR GROUP

OF THE YEAR.

>> Announcer: LADY A.

LITTLE BIG TOWN.

OLD DOMINION.

THE CADILLAC THREE.

THE HIGHWOMEN.

>> AND THE A.C.M. GROUP OF THE YEAR GOES TO:

OLD DOMINION.

( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ♪ ♪ ♪

( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ♪.

>> WOW, HEY, THANK YOU, I MEAN IF WE LOOK SURPRISED, IT IS

BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY EVERYONE IN THIS CATEGORY

ESPECIALLY THIS YEAR, REALLY, REALLY, IT COULD BE ANYONE.

SO WE'RE JUST VERY FORTUNATE TO BE STANDING HERE THIS YEAR.

THIS CRAZY YEAR, A LOT OF SILVER LININGS THAT WE HAVE ALL

SEARCHED FOR, YOU GUYS ARE CERTAINLY ONE, THE FRONT LINE UP

THERE, SO THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU HAVE DONE.

THANK YOU GUYS FOR BEING AMAZING GROUPS THAT INSPIRE US

CONSTANTLY WITH JUST, NOW HERE WE ARE JUST AMONG SUCH BAD

ASSES, THANK YOU FOR INCLUDING NEWS THAT CATEGORY AND THANK YOU

GUYS FOR BEING IN MY BAND.

>> THANKS.

(APPLAUSE) >> Announcer: NEXT, WE'RE AT THE

RYMAN AUDITORIUM FOR MAREN MORRIS AND RYAN HURD.

AND THEN, A SPECIAL MEDLEY FROM CARRIE UNDERWOOD.

WHERE SHE WILL BE JOINED BY CECE PLUS, THANKS TO FORD, WE HEAD TO

THE ICONIC NASHVILLE RIVERFRONT FOR A PERFORMANCE FROM LADY A.

THIS IS CBS.

WINANS, SUB VIBE TO PARAMOUNT PLUS FOR BREAKING NEWS AND A

MOUNTAIN OF ENTERTAINMENT.

>> THE 56th ACM AWARDS SPONSORED BY FORD, BUILT FORD

PROUD.

♪ ♪ ♪ ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )

>> Keith: WELCOME BACK.

NOW, I HAD THE PLEASURE OF WORKING WITH THIS ARTIST ON A

SONG NOMINATED FOR VOCAL EVENT OF THE YEAR.

HE'S ALSO ONE OF OUR REIGNING ENTERTAINERS OF THE YEAR.

PLEASE MAKE HIM WELCOME, THOMAS RHETT.

( APPLAUSE ) ♪ ♪ ♪

♪ I QUIT HUNTING WITH MY DADDY GUESS I DIDN'T MAKE THE TIME

♪ AND ITS BEEN A YEAR SINCE I'VE SEEN A DEER

♪ HAD A SMALLMOUTH ON THE LINE THE OTHER DAY

♪ I HOOKED A MONSTER AND AS I REELED HIM IN

♪ I THOUGHT 'MAN IT FEELS GOOD TO BE COUNTRY AGAIN'

♪ I SPENT WAY LESS TIME IN NASHVILLE

♪ AND MORE TIME IN L.A.

MY BACK HOME BUDDIES ♪ THEY QUIT CALLIN'

THOUGHT I HAD TOO MUCH ♪ ON MY PLATE

BUT LAST NIGHT, WE ♪ CRACKED SOME COLD BEERS

AND CRACKED ERIC CHURCH TO TEN ♪ THOUGHT, MAN, IT FEELS GOOD

TO BE COUNTRY AGAIN ♪ YEAH, I LOVE ME SOME

CALIFORNIA ♪ BUT IT SURE AIN'T

TENNESSEE ♪ AND MY ROOTS DOWN THERE

IN GEORGIA ♪ YEAH THEY STARTED MISSIN' ME

AND I WOULDN'T CHANGE ♪ THE THINGS I'VE DONE

OR THE PLACES THAT I'VE BEEN ♪ MAN, IT FEELS GOOD TO BE

COUNTRY AGAIN ♪ ♪ ♪

♪ MAN, IT FEELS GOOD TO BE COUNTRY AGAIN ♪

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

♪ ♪ ♪ HOW WE FEELING

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ DID YOU GROW UP ON A TRACTOR

DID YOUR DADDY LET YOU DRIVE ♪ ARE YOU WHISKEY-BENT AND

HELL-BOUND ♪ EVEN THOUGH YOUR MAMA TRIED

DID YOU CRUISE DOWN A BACK ROAD ♪ WITH YOUR DIXIELAND DELIGHT

ARE YOU ON THE CHATTAHOOCHEE ♪ ON A BAREFOOT, BLUE JEAN NIGHT

♪ EVERYBODY GOT A SMALL TOWN ANTHEM

♪ EVERYBODY GOT A STORY TO TELL EVERYBODY GOT A HALLELUJAH

♪ EVERYBODY BEEN THROUGH A LITTLE HELL

♪ WHEN YOU'RE ROLLIN' DOWN A TWO-LANE HIGHWAY

♪ AND YOU TURN YOUR RADIO ON TELL ME WHICH ONE HITS YOU, BABY

♪ YEAH, WHAT'S YOUR COUNTRY SONG YEAH, WHAT'S YOUR COUNTRY SONG

♪ DO YOUR EXES LIVE IN TEXAS ARE YOU SO LONESOME

♪ YOU COULD CRY ARE YOU HEARTBROKE

♪ 'CAUSE YOU KNOW THAT AIN'T YOUR TRUCK

♪ IN HER DRIVE ARE YOUR FRIENDS

♪ ALL IN LOW PLACES UNDERNEATH THE NEON MOON

♪ WERE YOU ALREADY COUNTRY BACK WHEN COUNTRY WASN'T COOL

♪ EVERYBODY GOT A SMALL TOWN ANTHEM

♪ EVERYBODY GOT A STORY TO TELL EVERYBODY GOT A HALLELUJAH

♪ EVERYBODY BEEN THROUGH A LITTLE HELL

♪ WHEN YOU'RE ROLLIN' DOWN A TWO-LANE HIGHWAY

♪ AND YOU TURN YOUR RADIO ON TELL ME WHICH ONE HITS YOU, BABY

♪ YEAH, WHAT'S YOUR COUNTRY SONG YEAH WHAT'S YOUR COUNTRY SONG

MAKE SOME NOISE AT THE ACM'S ♪ ♪ ♪

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ WHO'S YOUR STRAWBERRY WINE

WHAT'S YOUR FAMILY TRADITION ♪ WHAT MAKES YOU TURN IT UP

MAKES YOU RAISE YOUR CUP ♪ EVERY TIME YOU LISTEN

♪ EVERYBODY GOT A SMALL TOWN ANTHEM

♪ EVERYBODY GOT A STORY TO TELL EVERYBODY GOT A HALLELUJAH

♪ EVERYBODY BEEN THROUGH A LITTLE HELL

♪ WHEN YOU'RE ROLLIN' DOWN A TWO-LANE HIGHWAY

♪ AND YOU TURN YOUR RADIO ON TELL ME WHICH ONE HITS YOU, BABY

♪ YEAH, WHAT'S YOUR COUNTRY SONG YEAH, WHAT'S YOUR COUNTRY SONG ♪

♪ ♪ ♪ ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, LOVE Y'ALL.

>> AND NOW TO >> AND NOW, OVER TO THE

LEGENDARY BLUEBIRD CAFÉ FOR MIRANDA LAMBERT AND CHRIS

STAPLETON.

♪ LET ME TELL YOU A STORY ABOUT AN OLD FRIEND OF MINE

♪ SOMEBODY LEFT HER IN A SHOPPING CART

♪ IN A PARKING LOT FOR US TO FIND

♪ JUST A FUZZY BLACK PUP SHE WAS HUNGRY AND FEELING ALONE

♪ WE PUT HER IN THE BACK SEAT TOLD HER WE WERE TAKING HER HOME

♪ RUN, MAGGIE, RUN WITH THE HEART OF A REBEL CHILD

♪ OH, RUN, MAGGIE, RUN BE JUST AS FREE AS YOU ARE WILD

♪ A FEW KIDS LATER WE MOVED OUT ON THE FARM

♪ AND SHE FOLLOWED THOSE KIDS AROUND, YEAH

♪ SHE KEPT THEM SAFE FROM HARM AND SHE LOVED TO CHASE SQUIRRELS

♪ AND PLAYING OUT IN THE SNOW SHE'D TAKE OFF LIKE A BULLET

♪ MAN, YOU SHOULD HAVE SEEN HER GO

♪ RUN, MAGGIE, RUN WITH THE HEART OF A REBEL CHILD

♪ OH, RUN, MAGGIE, RUN BE JUST AS FREE AS YOU ARE WILD

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

♪ IT WAS RAINING ON A MONDAY THE DAY THAT MAGGIE DIED

♪SHE WOKE UP AND COULDN'T USE HER LEGS

♪ SO I LAID DOWN BY HER SIDE SHE PUT HER HEAD ON MY HAND

♪ LIKE SHE'D DONE SO MANY TIMES I TOLD HER SHE WAS A GOOD DOG

♪ THEN I TOLD HER GOODBYE RUN, MAGGIE, RUN

♪ WITH THE HEART OF A REBEL CHILD

♪ OH, RUN, MAGGIE, RUN BE JUST AS FREE AS YOU ARE WILD

♪ I HAD A REVELATION AS THE TRACTOR DUG A HOLE

♪ I CAN TELL YOU RIGHT NOW THAT A DOG HAS A SOUL

♪ AND I THOUGHT TO MYSELF AS WE BURIED HER ON THE HILL

♪ I NEVER KNEW ME A BETTER DOG AND I GUESS I NEVER WILL

♪ RUN, MAGGIE, RUN WITH THE HEART OF A REBEL CHILD

♪ OH, RUN, MAGGIE, RUN BE JUST AS FREE AS YOU ARE WILD

♪ OH, RUN, MAGGIE, RUN WITH THE HEART OF A REBEL CHILD

♪ OH, RUN, MAGGIE, RUN BE JUST AS FREE

♪ AS YOU ARE WILD ♪ ( APPLAUSE )

>> Mickey: HEY, Y'ALL.

I'M AT THE HISTORIC RYMAN AUDITORIUM FOR A VERY SPECIAL

PERFORMANCE.

MAREN MORRIS AND RYAN HURD RECENTLY COLLABORATED ON TWO

GREAT PROJECTS.

FIRST WAS THEIR BABY, HAYES ANDREW HURD; AND SECOND IS THEIR

FIRST EVER DUET, “CHASING AFTER YOU.”

THEY'RE ONE OF MY FAVORITE MARRIED COUPLES.

THEY'RE BOTH SO TALENTED, AND SHE'S ALWAYS BEEN THERE FOR ME.

HERE ARE MAREN MORRIS AND RYAN HURD.

( APPLAUSE ) ♪ ♪ ♪

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ YOU COME OVER WHEN

YOUR WINE'S ALL GONE ♪ ALWAYS CATCH ME WHEN I'M

NOT THAT STRONG ♪ THEN YOU WIND UP STAYIN'

ALL NIGHT LONG ♪ AIN'T NOTHIN' NEW

THEN I WAKE UP WITH YOU ♪ ON MY CHEST

YOU GOT A WAY OF ♪ MAKIN' ME FORGET

GIRL, WITH YOU THE ANSWER'S ♪ ALWAYS YES

EVERY TIME YOU CALL ♪ BUT I KNOW, YEAH I KNOW

IT'S A MATTER OF TIME ♪ 'TIL YOU WALK, 'TIL YOU WALK

BACK OUTTA MY LIFE ♪ LEAVE ME STANDIN' HERE LONELY

FEELIN' LIKE A FOOL, MM-MM ♪ EVERY TIME, EVERY TIME

YOU SAY WE'RE DONE ♪ YOU COME BACK TO THE LOVE

YOU WERE RUNNIN' FROM ♪ DON'T KNOW WHY, DON'T KNOW WHY

I LET YOU, BUT I DO ♪ GUESS I LOVE CHASIN'

AFTER YOU, MM-MM ♪ LISTEN, WISH I COULD QUIT YOU

BUT IT FEEL TOO GOOD ♪ IF I COULD TURN IT OFF

YOU KNOW I WOULD ♪ BUT SOMETHIN' 'BOUT YOU

MAKES ME THINK WE COULD ♪ MAKE IT AFTER ALL

BUT I KNOW, YEAH I KNOW ♪ IT'S A MATTER OF TIME

'TIL YOU WALK, 'TIL YOU WALK ♪ BACK OUTTA MY LIFE

LEAVE ME STANDIN' HERE LONELY ♪ FEELIN' LIKE A FOOL

EVERY TIME, EVERY TIME ♪ YOU SAY WE'RE DONE

YOU COME BACK TO THE LOVE ♪ YOU WERE RUNNIN' FROM

DON'T KNOW WHY, DON'T KNOW WHY ♪ I LET YOU BUT I DO

'CAUSE I LOVE CHASIN' AFTER YOU

♪ ♪ ♪ OOOH

OH, YEAH OOOH

♪ YOU COME OVER WHEN YOUR WINE'S ALL GONE

♪ ALWAYS CATCH ME WHEN I'M NOT THAT STRONG

♪ THEN YOU WIND UP STAYIN' ALL NIGHT LONG

♪ AIN'T NOTHIN' NEW BUT I KNOW, YEAH I KNOW

♪ IT'S A MATTER OF TIME 'TIL YOU WALK, 'TIL YOU WALK

♪ BACK OUTTA MY LIFE LEAVE ME STANDIN' HERE LONELY

♪ FEELIN' LIKE A FOOL YEAH

♪ EVERY TIME, EVERY TIME YOU SAY WE'RE DONE

♪ YOU COME BACK TO THE LOVE YOU WERE RUNNIN' FROM

♪ DON'T KNOW WHY, DON'T KNOW WHY I LET YOU DO, BUT I DO

♪ GUESS I LOVE CHASIN' AFTER YOU

♪ I LOVE CHASIN' AFTER YOU ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

♪ OOOH ♪ ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )

♪ OOOH ♪ ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )

>> Announcer: AND NOW, LET'S GO DOWN TO THE RIVERFRONT FOR A

PERFORMANCE BY NOMINEE TONIGHT, LADY A.

♪ LADY ♪ ♪ ♪

LADY ♪ BOY

I'M NOT THE KIND OF GIRL ♪ TO GO AND FIGHT FOR

ALL YOUR ATTENTION MMM, MMM

♪ I'M NOT TOO AFRAID TO CALL THIS OFF

♪ AND GO SEE WHAT I'VE BEEN MISSING

MMM, MMM ♪ LEAVE THE DRESS AT HOME

'CAUSE IT MAKES ME TOO POLITE ♪ NO MORE WAITIN' BY THE PHONE

I'M STEPPIN' OUT TONIGHT ♪ 'CAUSE I FEEL LIKE A LADY

SIPPIN' ON TEQUILA ♪ WITH MY LEVI'S ON

A LADY ♪ SINGIN' TO THE MUSIC

PLAYIN' ALL NIGHT LONG ♪ YEAH, I'M FEELIN' RIGHT

I'M LIVIN' MY LIFE ♪ I DO WHAT I LIKE

'CAUSE I FEEL LIKE A LADY LADY

♪ TREAT MYSELF TO WHAT'S UP ON THE HIGHEST SHELF

♪ I WANT IT, I GET IT MMM, MMM

♪ I MIGHT LOOK LIKE I'M LONELY BUT I'M ONLY

♪ LOVING EVERY MINUTE OOH, BABY

♪ LEAVE THE HEELS AT HOME 'CAUSE THEY NEVER DO ME RIGHT

♪ GO OUT DANCING ON MY OWN MAN, THESE HIPS DON'T LIE

♪ 'CAUSE I FEEL LIKE A LADY SIPPIN' ON TEQUILA

♪ WITH MY LEVI'S ON A LADY

♪ SINGIN' TO THE MUSIC PLAYIN' ALL NIGHT LONG

♪ YEAH, I'M FEELIN' RIGHT I'M LIVIN' MY LIFE

♪ I DO WHAT I LIKE 'CAUSE I FEEL LIKE A LADY

LADY ♪ FEEL LIKE A LADY

A LADY, YEAH ♪ ♪ ♪

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

♪ MIGHT CHANGE MY HAIR AND CHANGE MY MIND

♪ MIGHT CHANGE YOUR WHOLE DAMN LIFE

♪ I MIGHT BREAK YOUR HEART AND NOT THINK TWICE

♪ THAT'S RIGHT I'M A LADY

♪ SIPPIN' ON TEQUILA WITH MY LEVI'S ON

♪ A LADY SINGIN' TO THE MUSIC

♪ PLAYIN' ALL NIGHT LONG YEAH, I'M FEELIN' RIGHT

♪ I'M LIVIN' MY LIFE I DO WHAT I LIKE

♪ 'CAUSE I FEEL LIKE A LADY LADY, YEAH

♪ I FEEL LIKE FEEL LIKE A LADY

♪ I FEEL LIKE I FEEL LIKE A LADY

♪ LIKE A LADY I FEEL LIKE A LADY ♪

I FEEL LIKE A LADY I FEEL LIKE A LADY ♪

( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Announcer: DIERKS BENTLEY IS

COMING UP WITH THE WAR AND TREATY, PLUS DOLLY PARTON.

THEN, CARRIE UNDERWOOD TAKES THE GRAND OLE OPRY HOUSE STAGE.

WITH C.E.O. C.E.O. WINANS, LATER, THANKS TO FORD, AN

EMOTIONAL PERFORMANCE BY LUKE COMBS.

THIS IS CBS.

>> THERE ARE MORE THAN 2,000 COUNTRY RADIO STATIONS ACROSS

THE U.S. AND MORE THAN 76 MILLION LYAL LISTENERS.

THE ACADEMY SALUTES THIS YEAR'S WINNERS FOR ON AIR PERSONALITIES

OF THE YEAR.

>> I AM SO EXCITED.

>> BUZZ JACKSON.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> STEVE, BEN AND NIKKI.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, WE LOVE IT, MAN.

>> Announcer: THE 56th ACM AWARDS

SPONSORED BY EMGALITY.

>> Announcer: THE 56th ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS WILL

CONTINUE. THIS IS CBS.

>> Announcer: WELCOME BACK TO THE A.C.M. AWARDS.

AND NOW, FROM NASHVILLE'S FAMOUS BLUEBIRD CAFÉ, HERE'S NEW FEMAL

ARTIST WINNER, GABBY BARRETT.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ HE'S A PHONE CALL TO

HIS PARENTS ♪ HE'S A BIBLE BY THE BED

HE'S THE TEE SHIRT ♪ THAT I'M WEARIN'

HE'S THE SONG STUCK IN MY HEAD ♪ HE'S SOLID AND HE'S STEADY

LIKE THE ALLEGHENY RUNS ♪ HE KNOWS JUST WHERE

HE'S GOIN' ♪ AND HE'S PROUD OF

WHERE HE'S FROM ♪ ONE OF THE GOOD ONES

HE'S ONE OF THE GOOD ONES ♪ A LOVE-ME-LIKE-HE-SHOULD ONE

LIKE-HE-WROTE-THE-BOOK ONE ♪ THE KIND YOU FIND WHEN YOU

DON'T EVEN LOOK ONE ♪ ANYBODY CAN BE GOOD ONCE

BUT HE'S GOOD ALL THE TIME ♪ HE'S ONE OF THE GOOD ONES

AND HE'S ALL MINE ♪ WE SHOULD ALL

FIND US ONE ♪ THEY'RE OUT THERE

MINUS ONE ♪ SOME OF THE GOOD ONES

YEAH, I GOT A GOOD ONE ♪ A LOVE-ME-LIKE-HE-SHOULD ONE

LIKE-HE-WROTE-THE-BOOK ONE ♪ THE KIND YOU FIND WHEN YOU

DON'T EVEN LOOK ♪ ANYBODY CAN BE GOOD ONCE

BUT HE'S GOOD ALL THE TIME ♪ HE'S ONE OF THE GOOD ONES

AND HE'S ALL MINE ♪ ( APPLAUSE )

>> AND NOW, LET'S GO BACK TO THE GRAND OLE OPRY HOUSE.

AND TO PRESENT OUR NEXT AWARD, DARIUS RUCKER.

♪ ♪ ♪ ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )

>> THESE ARE THE SONGS GAVE US GREAT EMOTIONAL CONNECTIONS AND

REASONS TO SMILE.

HERE ARE THE NOMINEES FOR SONG OF THE YEAR.

>> Announcer: “BLUEBIRD,” BY MIRANDA LAMBERT.

SONGWRITERS: LUKE DICK, MIRANDA LAMBERT, NATALIE HEMBY“

ONE NIGHT STANDARDS,” BY ASHLEY McBRYDE.

SONGWRITERS: ASHLEY McBRYDE, NICOLETTE HAYFORD, SHANE

McANALLY.“ SOME PEOPLE DO,” BY OLD

DOMINION.

SONGWRITERS: JESSE FRASURE, MATT RAMSEY, THOMAS RHETT, SHANE

McANALLY.“ STARTING OVER,” BY CHRIS

STAPLETON.

SONGWRITERS: CHRIS STAPLETON, MIKE HENDERSON.“

THE BONES,” BY MAREN MORRIS.

SONGWRITERS: JIMMY ROBBINS, MAREN MORRIS, LAURA VELTZ.

>> AND THE A.C.M. SONG OF THE YEAR GOES TO:“

THE BONES,” BY MAREN MORRIS.

♪ ♪ ♪ ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )

♪ ♪ ♪ ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )

♪ ♪ ♪ ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )

>> THANK YOU.

THIS IS, THIS IS REALLY BITTERSWEET BECAUSE I DIDN'T

WRITE THIS JUST BY MYSELF, AND EACH TIME I'VE BEEN SO LUCKY TO

ACCEPT AN AWARD FOR THIS SONG, MY COWRITERS LAURA VELTZ AND

JIMMY ROBYNS HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO BE HERE, THANK YOU FOR THE

ACMS FOR KEEPING US SAFE, THIS SO MEANINGFUL TO ME, SONG OF THE

YEAR IS SOMETHING THAT I HAVE JUST DREAMT OF FOR SO LONG.

AND I FEEL LIKE WITH THIS SONG, WITH "THE BONES" I WROTE T I WAS

DATING MY NOW HUSBAND, AND IT WAS JUST A SONG TO HIM.

AND I FEEL SOMETIMES LIKE SONGS KNOW YOU BETTER THAN YOU KNOW

THEM AT THE TIME.

AND I FEEL LIKE THIS SONG HAS REVEALED SO MANY NEW THINGS TO

ME THAT I DIDN'T KNOW WERE POSSIBLE THE DAY I WROTE IT.

AND THIS HAS JUST BEEN A HELL OF A YEAR.

AND HOPEFULLY COUNTRY MUSIC AND MAYBE EVEN THIS SONG BROUGHT YOU

AND YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS SOME PEACE.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.

( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Announcer: LET'S GO TO

NASHVILLE'S FAMOUS STATION INN AND MALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR

NOMINEE, DIERKS BENTLEY, JOINED BY THE WAR AND TREATY.

WELCOME TO THE STAKES INN.

I FIRST CAME IN THIS BAR WHEN I WAS ABOUT 19 YEARS OLD LOOKING

FOR SOMETHING.

AND I FOUND IT IN THE MUSIC HERE AND I FOUND IT IN THE BLUEGRASS

COMMUNITY AND WE RECENTLY LOST THE LEADER OF THAT BLUEGRASS

COMMUNITY AND THE OWNER OF THIS BAR, MR. JT GRAY SO WE WILL BE

THINKING OF HIM TONIGHT AS WE SING THIS SONG.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ONE MAN COME

IN THE NAME OF LOVE ♪ ONE MAN COME AND GO

ONE MAN COME ♪ HERE TO JUSTIFY

ONE MAN TO OVERTHROW ♪ IN THE NAME OF LOVE

WHAT MORE IN THE NAME OF LOVE ♪ IN THE NAME OF LOVE

WHAT MORE IN THE NAME OF LOVE ♪ ONE MAN CAUGHT

ON A BARBED WIRE FENCE ♪ ONE MAN, HE RESIST

ONE MAN WASHED ♪ ON AN EMPTY BEACH

ONE MAN BETRAYED WITH A KISS ♪ IN THE NAME OF LOVE

WHAT MORE IN THE NAME OF LOVE ♪ IN THE NAME OF LOVE

WHAT MORE IN THE NAME OF LOVE ♪ ♪ ♪

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

♪ ♪ ♪ OOH,OOH

♪ OOH, OOH ♪ EARLY EVENING, APRIL 4

SHOT RINGS OUT ♪ IN THE MEMPHIS SKY

YEAH ♪ FREE AT LAST

THEY TOOK YOUR LIFE ♪ BUT THEY COULD NOT TAKE

YOUR PRIDE ♪ IN THE NAME OF LOVE

WHAT MORE IN THE NAME OF LOVE ♪ IN THE NAME OF LOVE

WHAT MORE IN THE NAME OF LOVE ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

♪ ♪ ♪ ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )

>> Announcer: CARRIE UNDERWOOD WITH A SPECIAL PERFORMANCE

FEATURING CECE WINANS. AND ERIC CHURCH AT THE RYMAN

AUDITORIUM.

PLUS, DAN + SHAY. LATER, THANKS TO FORD, WE RETURN

TO THE NASHVILLE RIVERFRONT FOR A PERFORMANCE FROM ASHLEY

McBRYDE. THIS IS CBS.

>> VACCINE, VACCINE, VACCINE, VACCINE!

I'M BEGGING OF YOU, PLEASE DON'T HESITATE.

I KNOW I'M TRYING TO BEING FUNNY NOW, BUT I'M DEAD SERIOUS ABOUT

THE VACCINE.

I JUST WANT TO TO ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY BECAUSE THE SOONER WE

GET TO FEELING BETTER, THE SOONER WE ARE GOING TO GET BACK

TO BEING NORMAL.

>> Announcer: THE 56th ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS,

SPONSORED BY: T-MOBILE, THE LEADER IN 5G.

AMERICA'S LARGEST, FASTEST, AND NOW MOST RELIABLE 5G NETWORK.

>> Announcer: THE 56th ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS WILL

CONTINUE. THIS IS CBS

>> WELL, HEY, EVERYBODY.

I AM SO PLEASED AND PROUD TO INTRODUCE MY DEAR FRIEND, CARRIE

UNDERWOOD, TONIGHT.

I HAVE ALWAYS ADMIRED CARRIE'S INCREDIBLE TALENT, BUT I AM JUST

AS IMPRESSED WITH HER PERSONAL QUALITIES-- HER COMPASSION,

KINDNESS, GENEROSITY, AND, MOST OF ALL, THE POWERFUL FAITH THAT

WE BOTH SHARE.

NOW, HER PERFORMANCE TONIGHT SPEAKS TO THAT FAITH IN A MEDLEY

FROM HER NEW GOSPEL HYMNS ALBUM, "MY SAVIOR," WHICH I KNOW IS A

TRUE PASSION PROJECT FOR HER.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, CARRIE UNDERWOOD.

( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ♪ AMAZING GRACE

HOW SWEET THE SOUND ♪ THAT SAVED A WRETCH

LIKE ME ♪ I ONCE WAS LOST

BUT NOW I'M FOUND ♪ WAS BLIND, BUT NOW

BUT NOW I'M FOUND ♪ WAS BLIND, BUT NOW

I SEE ♪ ♪ ♪

♪ GREAT IS THY FAITHFULNESS O GOD MY FATHER

♪ THERE IS NO SHADOW OF TURNING WITH THEE

♪ THOU CHANGEST NOT THY COMPASSIONS

♪ THEY FAIL NOT AS THOU HAST BEEN

♪ THOU FOREVER WILL BE GREAT IS THY FAITHFULNESS

♪ GREAT IS THY FAITHFULNESS MORNING BY MORNING

♪ NEW MERCIES I SEE ALL I HAVE NEEDED

♪ THY HAND HATH PROVIDED GREAT IS THY FAITHFULNESS

♪ LORD, UNTO ME SUMMER AND WINTER

♪ LORD, UNTO ME SUMMER AND WINTER

♪ SPRINGTIME AND HARVEST SUN, MOON AND STARS

♪ IN THEIR COURSES ABOVE JOIN WITH ALL NATURE

♪ IN MANIFOLD WITNESS T THY GREAT FAITHFULNESS

♪ MERCY, AND LOVE GREAT IS THY FAITHFULNESS

♪ GREAT IS THY FAITHFULNESS MORNING BY MORNING

♪ NEW MERCIES I SEE ALL I HAVE NEEDED

♪ THY HAND HATH PROVIDED GREAT IS THY FAITHFULNESS

GREAT IS THY FAITHFULNESS ♪ GREAT IS THY FAITHFULNESS

( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ♪ LORD, UNTO ME

♪ SO I'LL CHERISH THE OLD RUGGED CROSS

♪ 'TIL MY TROPHIES AT LAST I LAY DOWN

♪ I WILL CLING TO THE OLD RUGGED CROSS

♪ AND EXCHANGE IT SOMEDAY FOR A CROWN

♪ OOH, OOH YEAH, AH

♪ OOH, OOH YEAH, AH

♪ OOH, OOH ♪ YES, I'LL CHERISH THE

OLD RUGGED CROSS ♪ THANK YOU, JESUS

♪ YES, I'LL CHERISH THE OLD RUGGED CROSS

♪ 'TIL MY TROPHIES AT LAST I LAY DOWN

♪ I WILL CLING TO THE OLD RUGGED CROSS

♪ AND EXCHANGE IT SOMEDAY FOR A CROWN

♪ YES, I'LL CHERISH THE OLD RUGGED CROSS

♪ AND EXCHANGE IT SOMEDAY FOR A CROWN ♪

( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ♪ WHEN CHRIST SHALL COME

WITH SHOUT OF ACCLAMATION ♪ AND TAKE ME HOME

WHAT JOY SHALL FILL MY HEART ♪ THEN I SHALL BOW

IN HUMBLE ADORATION ♪ AND THEN PROCLAIM, MY GOD

HOW GREAT THOU ART ♪ THEN SINGS MY SOUL

MY SAVIOR GOD TO THEE ♪ HOW GREAT THOU ART

HOW GREAT THOU ART ♪ THEN SINGS MY SOUL

MY SAVIOR GOD TO THEE ♪ HOW GREAT THOU ART

HOW GREAT THOU ART ♪ HOW GREAT THOU ART

HOW GREAT THOU ART ♪ HOW GREAT THOU ART

( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) HOW GREAT THOU ART ♪

( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )

♪ ♪ ♪ ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )

( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) UNBELIEVABLE.

OH MY GOSH. WHAT CAN I SAY ABOUT ARTISTS LIKE CARRIE

UNDERWOOD, ONE OF OUR REIGNING ENTS TIERNS OF THE YEAR AND

GOSPEL ICON CECE WINANS OTHER THAN THE FACT THAT THE ONLY

THING MORE REMARKABLE THAN THEIR TALENT ARE THE WOMEN THEMSELVES.

THANK YOU SO MUCH CARRIE AND C.E.O. C.E.O. FOR SHARING THOSE

SONGS WITH US.

MY WORD.

SO GOOD. ALL RIGHT.

HERE'S NOWR GUY THAT LIGHTS UP EVERY STAGE, WHAT AM I TALKING

ABOUT, HE BURNS THEM DOWN, WHETHER PLAYING AN INTIMATE

CLUB, WHETHER HE'S PLAYING THE SUPER BOWL.

HE IS THE REAL DEAL, HE IS JUST PHENOMENAL AND HIS AUDIENCE, OF

COURSE, ARE AS INTENTION AND IMPASSIONED AS HE IS.

COMING FROM THE RYMAN AUDITORIUM WITH A BRAND NEW SONG CALLED A

BUNCH OF NOTHING, ALSO NOMINATED FOR ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR, MY

GOOD BUDDY ERIC CHURCH.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

♪ WHY THE LONG FACE THERE, SAMMY WHY'D YOU COME DRAGGIN' IN HERE

♪ NOW SIT DOWN, BOY BEFORE YOU HURT YOURSELF

♪ AND I'LL LET YOU BEND MY EAR

♪ LOVE IS A BITCH AIN'T IT, BUDDY

♪ WHEN BABY TURNS THE TABLES ON YOUR HEAD

♪ I KNOW YOU CAME IN HERE TO BRING BACK HER LEAVING

♪ I'LL LEAVE YOU WITH THIS INSTEAD

♪ I KNOW EVERY HOLE IN THE CLINCH RIVER

♪ AND I KNOW HOW TO FIND THEM BASS

♪ I KNOW HOW TO TUNE A SIX-STRING MARTIN

♪ AND KICK SATURDAY IN THE ASS

♪ I KNOW HOW TO MAKE THAT MOON SHINE

♪ I KNOW YOU WANT YOUR SUNSHINE BACK

♪ I KNOW A WHOLE LOTTA 'BOUT A LIL' SOMETHIN', SOMETHIN'

♪ AND A WHOLE BUNCH OF NOTHING 'BOUT THAT

♪ A WHOLE BUNCH OF NOTHING 'BOUT THAT

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

♪ BEFORE MY MIND TOOK A VACATION I HAD A SITUATION LIKE YOU GOT

♪ THEY TELL ME THAT I HAD A GOOD WOMAN GONE BAD

♪ BUT I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT I FORGOT

♪ NOW JUST KICK BACK AND LISTEN UP, SON

♪ I'LL HELP YOU GET TO WHERE I AM

♪ GET YOU GOING FULL THROTTLE AND LEANIN' ON THE BOTTLE

♪ AND SOME BAIT IN A COFFEE CAN WELL

♪ I KNOW EVERY HOLE IN THE CLINCH RIVER

♪ AND I KNOW HOW TO FIND THEM BASS

♪ I KNOW HOW TO TUNE A SIX-STRING MARTIN

♪ AND KICK SATURDAY IN THE ASS

♪ I KNOW HOW TO MAKE THAT MOON SHINE

♪ I KNOW YOU WANT YOUR SUNSHINE BACK

♪ I KNOW A WHOLE LOTTA 'BOUT A LIL' SOMETHIN', SOMETHIN'

♪ AND A WHOLE BUNCH OF NOTHING 'BOUT THAT

♪ A WHOLE BUNCH OF NOTHING 'BOUT THAT

♪ I KNOW WHERE TO GO AND YOU KNOW HOW TO GET THERE

♪ OFF YOU GO, HIT THE ROAD BUZZ AND A POLE

♪ A WING AND A PRAYER ♪ ♪ ♪

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

>> NOW, COME ON, CHILDREN!

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ I KNOW EVERY HOLE IN THE

CLINCH RIVER ♪ AND I KNOW HOW TO FIND

THEM BASS ♪ I KNOW HOW TO TUNE A

SIX-STRING MARTIN ♪ AND KICK SATURDAY IN

THE ASS ♪ I KNOW HOW TO MAKE

THAT MOON SHINE ♪ I KNOW YOU WANT YOUR

SUNSHINE BACK ♪ I KNOW A WHOLE LOTTA 'BOUT

A LIL' SOMETHIN', SOMETHIN' ♪ AND A WHOLE BUNCH OF NOTHING

'BOUT THAT ♪ A WHOLE BUNCH OF NOTHING

'BOUT THAT ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

♪ A WHOLE BUNCH OF NOTHING ♪ ♪ ♪

♪ A WHOLE BUNCH OF NOTHING 'BOUT THAT ♪

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

♪ A WHOLE BUNCH OF NOTHING ♪ ♪ ♪

( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Announcer: NOW, TAKING THE

STAGE AT THE BLUEBIRD CAFÉ, VOCAL DUO NOMINEES DAN + SHAY.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ HERE'S TO ALL

THE LATE NIGHT DRUNK PHONE CALLS ♪ THAT YOU PICKED UP

HERE'S TO ALL THE BAD DECISIONS ♪ THAT YOU DIDN'T JUDGE

ALL THE "LOVE YOUs" AND ♪ THE "HATE YOUs" AND THE

SECRETS THAT YOU TOLD ME ♪ HERE'S TO EVERYONE

BUT MOSTLY US ♪ THERE'S A COUPLE BILLION

PEOPLE IN THE WORLD ♪ AND A MILLION OTHER PLACES

WE COULD BE ♪ BUT YOU'RE HERE WITH ME

TAKE A MOMENT JUST TO TAKE IT IN ♪ 'CAUSE EVERY HIGH

AND EVERY LOW ♪ LED TO THIS

I'M JUST SO GLAD YOU EXIST OOOH

OOOH ♪ HEY, LOOK WHAT A HELLO FROM A

STRANGER TURNED INTO ♪ CAUGHT UP IN A MOMENT

LIKE IT'S JUST US IN THIS ROOM ♪ ALL THE RIGHT WORDS

AT THE RIGHT TIME ♪ AND YOU KNOW 'EM

'CAUSE YOU KNOW ME ♪ BETTER THAN ANYONE ELSE

WE DON'T NEED ANYONE ELSE ♪ THERE'S A COUPLE BILLION

PEOPLE IN THE WORLD ♪ AND A MILLION OTHER PLACES

WE COULD BE ♪ BUT YOU'RE HERE WITH ME

TAKE A MOMENT JUST TO TAKE IT IN ♪ 'CAUSE EVERY HIGH

AND EVERY LOW ♪ LED TO THIS

I'M JUST SO GLAD YOU EXIST ♪ OOOH

OOOH ♪ OOOH

OOOH ♪ DON'T YOU EVER GO

DON'T YOU EVER GO ♪ DON'T YOU EVER GO CHANGING

NEVER LET ME GO ♪ NEVER LET ME GO

NEVER LET ME GO, BABY ♪ DON'T YOU EVER GO

DON'T YOU EVER GO ♪ DON'T YOU EVER GO CHANGING

NEVER LET ME GO ♪ NEVER, EVER LET ME GO

NEVER LET ME GO, BABY ♪ THERE'S A COUPLE BILLION

PEOPLE IN THE WORLD ♪ AND A MILLION OTHER PLACES

WE COULD BE ♪ BUT YOU'RE HERE WITH ME

TAKE A MOMENT JUST TO TAKE IT IN ♪ JUST TO TAKE IT IN

'CAUSE EVERY HIGH AND EVERY LOW ♪ LED TO THIS

I'M JUST SO GLAD YOU EXIST ♪ OOOH

OOOH I'M GLAD YOU EXIST

( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Announcer: ALAN JACKSON WITH

A CLASSIC HIT, AND A PERFORMANCE BY MIRANDA LAMBERT ARE ON THE

WAY.

PLUS, NEW MALE ARTIST WINNER, JIMMIE ALLEN; AND NEXT, A

SPECIAL MOMENT FEATURING A DESERVING NASHVILLE VETERAN

WHEN LUKE COMBS TEAMS UP WITH FORD.

THIS IS CBS.

>> Announcer: THE 56th ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS.

SPONSORED BY: SWIFFER-- STOP CLEANING, START SWIFFERING.

>> Announcer: WE'RE BACK AT THE GRAND OLE OPRY HOUSE WITH

ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR NOMINEE LUKE COMBS.

>> THANKS TO FORD, I RECENTLY MET UP WITH A TALENTED VETERAN

NAMED DAMON WILLIAMS FROM THE "GUITARS FOR VETS" PROGRAM.

IT WAS AN HONOR AND A GREAT EXPERIENCE.

TAKE A LOOK.

LAST YEAR, A PARTNERSHIP OF THE BEST,

IT IS A GREAT ORGANIZATION THAT HELPS VETERANS COPE WITH PTSD

THROUGH MUSIC BY TEACHING THEM HOW TO PLAY GUITAR.

>> FORD RECENTLY DONATED 500,000 TO GUITARS FOR VETS TO HELP THEM

CONTINUE THEIR GREAT WORK.

>> WE'RE VERY PROUD OF GUITARS FOR VETS FOR HAVING GRADUATED

OVER 5,000 VETERANS FROM THE PROGRAM.

THE DONATIONS FROM FORD ALLOW US TO BUY THOUSANDS OF GUITARS SO

MORE VETERAN-- VETERANS CAN EXPERIENCE THE HEALING POWER OF

MUSIC.

>> WITH THE HELP OF GUITARS FOR VETS HAVE I BEEN ABLE TO TAKE A

SONG THAT I HAVE WRITTEN AND SING TO MY DAUGHTER.

>> I JUST COULDN'T HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT THE PROGRAM.

>> WE OWE SO MUCH TO OUR TROOPS AND VETERANS SO I'M HONORED TO

MEET UP AGAIN WITH SOME FOLKS FROM GUITARS FOR VETS AND PLAY

SOME MUSIC TOGETHER.

>> HEY Y'ALL, HOW ARE YOU DOING.

>> HEY, LUKE.

>> GOOD TO SEE Y'ALL.

>> I HEARD YOU WROTE A SONG.

>> I WROTE A LITTLE SOMETHING.

>> I BROWTS A GUITAR IF YOU WANT TO PLAY IT.

>> PLUG ME IN, COME ON.

♪ HOLD ON.

♪ ♪ IT'S ALL RIGHT.

♪.

>> TO LEARN MORE ABOUT MY PARTNERSHIP WITH GUITAR FOR VETS

AND HOW YOU CAN HELP GO TO FORDPROUDTOHODGE OR-- HONOR.COM.

>> ALL RIGHT.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ A COLD BEER'S GOT 12 OUNCES

A GOOD TRUCK'S GOT MAYBE 300,000 ♪ YOU ONLY GET SO MUCH

UNTIL IT'S GONE ♪ DURACELLS IN A MAGLITE

A NEEDLE DROP ON A 45 ♪ ARE THE KIND OF THINGS THAT

ONLY LAST SO LONG ♪ WHEN THE NEW WEARS OFF

AND THEY GET TO GETTING OLD ♪ SOONER OR LATER

TIME'S GONNA TAKE ITS TOLL ♪ THEY SAY NOTHING LASTS FOREVER

BUT THEY AIN'T SEEN US TOGETHER ♪ OR THE WAY THE MOONLIGHT

DANCES IN YOUR EYES ♪ JUST A T-SHIRT IN THE KITCHEN

WITH NO MAKE-UP AND A MILLION ♪ OTHER THINGS THAT I COULD

LOOK AT MY WHOLE LIFE ♪ A LOVE LIKE THAT MAKES A MAN

HAVE SECOND THOUGHTS ♪ MAYBE SOME THINGS LAST FOREVER

AFTER ALL ♪ FM STATION ON THE OUTSKIRTS

BLUE JEANS, AFTER YEARS OF ♪ SHIFT WORK

ALL FADING OUT LIKE I ALWAYS ♪ KNEW THEY WOULD

THE STRINGS ON THIS GUITAR ♪ THE FIRST LOVE LOST

ON A YOUNG HEART ♪ THOSE THINGS ARE GONNA BREAK

AFTER THE GETTING'S GOOD ♪ 'CAUSE THE NEW WEARS OFF

AND THEY GET TO GETTING OLD ♪ YEAH, SOONER OR LATER

TIME'S GONNA TAKE ITS TOLL ♪ THEY SAY NOTHING LASTS FOREVER

BUT THEY AIN'T SEEN US TOGETHER ♪ OR THE WAY THE MOONLIGHT

DANCES IN YOUR EYES ♪ JUST A T-SHIRT IN THE KITCHEN

WITH NO MAKE-UP AND A MILLION ♪ OTHER THINGS THAT I COULD LOOK

AT MY WHOLE LIFE ♪ A LOVE LIKE THAT MAKES A MAN

HAVE SECOND THOUGHTS ♪ MAYBE SOME THINGS LAST FOREVER

AFTER ALL ♪ ♪ ♪

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ THEY SAY NOTHING LASTS FOREVER

BUT THEY AIN'T SEEN US TOGETHER ♪ OR THE WAY THE MOONLIGHT

DANCES IN YOUR EYES ♪ AND I KNOW THERE'LL BE

THAT MOMENT ♪ THE GOOD LORD CALLS ONE OF US

HOME, AND ♪ ONE WON'T HAVE THE OTHER

BY THEIR SIDE ♪ BUT HEAVEN KNOWS THAT THAT

WON'T LAST TOO LONG ♪ MAYBE SOME THINGS LAST FOREVER

AFTER ALL ♪ AFTER ALL ♪

AFTER ALL ♪ AFTER ALL ♪

( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Mickey: SO, SO GOOD.

MY FELLOW TEXAN, MIRANDA LAMBERT, IS THE MOST AWARDED

ARTIST IN A.C.M. AWARDS HISTORY.

I'M GOING TO SAY THAT AGAIN.

MIRANDA LAMBERT IS THE MOST AWARDED ARTIST IN ACM

MIRANDA LAMBERT, IS THE MOST AWARDED ARTIST IN A.C.M. AWARDS

HISTORY.

( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) I LOVE HOW SHE DESCRIBED HOW

THE SONGS ON “THE MARFA TAPES” COLLABORATION WITH JACK INGRAM

AND JON RANDALL CAME ABOUT. SHE SAID THE THREE OF THEM WOULD

GET TOGETHER OUTDOORS IN MARFA, TEXAS, SIT AROUND THE CAMPFIRE,

UNWIND AND WRITE SONGS TOGETHER.

THE END RESULT FROM THEIR TIME TOGETHER: A MASTERPIECE.

AND NOW, WITH A SPECIAL PERFORMANCE OF “IN HIS ARMS,”

THE FIRST SONG FROM “THE MARFA TAPES” ALBUM, HERE ARE JACK, JON

AND MIRANDA.

( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ♪ ♪ ♪

( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ♪ ♪ ♪

♪ I'VE SEEN EL PASO WHEN THE SKY WAS ON FIRE

♪ LOST A NIGHT IN JUAREZ A COUPLE OF TIMES

♪ DANCED WITH A COWBOY ON A STRAIGHT TEQUILA HIGH

♪ I WISH I WAS IN HIS ARMS TONIGHT

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ I'VE BEEN A ROLLING STONE

A TUMBLEWEED ♪ WAITING FOR THE RIGHT ONE

TO COME FIND ME ♪ BUT THE WRONG ONE

ALWAYS SET ME FREE ♪ I WISH I WAS

IN HIS ARMS TONIGHT ♪ IS HE PLAYING IN SOME

HOUSE BAND IN DALLAS ♪ IS HE BREAKING HORSES

IN SAN ANTONE ♪ IS HE ALL ALONE

IN THE NEON LIGHT ♪ I WISH I WAS

IN HIS ARMS TONIGHT ♪ ♪ ♪

IN HIS ARMS TONIGHT ♪ ♪ ♪

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ IS HE PRAYING FOR RAIN

OUT IN WEST TEXAS ♪ IS HE LOST IN THE MARFA LIGHTS

IS HE OUT THERE LOOKING FOR ME ♪ WISHING I WAS IN

HIS ARMS TONIGHT ♪ I WISH I WAS IN

HIS ARMS TONIGHT ♪ ♪ ♪

♪ ♪ ♪ ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )

>> Mickey: WHAT A BEAUTIFUL PERFORMANCE.

COMING UP NEXT AT THE RYMAN AUDITORIUM IS COUNTRY LEGEND

ALAN JACKSON. PLUS, KENNY CHESNEY IN A

PERFORMANCE YOU WON'T WANT TO MISS.

THIS IS CBS.

>> Announcer: THE 56th ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS,

SPONSORED BY: FORD.

TO LEARN MORE ABOUT FORD-- PROUD TO HONOR AND SUPPORT ITS

PARTNERS, INCLUDING GUITARS 4 VETS-- VISIT:

www.fordproudtohoor.com.

>> Announcer: THE 56th ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS WILL

CONTINUE. THIS IS CBS

>> HEY FOLKS, BRAD PAISLEY HERE.

SO, I'M OUTSIDE THE BLUEBIRD JIMMIE ALLEN, THE ACM NEW MALE

ARTIST WINNER, IS ABOUT TO SING OUR NEW DUET, "FREEDOM WAS A

HIGHWAY," BUT HE THINKS I'M OUT OF TOWN.

SO, I HAVE DRIVEN UP HERE AND I'M GONNA SURPRISE HIM AND GO IN

AND JUST START SINGING.

I HOPE THAT'S OKAY.

WATCH THIS.

>> Announcer: LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, NEW MALE ARTIST

WINNER JIMMIE ALLEN.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

♪ SUNSET THROUGH A WINDSHIELD I CAN SEE IT NOW

♪ LIKE A PICTURE IN A FRAME OOH

♪ BLUE JEANS AND T-SHIRTS WHO WE WERE

♪ WE WORE IT LIKE A NAME ♪ I WISH I COULD GO

BACK TO THOSE DAYS ♪ WHEN THE TOWN

WAS THE WHOLE WORLD ♪ AND LOVE WAS

THE GIRL NEXT DOOR ♪ SOUNDTRACK WAS

A SONG IN THE DARK ♪ I MISS THOSE DAYS WHEN OUR

DREAMS WERE THERE FOR CHASIN' ♪ BUT TIME WAS BETTER WASTED

WE WERE SUMMER YOUNG ♪ AND LIVIN' FOR A FRIDAY

AND FREEDOM WAS A HIGHWAY, OH ♪ FREEDOM WAS A HIGHWAY, OH

♪ ♪ ♪ BARBWIRE ON A FENCE POST

♪ WITH A CROSSWIND ON A ROAD NO ONE WAS ON

YEAH, YEAH, YEAH ♪ FIVE-DEEP WITH OUR HANDS UP

JUST SINGIN' ALONG ♪ TO A HIP-HOP SONG

I WISH I COULD REWIND AND REPLAY ♪ WHEN THE TOWN WAS

THE WHOLE WORLD ♪ AND LOVE WAS

THE GIRL NEXT DOOR ♪ SOUNDTRACK WAS

A SONG IN THE DARK ♪ I MISS THOSE DAYS WHEN OUR

DREAMS WERE THERE FOR CHASIN' ♪ BUT TIME WAS BETTER WASTED

WE WERE SUMMER YOUNG AND ♪ LIVIN' FOR A FRIDAY

AND FREEDOM WAS A HIGHWAY ♪ FREEDOM WAS A HIGHWAY

FREEDOM WAS A HIGHWAY ♪ FREEDOM WAS A HIGHWAY

FREEDOM WAS A HIGHWAY ♪ FREEDOM WAS A HIGHWAY

( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> PRESENTING OUR NEXT AWARD AT

THE GRAND OLE OPRY HOUSE, HERE'S THE GREAT MARTINA McBRIDE.

♪ ♪ ♪ >> THANKS, BRAD.

I AM SO PROUD TO GIVE THIS AWARD TONIGHT BECAUSE, FOR THE FIRST

TIME IN A.C.M. AWARD SHOW HISTORY, EVERY NOMINATED

SONG IS PERFORMED BY A WOMAN!

THAT'S RIGHT, THIS ONE'S FOR THE GIRLS!

( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) YEAH!

HERE ARE THE NOMINEES FOR SINGLE OF THE YEAR.

>> Announcer: “BLUEBIRD,” BY MIRANDA LAMBERT.“

I HOPE,” BY GABBY BARRETT.“ I HOPE YOU'RE HAPPY NOW,” BY

CARLY PEARCE AND LEE BRICE.“ MORE HEARTS THAN MINE," BY

INGRID ANDRESS.“ THE BONES,” BY MAREN MORRIS.

>> AND THE A.C.M. SINGLE OF THE YEAR GOES TO:“

I HOPE YOU'RE HAPPY NOW,” BY CARLY PEARCE AND LEE BRICE.

( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ♪ ♪ ♪

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ I HOPE.

♪.

>> I CANNOT EVEN BELIEVE THIS, OH MY GOODNESS.

I'M GOING TO TRY REALLY HARD NOT TO CRY.

I LOVE COUNTRY MUSIC MORE THAN ANYTHING IN THE WHOLE WORLD.

YOU WANT TO THANK MY COWRITERS LUKE COMBS, JONATHAN SINGLETON

AND RANDY, WE WROTE THIS SONG ABOUT MY STORY.

AND I GUESS IT RESONATED WITH EVERYBODY.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, FOR EVERYTHING, THANK YOU TO MY

MANAGEMENT, MY RECORD LABEL AND BUSBY, THIS-- BUSBEE, STH THE

LAST SONG MY PRODUCER WORKED ON, THANK YOU BUSBEE.

>> I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU.

GOD PUTS PEOPLE IN YOUR LIVES, FROM MY MANAGEMENT TO MY WIFE,

WITHOUT PUTS UP WITH EVERYTHING, EF RADIO HE DAY AND HELPS ME AND

SUPPORTS ME.

RECORD LABELS AND EVERYTHING BUT PEOPLE, HE PUT PEOPLE IN MY LIFE

SO THIS KIND OF STUFF CAN HAPPEN, THANK YOU ALL, THANK YOU

CARLY.

>> THANK YOU FANS, THANK YOU!

>> Announcer: WITH HIS SMASH H“" KNOWING YOU," PLEASE WELCOME

FOUR-TIME A.C.M. ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR, KENNY CHESNEY.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

♪ KNOWIN' YOU YOU PROBABLY GOT

♪ YOUR TOES IN THE SAND AT A BAR ON A BEACH

♪ IN THE SUN SOMEWHERE KNOWIN' YOU

♪ YOU GOT SOMETHING COLD IN YOUR HAND

♪ CHATTIN' UP A STRANGER WITHOUT A CARE

♪ KNOWIN' YOU YOU'RE STILL WILD AND FREE

♪ AND KNOWIN' YOU YOU'RE PROBABLY WAY OVER ME

♪ BUT GOD, WE WERE SO ALIVE

♪ I WAS A KID ON A CARNIVAL RIDE

♪ HOLDIN' MY BREATH 'TIL THE MOMENT

♪ WHEN YOU WERE GONNA LEAVE ME TOO SOON

♪ BUT I'D DO IT ALL OVER 'CAUSE DAMN

♪ IT WAS GOOD KNOWIN' YOU ♪ ♪ ♪

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ KNOWIN' YOU WAS A FREE FALL

FROM A HUNDRED THOUSAND FEET ♪ WHEN YOU DON'T EVEN CARE

WHERE YOU LAND ♪ AND KNOWIN' YOU

WAS THE KIND OF RUSH ♪ THAT YOU FEEL

WHEN YOU FINALLY ♪ GET TO SIT IN WITH THE BAND

AND KNOWIN' YOU ♪ YOU'RE STILL A TUMBLEWEED

I ONLY WISH THAT YOU WOULD ♪ TUMBLE BACK TO ME

BUT GOD, WE WERE ♪ SO ALIVE

I WAS A KID ON A ♪ CARNIVAL RIDE

HOLDIN' MY BREATH ♪ 'TIL THE MOMENT

WHEN YOU WERE GONNA LEAVE ME ♪ TOO SOON

BUT I'D DO IT ALL OVER ♪ 'CAUSE DAMN, IT WAS GOOD

KNOWIN' YOU ♪ ♪ ♪

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

♪ KNOWIN' YOU YOU'RE STILL A TUMBLEWEED

♪ I ONLY WISH THAT YOU WOULD TUMBLE BACK TO ME

♪ 'CAUSE GOD, WE WERE SO ALIVE

♪ I WAS A KID ON A CARNIVAL RIDE

♪ HOLDIN' MY BREATH 'TIL THE MOMENT

♪ WHEN YOU WERE GONNA LEAVE ME TOO SOON

♪ BUT I'D DO IT ALL OVER 'CAUSE DAMN, IT WAS GOOD

♪ I'D DO IT ALL OVER 'CAUSE DAMN

♪ IT WAS GOOD KNOWIN' YOU ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

>> THE THING I MISSED THE MOST DURING THIS ENTIRE TIME IN THE

PANDEMIC IS THE MUSIC.

>> I LOVE PLAYING TO A LIVE AUDIENCE, THERE IS NOTHING LIKE

IT.

>> THE COVID-19 VACCINE IS GOING TO HELP US ALL GET BACK TO THE

MOMENT WE MISSED.

>> IT IS TOTALLY NORMAL TO HAVE QUESTIONS.

I DO TOO.

>> THAT IS WHY IT IS SO IMPORTANT TO GET INVOLVED, TO

ASK YOUR DOCTOR, TO GET THE >> Announcer: WE'RE BACK, FROM

NASHVILLE, WITH FEMALE ARTIST AND ALBUM OF THE YEAR NOMINEE,

ASHLEY McBRYDE.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ I'VE GOT THIS FEELING

AND I GOT THIS SHOVEL ♪ BETWEEN ME AND YOU AND IT

YOU'RE IN A LITTLE TROUBLE ♪ I SAW YOU SNEAKING

AND I KNOW WHAT HAPPENED ♪ I THINK IT'S KINDA FUNNY

YOU GOT CAUGHT ONLY ♪ I AIN'T LAUGHING

MARTHA DIVINE ♪ MARTHA DIVINE

YOU PUT YOUR HANDS ON THE ♪ WRONG DAMN MAN THIS TIME

JEZEBEL ♪ YOU'RE BOUND FOR HELL

BUT EVIDENTLY ♪ THE DEVIL WAS BUSY

SO I MOVED YOU UP IN LINE ♪ MARTHA DIVINE

WELL, YOU CALL HIM DARLING ♪ AND I CALL HIM DADDY

AND DADDY SAYS HE'LL WHUP ME ♪ IF I DON'T KEEP MAMA HAPPY

HONOR THY FATHER ♪ HONOR THY MOTHER

BUT THE BIBLE DOESN'T SAY ♪ A DAMN THING ABOUT

YOUR DADDY'S LOVER ♪ MARTHA DIVINE

MARTHA DIVINE ♪ PUT YOUR HANDS ON THE WRONG

DAMN MAN THIS TIME ♪ JEZEBEL

YOU'RE BOUND FOR HELL ♪ BUT EVIDENTLY

THE DEVIL WAS BUSY ♪ SO I MOVED YOU UP IN LINE

MARTHA DIVINE ♪ ♪ ♪

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ MAMA'S AN ANGEL

MY DADDY ISN'T ♪ LOOKS LIKE A LITTLE MORE

OF HIM RUBBED OFF ON ME ♪ THAN DIDN'T

WELL, I'LL LEAVE YOU TO IT ♪ THEY'LL NEVER PROVE IT

AND IF THEY EVER ♪ FIND OUT I'LL SAY

"THE DEVIL MADE ME DO IT" ♪ MARTHA DIVINE

MARTHA DIVINE ♪ YOU PUT YOUR HANDS ON THE

WRONG DAMN MAN THIS TIME ♪ MARTHA DIVINE

YOUR ASS IS MINE ♪ AND IT AIN'T MURDER

IF I BURY YOU ALIVE ♪ MARTHA DIVINE ♪

>> NOW, AT THE RYMAN AUDITORIUM, HERE'S SEVEN-TIME A.C.M. WINNER,

ALAN JACKSON.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ IT'S PAINTED RED

THE STRIPE WAS WHITE ♪ IT WAS 18 FEET

FROM THE BOW TO STERN LIGHT ♪ SECONDHAND

FROM A DEALER IN ATLANTA ♪ I RODE UP WITH DADDY

WHEN HE WENT THERE TO GET HER ♪ PUT ON A SHINE

PUT ON A MOTOR ♪ BUILT OUT OF LOVE

MADE FOR THE WATER ♪ RAN HER FOR YEARS

'TIL THE TRANSOM GOT ROTTEN ♪ A PIECE OF MY CHILDHOOD

WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN ♪ IT WAS

JUST AN OLD PLYWOOD BOAT ♪ A '75 JOHNSON

WITH ELECTRIC CHOKE ♪ A YOUNG BOY

TWO HANDS ON THE WHEEL ♪ I CAN'T REPLACE THE WAY

IT MADE ME FEEL ♪ AND I WOULD TURN HER SHARP

AND I WOULD MAKE IT WHINE ♪ HE'D SAY, YOU CAN'T BEAT

THE WAY AN OLD WOOD BOAT RIDES ♪ JUST A LITTLE LAKE

ACROSS THE ALABAMA LINE ♪ BUT I WAS KING OF THE OCEAN

WHEN DADDY LET ME DRIVE ♪ ♪ ♪

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ I'M GROWN UP NOW

THREE DAUGHTERS OF MY OWN ♪ I LET THEM DRIVE MY OLD JEEP

ACROSS THE PASTURE AT OUR HOME ♪ MAYBE ONE DAY THEY'LL

REACH BACK IN THEIR FILE ♪ AND PULL OUT THAT OLD MEMORY

AND THINK OF ME AND SMILE ♪ AND SAY

IT WAS JUST AN OLD WORN OUT JEEP ♪ RUSTY OLD FLOOR BOARDS

HOT ON MY FEET ♪ A YOUNG GIRL

TWO HANDS ON THE WHEEL ♪ I CAN'T REPLACE THE WAY

IT MADE ME FEEL ♪ AND HE'D SAY TURN IT LEFT

AND STEER IT RIGHT ♪ STRAIGHTEN UP GIRL NOW

YOU'RE DOING JUST FINE ♪ JUST A LITTLE VALLEY BY

THE RIVER WHERE WE'D RIDE ♪ BUT I WAS HIGH ON A MOUNTAIN

WHEN DADDY LET ME DRIVE ♪ ♪ ♪

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ FIRST STEPS

FIRST WORDS ♪ SEEMS LIKE YESTERDAY

YOU WERE JUST A GIRL ♪ SKINNED KNEES

CLIMBIN' TREES ♪ ALL THOSE MEMORIES

SO CLOSE TO ME ♪ NOW YOU'RE A WOMAN

ON YOUR OWN ♪ ALL IN LOVE

AND NEARLY GONE ♪ BUT YOU'LL ALWAYS BE MY BABY

NO MATTER WHERE YOU ARE ♪ YOU'LL ALWAYS BE MY BABY

FOREVER IN MY HEART ♪ SO I SAY A PRAYER EVERYDAY

THAT GOD WILL GUIDE YOU ♪ AS YOU FIND YOUR WAY

YOU KNOW THAT I'M NEAR ♪ ANYTIME MY LOVE IS ALWAYS HERE

CAUSE YOU'LL ALWAYS BE MY BABY ♪ NO MATTER WHERE YOU ARE

YOU'LL ALWAYS BE MY BABY ♪ O FOREVER IN MY HEART

FOREVER IN MY HEART ♪ ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )

FOREVER IN MY HEART ♪ ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )

>> Announcer: BLAKE SHELTON PERFORMS ON THE GRAND OLE OPRY

HOUSE STAGE, NEXT.

CARLY PEARCE DUETS WITH LEE BRICE, AND, COMING UP, A BREATH-

TAKING PERFORMANCE BY HOST MICKEY GUYTON.

THIS IS CBS.

>> Announcer: WE'RE BACK, IN NASHVILLE, AT THE GRAND OLE OPRY

HOUSE WITH SIX-TIME A.C.M. AWARD WINNER, BLAKE SHELTON.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

♪ SHE LEFT WITHOUT LEAVIN' A NUMBER

♪ SAID SHE NEEDED TO CLEAR HER MIND

♪ HE FIGURED SHE'D GONE BACK TO AUSTIN

♪ 'CAUSE SHE TALKED ABOUT IT ALL THE TIME

♪ IT WAS ALMOST A YEAR BEFORE SHE CALLED HIM UP

♪ THREE RINGS AND AN ANSWERING MACHINE

♪ IS WHAT SHE GOT IF YOU'RE CALLIN' 'BOUT THE CAR

♪ I SOLD IT IF THIS IS TUESDAY NIGHT

♪ I'M BOWLIN' IF YOU'VE GOT SOMETHIN' TO SELL

♪ YOUR WASTIN' YOUR TIME I'M NOT BUYIN'

♪ IF IT'S ANYBODY ELSE WAIT FOR THE TONE

♪ YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO AND P.S.

♪ IF THIS IS AUSTIN I STILL LOVE YOU

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ THE TELEPHONE

FELL TO THE COUNTER ♪ SHE HEARD

BUT SHE COULDN'T BELIEVE ♪ WHAT KIND OF MAN

WOULD HANG ON THAT LONG ♪ WHAT KIND OF LOVE THAT MUST BE

SHE WAITED THREE DAYS ♪ AND THEN SHE TRIED AGAIN

SHE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT SHE'D SAY ♪ BUT SHE HEARD

THREE RINGS AND THEN ♪ IF IT'S FRIDAY NIGHT

I'M AT THE BALL GAME ♪ AND FIRST THING SATURDAY

IF IT DON'T RAIN ♪ I'M HEADED OUT TO THE LAKE

AND I'LL BE GONE ♪ ALL WEEKEND LONG

BUT I'LL CALL YOU BACK ♪ WHEN I GET HOME

ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON ♪ AND P.S.

IF THIS IS AUSTIN ♪ I STILL LOVE YOU

WELL THIS TIME ♪ SHE LEFT HER NUMBER

BUT NOT ANOTHER WORD ♪ THEN SHE WAITED BY THE PHONE

ON SUNDAY EVENING ♪ AND THIS IS WHAT HE HEARD

IF YOUR CALLIN' 'BOUT MY HEART ♪ IT'S STILL YOURS

I SHOULD HAVE LISTENED ♪ TO IT A LITTLE MORE

THEN IT WOULDN'T HAVE ♪ TAKEN ME SO LONG

TO KNOW WHERE I BELONG ♪ AND BY THE WAY BOY

THIS IS NO MACHINE ♪ YOUR TALKIN' TO

CAN'T YOU TELL ♪ THIS IS AUSTIN

AND I STILL LOVE YOU ♪ ♪ ♪

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

♪ YEAH, I MET YOU 'FORE ANYBODY KNEW MY NAME

♪ PLAYING FOR PENNIES ON THE DIVE BAR STAGE

♪ SPLIT AN ALL-STAR SPECIAL ON OUR FIRST DATE

♪ IN A WAFFLE HOUSE BOOTH YOUR DADDY WAS CRYING

♪ WHEN HE GAVE YOU AWAY 'CAUSE ALL THOSE COUNTRY

SONGS I PLAYED THEY DIDN'T COME WITH A 401K

♪ BUT HEY, I HAD YOU YOU CAN MAKE A SIX PACK ON

♪ THE CARPET TASTE LIKE A MILLION DOLLAR BILL

♪ YOU CAN MAKE A ONE BEDROOM APARTMENT

♪ FEEL LIKE A HOUSE UP ON THE HILL

♪ YOU CAN MAKE MY TRUCK OUT IN THE DRIVEWAY

♪ ROLL LIKE A CLEANED UP CADILLAC

♪ GIRL, LOOKIN' AT YOU LOOKIN' AT ME THAT WAY

♪ CAN MAKE A MAN FEEL RICH ON MINIMUM WAGE

♪ GIRL, YOUR LOVE IS MONEY YOUR LOVE IS MONEY

♪ YEAH, YOUR LOVE CAN MAKE A MAN FEEL RICH

♪ ON MINIMUM WAGE GIRL, YOUR LOVE IS MONEY

♪ YOUR LOVE IS MONEY YEAH, YOUR LOVE

♪ CAN MAKE A MAN FEEL RICH ON MINIMUM WAGE

GIRL, YOUR LOVE IS MONEY ♪ YOUR LOVE IS MONEY

YEAH, YOUR LOVE ♪ CAN MAKE A MAN FEEL RICH

ON MINIMUM WAGE ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )

>> NOW, WELCOME BACK MISS DOLLY PARTON.

>> TO PRESENT OUR NEXT AWARD IS AN ACTOR, WRITER, INSTAGRAM

STAR, FUNNIEST PERSON IN THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD, BEEN A FRIEND

OF MINE FOR YEARS.

I GOT TO SING A SONG ON HIS UPCOMING GOSPEL ALBUM.

THE ALBUM IS CALLED "COMPANY'S COMING."

I DON'T KNOW WHAT HE'S GOING TO DO TONIGHT.

MAYBE ONE DAY WE'LL GET TO SING OUR SONG ON A TV SHOW.

WOULD YOU PLEASE MAKE WELCOME MY BUDDY, LESLIE JORDAN?

WOULD YOU PLEASE MAKE WELCOME MY BUDDY, LESLIE JORDAN?

>> WOAH.

I NEVER DREAMED I'D BE ON THIS STAGE AND BE INTRODUCED BY DOLLY

PARTON.

AND HERE ARE THE NOMINEES FOR THE DUO OF THE YEAR.

>> Announcer: BROOKS & DUNN.

BROTHERS OSBORNE.

DAN + SHAY.

FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE.

MADDIE & TAE.

>> AND THE A.C.M. DUO OF THE YEAR GOES TO:

DAN + SHAY.

♪ ♪ ♪ TELY INCREDIBLE TO

STAND ON STAGE AT THE BLUE BIRD.

I REMEMBER VISITING THIS PLACE OVER TEN YEARS AGO BEFORE I

MOVED TO NASHVILLE AND DREAMED OF BEING A SONGWRITER IN THIS

TOWN.

STILL JUST AS EXCITED EVERY DAY TO WAKE UP AND WRITE COUNTRY

MUSIC.

THANK YOU SO TO THE ACM, THE OTHER NOMINEES IN OUR CATEGORY,

WE LOVE Y'ALL, EVERYBODY IS DESERVING OF THIS AWARD.

OUR TEAM, THANK YOU SO MUCH AND MY WIFE ABBY, I LOVE YOU.

>> THIS IS SO SPECIAL, I WANT TO THANK GOD FOR THIS GUY.

MY WIFE HANNA, MY BOYS AN COUNTRY RADIO.

COUNTRY FANS THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US.

LOVE YOU GUYS.

>> LOVE >> Announcer: WITH “I HOPE

YOU'RE HAPPY NOW,” THE SONG THAT WON THEM THE A.C.M. AWARD FOR

MUSIC EVENT AND SINGLE OF THE YEAR, HERE ARE CARLY PEARCE AND

LEE BRICE.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ IT'S ALL ON ME

IT'S MY MISTAKE ♪ I SAID I DON'T LOVE YOU

A LITTLE TOO LATE ♪ BUT I GUESS THERE AIN'T

EVER A RIGHT TIME ♪ AND I DON'T KNOW WHY

IT'S CALLED A GOOD-BYE ♪ GO RUN MY NAME

INTO THE GROUND ♪ TELL EVERYONE YOU KNOW

JUST HOW, HOW I SLAMMED ♪ THE DOOR ON OUR FOREVER

BUT I PROMISE YOU ♪ IT'S FOR THE BETTER

I HOPE YOU FIND ♪ WHAT YOU WERE LOOKING FOR

I HOPE YOUR HEART ♪ AIN'T HURTING ANYMORE

AND YOU GET MOVING ON ♪ I FIGURED IT OUT

AND YOU DON'T HATE ME SOMEHOW ♪ 'CAUSE I HOPE

YOU'RE HAPPY NOW MY FRIEND

♪ WHO KNEW THIS HEART COULD BREAK THIS HARD

♪ OR LOVE LIKE OURS COULD FALL APART

♪ WITHOUT SO MUCH AS A WARNING I THOUGHT THAT I

♪ WAS WHAT YOU WANTED WELL, I GUESS YOU FOUND

♪ WHAT YOU WERE LOOKING FOR I GUESS MY HEART

♪ AIN'T WORTH IT ANYMORE I'M A WRECK, I'M A MESS

♪ AND I AIN'T GOT NOTHING LEFT AND SO I HOPE

♪ YOU'RE HAPPY NOW ♪ ♪ ♪

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

I HOPE YOU FOUND ♪ WHAT YOU WERE LOOKING FOR

I GUESS MY HEART ♪ AIN'T WORTH IT ANYMORE

HOPE YOU BEEN MOVING ON ♪ ALL FIGURED OUT

AND YOU DON'T HATE ME SOMEHOW ♪ I'M A WRECK, I'M A MESS

AND I AIN'T GOT NOTHING LEFT ♪ SO I HOPE

YOU'RE HAPPY NOW ♪ HAPPY NOW

OH, I HOPE ♪ YOU'RE HAPPY NOW ♪

♪ ♪ ♪ ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )

>> Announcer: UP NEXT, AN UNFORGETTABLE PERFORMANCE

BY MICKEY GUYTON.

PLUS, THE AWARD FOR MALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR.

THEN, KEITH URBAN TAKES THE GRAND OLE OPRY HOUSE STAGE.

THIS IS CBS.

AND NOW, A SPECIAL MESSAGE FROM T-MOBILE AND 11-TIME A.C.M.

AWARD WINNERS, FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE!

>> Mickey: WELCOME BACK.

I'M SO THANKFUL TO THE ACADEMY FOR THE SUPPORT THEY HAVE GIVEN

ME OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS, AND I'M ALSO PROUD OF THEIR WORK ON

BEHALF OF SO MANY DIFFERENT GROUPS IN OUR COMMUNITY.

ONE OF THE WAYS THEY PROVIDE THAT HELP IS THROUGH THE “A.C.M.

LIFTING LIVES COVID-19 RESPONSE FUND."

LET'S TAKE A LOOK.

IN MARCH 2020 COVID PANDEMIC HIT, LIVE MUSIC

AS WE KNOW IT SHUT DOWN.

>> NOBODY COULD SEE THIS DRAGGING OUT FOR A YEAR.

>> HOW ARE OUR FANS SUPPOSED TO TAKE CARE OF THEIR FAMILIES.

>> HOW WOULD THEY PAY THEIR BILLS.

>> WITHOUT THOSE GUYS, I DON'T GET TO HAPPEN.

>> ACM LIFTING LIVES COVID-19 RESPONSE FUND HAS GIVEN AWAY 3.9

MILLION FOR PEOPLE IN OUR COUNTRY WHO NEED IT.

>> IT PAID OUR MORTGAGE THAT MONTH.

>> IT CAME AT THE EXACT RIGHT TIME I NEEDED IT TO COME.

>> THE FUNDS HAVE BEEN DEPLETED BECAUSE THEY HAVE GIVEN O SO

MANY PEOPLE IN NEED.

>> IF YOU WANT THAT FEELING OF A CONCERT AGAIN, YOU HAVE TO KEEP

THESE PEOPLE GOING.

>> WHETHER YOU CAN GIVE $1, $10 OR $100, YOUR DONATION MAKES A

>> Mickey: THANK YOU, "LIFTING LIVES," FOR HELPING US GET

THROUGH SOME VERY TOUGH TIMES.

I WROTE THIS NEXT SONG AS A PRAYER.

WHEN FACED WITH PAIN AND UNCERTAINTY, I HOPE IT INSPIRES

YOU TO HOLD ON.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ WHEN YOU'RE AFRAID

I'M RIGHT BESIDE YOU ♪ WHEN YOU'RE IN THE DARK

I'LL COME AND FIND YOU ♪ THERE IS NO DOOR

I'LL LEAVE UNOPENED ♪ AND THERE IS NO CHANCE

I'LL LEAVE IT BROKEN ♪ SO, HOLD ON, HOLD ON

DON'T LET GO ♪ HOLD ON, HOLD ON

I'LL BE YOUR HOPE ♪ I'LL BE YOUR LIFELINE

I'LL NEVER STOP FIGHTING ♪ SO HOLD ON, HOLD ON

HOLD ON TO ME ♪ HOLD ON TO ME

IF THERE'S A PRAYER ♪ I'M GONNA PRAY IT

WHEN THERE'S AN ANSWER ♪ I'LL BE RIGHT HERE WAITING

AND THERE AIN'T A STONE ♪ I WON'T TURN OVER

A WEIGHT TOO HEAVY ♪ ON MY SHOULDER

A FIRE THAT I WON'T WALK THROUGH ♪ YOU KNOW I GOT YOU, I GOT YOU

SO HOLD ON, HOLD ON ♪ AND DON'T LET GO

HOLD ON, HOLD ON ♪ I'LL BE YOUR HOPE

I'LL BE YOUR LIFELINE ♪ I'LL NEVER STOP FIGHTING

BELIEVING ♪ SO HOLD ON, HOLD ON

HOLD ON TO ME, YEAH ♪ HOLD ON TO ME, YEAH

HOLD ON TO ME, YEAH ♪ HOLD ON TO ME, YEAH

DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE LISTENING ♪ BUT IF YOU CAN HERE ME

JUST HOLD ON, HOLD ON ♪ AND DON'T LET GO

HOLD ON, HOLD ON ♪ I'LL BE YOUR HOPE

I'LL BE YOUR LIFELINE ♪ AND I'LL NEVER STOP FIGHTING

BELIEVING ♪ JUST HOLD ON, HOLD ON

HOLD ON TO ME ♪ ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )

>> Announcer: COMING TO THE STAGE WITH OUR NEXT AWARD,

HERE'S THREE-TIME NOMINEE TONIGHT, INGRID ANDRESS.

>> WHAT'S UP, FAM?

A LOT OF GREAT THINGS HAVE HAPPENED TO ME EARLY IN MY

CAREER, AND SOMETIMES I REALLY WONDER HOW I LITERALLY GOT HERE.

SO, THIS IS A SPECIAL MOMENT.

I'M HONORED TO PRESENT THIS AWARD TO ONE OF THESE FIVE

SUPERSTARS, ALL MEN I RESPECT AND ADMIRE.

HERE ARE THE INCREDIBLE NOMINEES FOR MALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR.

>> Announcer: DIERKS BENTLEY.

ERIC CHURCH.

LUKE COMBS.

THOMAS RHETT.

CHRIS STAPLETON.

( APPLAUSE ) >> AND THE A.C.M. MALE ARTIST OF

THE YEAR GOES TO: THOMAS RHETT.

♪ ♪ ♪ ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )

♪ ♪ ♪ ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )

♪ ♪ ♪ ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )

>> MAN, THIS IS ABSOLUTELY UNBELIEVABLE, ESPECIALLY SITTING

HERE NEXT TO DIERKS, HOLLERING HIS SHENANIGANS OVER HERE, I

WANT TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH TO THE ACMS, THIS IS INCREDIBLE.

TO MY WIFE, MY THREE BABY GIRLS WATCHING THIS AT HOME ON THE TV,

I LOVE Y'ALL SO MUCH, ALL THE HEALTH CARE WORKERS SITTING UP

HERE, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

COME ON!

IT JUST FEELS INVEDDABLE-- INCREDIBLE TO BE IN

THIS CATEGORY, TO BE HONEST, THESE ARE LITERALLY MY HEROES

SITTING RIGHT HERE IN THESE SEATS, SO THANK YOU LORD, LORD

JESUS, WE LOVE YOU.

THANK YOU FOR THIS AWARD.

THANK YOU.

♪ ♪ ♪ ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )

>> Keith: CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU.

PUT IT THERE, MAN.

TELL YOU WHAT.

TROPHY ROOM IS GETTING THE TROPHY ROOM, YOU'RE GOING TO

NEED A TROPHY HOUSE IF YOU KEEP KEEP THAT UP.

STILL TO COME, KELSEY BALLERINI FEATURE-- FEATURING KENNY

CHESNEY, THIS IS >> Announcer: YOU CAN "STREAM

FOR A CAUSE" WITH THE OFFICIAL 56th A.C.M. AWARDS PLAYLISTS,

FEATURING SONGS FROM EVERY NOMINEE, AND RAISE VALUABLE

FUNDS FOR A.C.M. LIFTING LIVES.

VISIT www.acmliftinglives.org.

THE 56th ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS, SPONSORED BY:

THE ALL-NEW BRONCO SPORT, BUILT WILD.

>> Announcer: THE 56th ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS WILL

CONTINUE.

THIS IS CBS.

♪ ♪ ♪

>> Keith: WELCOME BACK. WHAT AN AMAZING NIGHTK MICKEY.

>> I'M HAVING AN AMAZING TIME.

SO WHAT HAVE YOU GOT THERE?

>> I'M GOING TO PLAY.

>> PLAYING WHAT.

>> LIKE WITH MY BAND.

>> SO WHERE YOU GOING AND I'VE NEVER PLAYED THIS SONG WITH MY

BAND BEFORE SO IT WILL BE NICE TO ACTUALLY FINALLY PLAY.

>> SO YOU ARE LEAVING ME RIGHT NOW.

>> YEAH.

>> KEITH URBAN.

HERE TO >> Mickey: HERE TO PERFORM HIS

HIT SONG, “TUMBLEWEED,” IS MY TUMBLEWEED, IS MY DEAR FRIEND 15

TIME ACM AWARD WINNER, KEITH FREAKING URBAN.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

♪ HOTTER THAN A $2 SHOT OF WHISKEY

♪ LOOKING PRETTY SITTING AT THE BAR

♪ LOOKING 'ROUND THE ROOM WITH THE DEVIL ON YOUR SHOULDER

♪ LIKE YOU'RE 'BOUT TO STEAL A COWBOY'S HEART

♪ I'M YOUR BILLY THE KID SO BABY, LET'S GIDDY-UP, GONE

♪ I AIN'T EVEN SURE JUST A WHERE YOU'RE HEADED

♪ BUT I'D SURE LIKE TO TAG ALONG HEY, MISS TUMBLEWEED

♪ WELL, I BELIEVE TWO TUMBLEWEEDS IS BETTER THAN ONE

♪ EVERYBODY NEEDS A BUDDY WHEN THEY'RE ON THE RUN

♪ HEY, MISS TUMBLEWEED LET'S RIDE THE BREEZE

♪ TOWN TO TOWN JUST A-KICKING UP DUST

♪ MAKE A LITTLE TROUBLE MIGHT MAKE A LITTLE LOVE

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

♪ TEACH ME YOUR GYPSY WAYS COME ON, BABY, SHOW ME THE ROPES

♪ THE REAL WORLD CAN CHASE US, GIRL

♪ BUT WE'LL LEAVE 'EM IN A CLOUD OF SMOKE

♪ NO TELLING WHERE WE MIGHT END UP

♪ REBELS LIKE YOU AND ME NOWHERE, ANYWHERE

♪ EVERYWHERE, OUT THERE SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN

♪ HEY, MISS TUMBLEWEED WELL, I BELIEVE TWO TUMBLEWEEDS

♪ IS BETTER THAN ONE EVERYBODY NEEDS A BUDDY

♪ WHEN THEY'RE ON THE RUN HEY, MISS TUMBLEWEED

♪ LET'S RIDE THE BREEZE TOWN TO TOWN

♪ JUST A-KICKING UP DUST MAKE A LITTLE TROUBLE

♪ MIGHT MAKE A LITTLE LOVE ♪ ♪ ♪

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ OH, YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT

OPRY HOUSE!

TUMBLEWEED, TUMBLEWEED ♪ I'LL ROLL WITH YOU

YOU ROLL WITH ME ♪ TUMBLEWEED, TUMBLEWEED

I'LL ROLL WITH YOU ♪ YOU ROLL WITH ME HEY

TUMBLEWEED, TUMBLEWEED ♪ I'LL ROLL WITH YOU

YOU ROLL WITH ME ♪ TUMBLEWEED, TUMBLEWEED

I'LL ROLL WITH YOU ♪ YOU ROLL WITH ME

HEY, MISS TUMBLEWEED ♪ WELL, I BELIEVE TWO

TUMBLEWEEDS IS BETTER THAN ONE ♪ EVERYBODY NEEDS A BUDDY

WHEN THEY'RE ON THE RUN ♪ HEY, MISS TUMBLEWEED

LET'S RIDE THE BREEZE ♪ TOWN TO TOWN

JUST A-KICKING UP DUST ♪ MAKE A LITTLE TROUBLE

MIGHT MAKE A LITTLE LOVE ♪ ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )

>> Keith: THANK YOU SO MUCH.

NOW, LET'S HEAD BACK LIVE TO THE RYMAN AUDITORIUM FOR DOUBLE

NOMINEES TONIGHT, BROTHERS OSBORNE.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

♪ SOME PEOPLE CLAP ON THE ONE AND THE THREE

♪ SOME PEOPLE CLAP ON THE TWO AND FOUR

♪ SOME PEOPLE DON'T JOIN AT ALL 'CAUSE THEY GOT NO RHYTHM

♪ AND THAT'S ALRIGHT SOME PEOPLE, THEY DRINK TOO MUCH

♪ SOME PEOPLE DON'T DRINK ENOUGH SOME PEOPLE ARE JUST LIKE ME

♪ I HOPE Y'ALL FORGIVE 'EM I'M LIKE SCOTCH

♪ AND ZYDECO BANDS I'M LIKE B-SIDE

♪ TOWNES VAN ZANDT I'M ALWAYS SPEAKING MY MIND

♪ WHEN I'M BETTER OFF BIING MY TONGUE

♪ I'M A BAD JOKE AT THE WRONG TIME

♪ HELL, I'M A LEGEND IN MY OWN MIND

♪ I'M GOOD FOR SOME BUT I'M NOT FOR EVERYONE

♪ IF I WAS SWEET TEA IT'D BE A BIT BITTER

♪ IF YOU TOOK A DRINK YOU MIGHT RECONSIDER

♪ IF I WAS A CHURCH I'D BE HANGING WITH THE SINNERS

♪ TALKING 'BOUT HENDRIX AND HEAVEN

♪ IF I WAS A BAR I'D BE A DIVE

♪ A FREE JUKEBOX IN A DOUBLE-WIDE

♪ NEON LIGHTS SAYING "COME INSIDE"

♪ AND I'D BE "OPEN 24/7" I'M LIKE SCOTCH

♪ AND ZYDECO BANDS I'M LIKE B-SIDE

♪ TOWNES VAN ZANDT I'M ALWAYS SPEAKING MY MIND

♪ WHEN I'M BETTER OFF BITING MY TONGUE

♪ I'M A BAD JOKE AT THE WRONG TIME

♪ HELL, I'M A LEGEND IN MY OWN MIND

♪ I'M GOOD FOR SOME BUT I'M NOT FOR EVERYONE

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

♪ YEAH, I'M HARD TO LOVE IT'S TRUE

♪ I'M A LITTLE MORE ROUGH THAN SMOOTH

♪ IT'S A WONDER I FOUND SOMEBODY LIKE ME, LIKE YOU

♪ I'M LIKE SCOTCH AND ZYDECO BANDS

♪ I'M LIKE B-SIDE TOWNES VAN ZANDT

♪ I'M ALWAYS SPEAKING MY MIND WHEN I'M BETTER OFF

♪ BITING MY TONGUE I'M A BAD JOKE

♪ AT THE WRONG TIME HELL, I'M A LEGEND

♪ IN MY OWN MIND I'M GOOD FOR SOME

♪ BUT I'M NOT FOR EVERYONE YEAH, I'M GOOD FOR SOME

♪ BUT I'M NOT FOR EVERYONE ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Announcer: XFINITY CUSTOMERS,

CATCH THE EXCLUSIVE PREMIERE O“" YOUNGER ME."

JUST SAY "A.C.M. AWARDS" INTO YOUR XFINITY VOICE REMOTE.

KELSEA BALLERINI PERFORMS WITH KENNY CHESNEY, NEXT.

PLUS, THE AWARD FOR ALBUM OF THE YEAR.

AND STILL TO COME FROM THE HEART OF NASHVILLE, LITTLE BIG TOWN.

THIS IS CBS.

LAST YEAR, A.C.M. AWARD WINNER DARIUS RUCKER TOLD US ABOUT AN

EXCITING MUSEUM COMING TO NASHVILLE.

WE ARE HAPPY TO SAY THAT THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AFRICAN-

AMERICAN MUSIC IS NOW OFFICIALLY OPEN ON LOWER BROADWAY AND

SHARING ITS MISSION TO EDUCATE AND PRESERVE.

THE ACADEMY SHARES THAT MISSION THROUGH IT'S DIVERSITY AND

INCLUSION TASK FORCE, WHICH IS COMMITTED TO CREATING A MORE

INCLUSIVE ENVIRONMENT FOR UNDERREPRESENTED GROUPS IN

COUNTRY MUSIC, FROM THE BOARDROOM TO THE STAGE.

>> Announcer: THE 56th ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS WILL

CONTINUE. THIS IS CBS

>> Announcer: WE'RE BACK IN

NASHVILLE AT THE GRAND OLE OPRY HOUSE WITH KELSEA BALLERINI,

FEATURING KENNY CHESNEY.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

♪ HALF OF MY HIGH SCHOOL GOT TOO DRUNK

♪ HALF OF MY HIGH SCHOOL FELL IN LOVE

♪ WITH THE GIRL NEXT DOOR IN THEIR DADDY'S FORD

♪ HALF OF MY MAIN STREET'S MINI SKIRTS

♪ HALF OF MY MAIN STREET'S DRESSED FOR CHURCH

♪ IT COULD USE SOME RAIN AND A FRESH COAT OF PAINT

♪ HALF OF MY HOMETOWN'S STILL HANGIN' AROUND

♪ STILL TALKIN' ABOUT THAT ONE TOUCHDOWN

♪ THEY'RE STILL WEARIN' RED AND BLACK

♪ GO BOBCATS WHILE THE OTHER HALF

♪ OF MY HOMETOWN THEY ALL GOT OUT

♪ SOME WENT NORTH SOME WENT SOUTH

♪ STILL LOOKIN' FOR A FEELIN' HALF OF US AIN'T FOUND

♪ SO STAY OR LEAVE PART OF ME

♪ WILL ALWAYS BE HALF OF MY HOMETOWN

♪ HALF OF OUR PROM QUEENS CUT THEIR HAIR

♪ HALF OF THEM THINK THAT IT AIN'T FAIR

♪ THE QUARTERBACK MOVED AWAY AND NEVER CAME BACK

♪ OH, HALF OF MY FAMILY IS HAPPY I LEFT

♪ THE OTHER HALF WORRIES I'LL JUST FORGET

♪ WHERE I CAME FROM THE SAME PLACE

♪ WHERE THEY CAME FROM HALF OF MY HOMETOWN'S

♪ STILL HANGIN' AROUND STILL TALKIN' ABOUT

♪ THAT ONE TOUCHDOWN THEY'RE STILL WEARIN'

♪ RED AND BLACK GO BOBCATS

♪ WHILE THE OTHER HALF OF MY HOMETOWN

♪ THEY ALL GOT OUT SOME WENT NORTH

♪ SOME WENT SOUTH STILL LOOKIN' FOR A FEELIN'

♪ HALF OF US AIN'T FOUND SO STAY OR LEAVE

♪ PART OF ME WILL ALWAYS BE HALF OF MY HOMETOWN

♪ HALF OF MY HOMETOWN BACK ROADS RAISE US

♪ HIGHWAYS TAKE US MEMORIES MAKE US

♪ WANNA GO BACK TO OUR HOMETOWN

♪ SETTLE DOWN TALK ABOUT

♪ THAT ONE TOUCHDOWN RAISE SOME KIDS

♪ IN RED AND BLACK GO BOBCATS

♪ WHILE THE OTHER HALF OF MY HOMETOWN

♪ WAS IN THE CROWD THEY KNEW THE WORDS

♪ THEY SANG THEM LOUD AND ALL I WANNA DO

♪ IS MAKE THEM PROUD 'CAUSE HALF OF ME

♪ WILL ALWAYS BE FROM KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE

( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ♪ MY HOMETOWN

YEAH, MY HOMETOWN ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )

YEAH, MY HOMETOWN ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )

>> AND NOW, TO PRESENT THE NEXT AWARD OF THE NIGHT, IT'S MY

PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE CLAY WALKER.

♪ ♪ ♪ ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )

>> WHEN AN ARTIST GOES INTO THE RECORDING STUDIO, THEIR DREAM IS

THAT ONE DAY THEIR ALBUM WILL BE INCLUDED IN THIS CATEGORY.

FOR THESE FIVE ARTISTS, THAT DREAM CAME TRUE.

HERE ARE THE NOMINEES FOR ALBUM OF THE YEAR.

>> Announcer: “BORN HERE, LIVE HERE, DIE HERE,” BY LUKE BRYAN“"

MIXTAPE VOL. 1,” BY KANE BROWN“" NEVER WILL,” BY ASHLEY McBRYDE“"

SKELETONS,” BY BROTHERS OSBORNE.“

STARTING OVER,” BY CHRIS STAPLETON.

>> AND THE A.C.M. ALBUM OF THE YEAR GOES TO:

SO DESERVING.

CHRIS STAPLETON.

♪ ♪ ♪ ( APPLAUSE )

>> I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR GIVING US THIS AWARD TONIGHT.

WE WORKED REALLY HARD MAKING MUSIC AND THINK A LOT ABOUT IT.

I WANT TO THANK MY WIFE AND JAIK, NIXON, EVERYBODY PLAY ON

THIS RECORD.

MIKE CAMPBELL, FINCH, MIKE HENDERSON AND ALL THOSE FOLKS

HAVE I WRITTEN SONGS WITH ON THIS RECORD.

IT MEANS A LOT TO US, IT REALLY DOES, THANK YOU, THANK YOU VERY

MUCH.

( APPLAUSE ) >> Mickey: WHAT A GREAT GROUP OF

ARTISTS UP FOR THAT AWARD.

CONGRATULATIONS TO CHRIS STAPLETON.

NEXT, A BIG AWARD FOR FEMALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR, AND WE GET

TO ENJOY SOME “WINE, BEER, WHISKEY” WITH LITTLE BIG TOWN.

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ENTERTAINMENT.

♪ ♪ ♪ >> Announcer: AND NOW, WITH OUR

NEXT AWARD OF THE NIGHT, HERE'S POP AND CHRISTIAN MUSIC

SUPERSTAR, AMY GRANT.

( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> HERE ARE SOME LYRICS FROM A

SONG BY A.C.M. AWARD WINNER LAUREN ALAINA CALLED “THE ROAD

LESS TRAVELED”:“ YOU WON'T MAKE YOURSELF A NAME

IF YOU FOLLOW THE RULES.

IF YOU TRUST YOUR REBEL HEART, RIDE IT INTO BATTLE.

DON'T BE AFRAID, TAKE THE ROAD LESS TRAVELED.”

THESE WORDS COULD BE SAID ABOUT ALL OF YOU LADIES.

YOU HAVE DONE THAT OUR NOMINEES FOR FEMALE ARTIST

OF THE YEAR.

>> Announcer: KELSEA BALLERINI.

>> Announcer: KELSEA BALLERINI.

MIRANDA LAMBERT.

ASHLEY McBRYDE.

MAREN MORRIS.

CARLY PEARCE.

CARLY PEARCE.

( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> AND THE A.C.M. FEMALE ARTIST

OF THE YEAR GOES TO: MAREN MORRIS.

( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ♪ ♪ ♪

( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ♪ ♪ ♪

>> THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH.

ME AND THE LADIES WERE JUST LAUGHING OUR BUTTS OFF DURING

THE COMMERCIAL BREAK SO I FEEL REALLY, REALLY JUST HAPPY TO BE

IN A CATEGORY WITH WOMEN THAT WERE NOT ABLE TO TOUR THIS YEAR

BUT BROUGHT SO MUCH PEACE TO THE GAME, TO COUNTRY MUSIC THIS

YEAR, YOU HAVE INSPIRED ME SO MUCH TO KNOW END, AND EVEN IN A

YEAR WHERE NO ONE HAS GOTTEN TO PLAY SHOWS, I HAVE HEARD SOME OF

THE BEST MUSIC OUT OF ALL OF YOU THIS PAST YEAR.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR INSPIRING ME.

THIS CATEGORY IS NOT ABOUT WHO CAN SING THEIR AS OFF OR

ENTERTAINS THE BEST EVEN.

I KIND OF CONSIDER THIS CATEGORY TO JUST BE WHO TRIED THEIR BEST

IN A YEAR WHERE IT WAS VERY WEIRD AND NO ONE COULD REALLY DO

WHAT THEY WERE MADE TO DO.

BUT I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL OF MY PEERS FOR VOTING FOR ME IN

THIS.

IT MEANS SO MUCH.

AND I WANT TO THANK, BECAUSE I ALWAYS FORGET TO, MY MANAGER

JANET WEIR, SHE HAS BEEN WITH ME THROUGH EVERYTHING FROM THE

BEGINNINGK RANDY GOODMAN, TAYLOR LINDSAY, STEVE HODGE KSZ ALL AT

SONY FOR HELPING A SONG LIKE THE BONES GO IN A YEAR WHERE THE

WORLD SHUT DOWN, I JUST REALLY CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH.

I LOVE YOU COUNTRY MUSIC.

THANK Y'ALL.

>> HEY, EVERYBODY, THIS >> HI, I'M PHILLIP SWEET OF

LITTLE BIG TOWN.

I WISH I COULD BE WITH ALL OF YOU TONIGHT BUT I'M AT HOME

BECAUSE I RECENTLY TESTED POSITIVE FOR COVID.

BUT I'M ON MY WAY TO A FULL RECOVERY.

EVERYONE STAY HEALTHY.

WEAR YOUR MASK, GET VACCINATED AND LET'S ALL GET BACK TO LIVE

MUSIC.

AND SPEAKING OF LIVE MUSIC FROM DOWNTOWN NASHVILLE RIGHT HERE,

MY FRIEND AND BAND MATES KAREN, KIMBERLY AND JIMMIE, HERE'S

LITTLE BIG TOWN.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ MY FRIEND NAMED JACK

HE'S GOT MY BACK ♪ HE ALWAYS SEEMS TO KNOW

RIGHT WHERE I'M AT ♪ MY FRIEND JOSE

HE LIKES TO PLAY ♪ HE'S ALWAYS UP FOR

ANYTHING I SAY ♪ LITTLE BIT OF RED

LOTTA BIT OF CROWN ♪ DON'T MATTER WHAT IT IS

I'M GONNA DRINK IT ♪ DOWN, DOWN, DOWN

THE WINE, THE BEER, THE WHISKEY ♪ ARE THE ONLY THINGS

THAT FIX ME ♪ I'M NOT SAYING IT'S A PROBLEM

I CAN STOP IT IF I WANNA ♪ BUT THE WINE, THE BEER

THE WHISKEY ♪ THEY ALWAYS GET ME

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ MY FRIEND NAMED GIN

SHE'S GOT SOME FRIENDS ♪ I'M TALKING BRANDY, SHERRY

AND THEIR BROTHER JIM ♪ MY FRIEND, THE CAPTAIN

WE CALL HIM MORGAN ♪ HE LIKES TO ANCHOR DOWN

AND HANG OVER 'TIL MORNIN' ♪ LITTLE BIT OF RED

LOTTA BIT OF WHITE ♪ DON'T MATTER WHAT IT IS

IT'S GONNA MAKE IT ALL ALRIGHT ♪ THE WINE, THE BEER

THE WHISKEY ♪ ARE THE ONLY THINGS

THAT FIX ME ♪ I'M NOT SAYING IT'S A PROBLEM

I CAN STOP IT IF I WANNA ♪ BUT THE WINE, THE BEER

THE WHISKEY ♪ THEY ALWAYS GET ME

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

♪ MY FRIEND NAMED TITO HE'S MY AMIGO

♪ I'M GONNA FOLLOW HIM AROUND WHEREVER HE GO

♪ THE WINE, THE BEER THE WHISKEY

♪ YEAH, I GOT ALL MY FRIENDS HERE WITH ME

♪ I'M NOT SAYING IT'S A PROBLEM I CAN STOP IT IF I WANNA

♪ BUT WHO WOULD WANNA WHEN THE WINE, THE BEER

♪ THE WHISKEY THEY ALWAYS GET ME

♪ THEY ALWAYS GET ME THEY ALWAYS GET ME

♪ YEAH, THEY ALWAYS GET ME ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) IS WE MISS YOU

PHILLIP.

>> Mickey: WOO!

THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THESE ARTISTS HAVE BEEN IN THIS

LEGENDARY VENUE.

>> ST NOT, BUT IT IS A NIGHT THEY WILL REMEMBER FOR THE REST

OF THEIR LIVES.

>> Mickey: HERE ARE THE NOMINEES FOR ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR.

>> Announcer: LUKE BRYAN.

ERIC CHURCH.

LUKE COMBS.

THOMAS RHETT.

CHRIS STAPLETON.

>> Keith: AND THE A.C.M.

ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR GOES TO: LUKE BRYAN.

ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR GOES TO: LUKE BRYAN.

♪ ♪ ♪ >> Keith: CONGRATULATIONS LUKE.

NOW, LUKE ISN'T HERE SO WE SET CONGRATULATIONS, LUKE, LUKEY

LUKE.

HE CAN'T BE HERE TONIGHT, IS HE AT HOME.

>> HEY GUYS.

>> BUT WE'VE GOT A ZOOM.

WHERE ARE YOU, LUKE?

>> I'M IN L.A OH MY GOD, Y'ALL GOT ME.

I AM AMAZINGLY SURPRISEED.

WHAT AN AN HONOR, TO THE ACM'S, I'M SO SORRY I COULD NOT BE

THERE.

I MISSED CERTAINLY BEING ABLETO DO MY SONGS AND ALL THE WINNERS

TONIGHT, CONGRATULATIONS.

OH MY GOD, Y'ALL GOT ME.

EVERYBODY AT MY RECORD LABEL, AND MY BOOKING AGENT JAY

WILLIAMS, OH MY GOD, ROYCE, DOUG AND CINDY, MY MANAGEMENT, CARRIE

EDWARDS WHO IS OFF CAMERA FREAKING OUT RIGHT NOW.

MY WIFE AT HOME AND MY BOYS AND OH MY GOD, CONGRATS.

MICKEY AND KEITH, WHAT A GREAT NIGHT YOU HAVE DONE.

TO ALL MY FANS OUT THERE, AND COUNTRY RADIO, WE'VE MISSED

TOURING.

WE'VE MISSED BEING ON THE ROAD WITH EVERYBODY THAT MAKES ME AN

ENTERTAINER.

MY BUS DRIVER, MY BAND, MY CREW.

WHAT A CHALLENGING YEAR BUT TO ALL THE FANS AND EVERYBODY,

WE'LL BE BACK OUT ON THE ROAD DOING WHAT WE LOVE AND WHAT AN

AMAZING HONOR.

I LOVE YOU GUYS.

>> THANK YOU, LUKE, CONGRATS, WHAT AN AMAZING NIGHT TONIGHT.

AND JUST A REMINDER, AS YOU HAVE SEEN ON THIS STAGE, PRESENTED

TONIGHT, COUNTRY MUSIC IS A HUGE, BIG FAMILY WHERE EVERYONE

IS WELCOME.

>> AND CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF OUR WINNERS AND A BIG THANK YOU

TO THE COUNTRY MUSIC FANS OUT THERE.

WE LOVE YOU SO MUCH.

>> AND WE WANT A TOUR AS SOON AS WE CAN.

NOW PLEASE MICKEY, I HAD THE BEST NIGHT TONIGHT.

>> I I HAD THE BEST NIGHT TOO.

TAKE US HOME.

BY GOING TO THE RYMAN AND ONCE AGAIN HERE ARE BROTHERS OSBORNE,

GOD BLESS Y'ALL, GOOD NIGHT.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ GRANDADDY CALLED HER PRINCESS

COUNTY FAIR CALLED HER QUEEN ♪ HIGH SCHOOL CALLED

HER CUM LAUDE, MOST LIKELY ♪ TO SUCCEED

HER DADDY'S BACKWOOD CRAZY ♪ SHE'S GOT TWO 6'4" BROTHERS

YOU TAKE ONE STEP ♪ ONTO THAT FRONT PORCH

AND YOU ONE CRAZY MOTHER-- ♪ CHASE WILL LEAVE

YOU BREATHLESS ♪ EVERY BACK ROAD IN THIS TOWN

SHE'LL LOVE YOU ♪ LIKE A SUNDAY DRIVE

AND SHE'LL TAKE YOUR ♪ POOR HEART DOWN

DEAD MAN'S CURVE ♪ DEAD MAN'S CURVE

NO REDEMPTION, NO RETURN ♪ GOOD GOD, I'M EITHER GONNA

CRASH OR BURN DOWN ♪ DEAD MAN'S CURVE

DEAD MAN'S CURVE ♪ DEAD MAN'S CURVE

COUNTRY BOYS AIN'T ♪ NEVER GONNA LEARN

NOBODY EVER MAKES IT ♪ THROUGH THAT TURN

DEAD MAN'S CURVE ♪ DEAD MAN'S CURVE, OH

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ EVERY MAN'S BEEN TEMPTED

GREATER MEN HAVE TRIED ♪ AT BEST YOU'LL WIND UP DINNER

IF YOU'RE LUCKY ENOUGH ♪ TO SURVIVE

NOW SHE'S THE FINGER ♪ THAT YOU'RE WRAPPED AROUND

SHE'S WHAT EVERY ♪ COUNTRY SONG'S ABOUT

SHE'S THE TROUBLE ♪ THAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR

SHE'S GONNA TAKE YOU DOWN AND ♪ LEAVE YOU COMING BACK FOR MORE

DEAD MAN'S CURVE ♪ DEAD MAN'S CURVE

NO REDEMPTION, NO RETURN ♪ GOOD GOD, I'M EITHER GONNA

CRASH OR BURN ♪ DOWN DEAD MAN'S CURVE

DEAD MAN'S CURVE ♪ DEAD MAN'S CURVE

COUNTRY BOYS AIN'T ♪ NEVER GONNA LEARN

NOBODY EVER MAKES IT ♪ THROUGH THAT TURN

DEAD MAN'S CURVE ♪ DEAD MAN'S CURVE

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

>> WHAT YOU DOING WADDLIN' UP HERE?

YOU A DEAD MAN ♪ ♪ ♪

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ YEAH, DEAD MAN'S CURVE

DEAD MAN'S CURVE ♪ NO REDEMPTION, NO RETURN

NOBODY EVER MAKES IT ♪ THROUGH THAT TURN

DEAD MAN'S CURVE ♪ DEAD MAN'S CURVE

DEAD MAN'S CURVE ♪ COUNTRY BOYS AIN'T

NEVER GONNA LEARN ♪ NOBODY EVER MAKES IT

THROUGH THAT TURN ♪ DEAD MAN'S CURVE

DEAD MAN'S CURVE ♪ ♪ ♪

♪ DEAD MAN'S CURVE, OH ♪ ♪ ♪

YOU'RE COMIN' IN WAY TOO HOT ♪ YOU DONE HIT

THE WRONG TURN, BOY ♪ YOU'RE A DEAD MAN ♪