Swift spent six months of 2006 promoting " Tim McGraw " and '' Taylor Swift '' on a radio tour . She performed the song as she opened for Rascal Flatts on several dates , from October 19 to November 3 , 2006 , included on the Me and My Gang Tour ( 2006 – 07 ) . Swift performed " Tim McGraw " as the concert 's penultimate performance . She dressed in a black , knee-length dress and red cowboy boots with a design of a skull and cross bones across it , playing an acoustic guitar . Swift requested for the audience to raise their cell phones in order to simulate a sky filled with stars , when the song reached the lyrics " He said the way my blue eyes shined / Put those Georgia stars to shame that night / I said that 's a lie . " She also performed the song when she served as opening act on twenty dates for George Strait 's 2007 United States tour , and selected dates for Brad Paisley 's Bonfires & Amplifiers Tour in 2007 . During mid-2007 , Swift engaged as the opening act on several dates for Tim McGraw 's and Faith Hill 's joint tour , Soul2Soul II Tour ( 2006 – 07 ) , where she again performed " Tim McGraw " . Swift performed the song while she was again opening for Rascal Flatts for their Still Feels Good Tour in 2008
Soul2Soul II Tour
Soul2Soul II Tour
Tim McGraw (song)