Chords for Billy Strings - "Tennessee Stud" | Fretboard Journal
Tempo:
112.05 bpm
Chords used:
F
Eb
Bb
Ab
C
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[F]
[Fm] [Gb] [F] [C]
[Ab] [F]
[Fm] [Gb] [F]
[Ab] [Cm] [Bb] [C]
[Bb] [Cm] [Bb] [Fm] [Gb] [G]
[Cm] [Bb] [Cm] [F]
[B] [F]
[Eb]
[F] [Eb] [F]
Well, along about 1825, [Eb] I left Tennessee, barely half alive.
And [F] I never would have got through the Arkansas, but if I hadn't been [Eb] riding on the [F] Tennessee
Stud, I had some trouble with my [Eb] sweetheart's pa.
One of her brothers was a bad outlaw, [Bb] [F] sent her a letter by my uncle Thud, and then I
rode [Eb] away on the [F] Tennessee Stud.
Oh, the Tennessee [Bb] Stud [Ab] was [Bb] long and lean, the color of the [Abm] sun in his [Gm] eyes were [C] green.
[F] He had the [Ab] nerve and [Dm] he had the blood, and [Ab] never was a horse like the Tennessee [F] Stud.
[F] [Eb]
[F] [Eb] [F]
Well we drifted on down into no man's [Eb] land, crossed that river called the Rio Grande.
[F] I raced my horse with a Spaniard's foal, till I got me a [Eb] skin full of [F] silver and gold.
Me and the gambler, we [Gm] couldn't agree, [Eb] got in a fight over Tennessee.
[F] We jerked our guns and he fell with a thud, and I rode away [Eb] on the [F] Tennessee Stud.
Oh, the [Bb] Tennessee [Eb] Stud was [Bb] long and lean, the color of [Ab] the sun in [C] his eyes were green.
[F] He [Bb] had the nerve [Ab] and he [F] had the [Gb] blood, and never was a horse like the [F] Tennessee Stud.
[Eb] [F]
[Gm] [F] I got just as lonesome as a man [Bb] could [Eb] be, dreaming of my girl in Tennessee.
[F] And the Tennessee Stud's green eyes turned blue, cause he [Eb] was dreaming of a [F] sweetheart too.
We loafed right back across Arkansas, [Eb] I whooped her brother and I whooped her paw.
[F] Went and found that girl with the golden hair, she was riding [Eb] on the [F] Tennessee mare.
Oh, the Tennessee [Ab] Stud was [Bb] long and lean, the color of the sun [Eb] in his [C] eyes were green.
He [Bb] had the [Ab] nerve and [F] he had the [Ab] blood, [G] and never was a horse like [F] the Tennessee Stud.
[Bb] [F]
[C] [F] [C] [Bb]
[Ab] [Bb] [D]
[Bb] [C] [F] [Eb]
[F] [Eb] [F]
Well, stirrup to stirrup and side by [Eb] side, we crossed the mountains and valleys wide.
[F] We came to Big Muddy, then we forded the flood on the Tennessee [Eb] mare and the [F] Tennessee Stud.
There's a pretty little baby on the cabin [Bb] floor, [Eb] a little horse colt laying round the door.
[F] I love that girl with the golden hair, and the [Gm] Tennessee Stud loves the [F] Tennessee mare.
Oh, the Tennessee [Ab] Stud was [Bb] long and lean, the color of the sun [Ebm] in his [C] eyes were green.
[F] He [Gm] had the nerve and he had the [Ebm] blood, and never was a horse like the [G] Tennessee Stud.
[F] [Bb] [C] [Fm]
[N]
[Fm] [Gb] [F] [C]
[Ab] [F]
[Fm] [Gb] [F]
[Ab] [Cm] [Bb] [C]
[Bb] [Cm] [Bb] [Fm] [Gb] [G]
[Cm] [Bb] [Cm] [F]
[B] [F]
[Eb]
[F] [Eb] [F]
Well, along about 1825, [Eb] I left Tennessee, barely half alive.
And [F] I never would have got through the Arkansas, but if I hadn't been [Eb] riding on the [F] Tennessee
Stud, I had some trouble with my [Eb] sweetheart's pa.
One of her brothers was a bad outlaw, [Bb] [F] sent her a letter by my uncle Thud, and then I
rode [Eb] away on the [F] Tennessee Stud.
Oh, the Tennessee [Bb] Stud [Ab] was [Bb] long and lean, the color of the [Abm] sun in his [Gm] eyes were [C] green.
[F] He had the [Ab] nerve and [Dm] he had the blood, and [Ab] never was a horse like the Tennessee [F] Stud.
[F] [Eb]
[F] [Eb] [F]
Well we drifted on down into no man's [Eb] land, crossed that river called the Rio Grande.
[F] I raced my horse with a Spaniard's foal, till I got me a [Eb] skin full of [F] silver and gold.
Me and the gambler, we [Gm] couldn't agree, [Eb] got in a fight over Tennessee.
[F] We jerked our guns and he fell with a thud, and I rode away [Eb] on the [F] Tennessee Stud.
Oh, the [Bb] Tennessee [Eb] Stud was [Bb] long and lean, the color of [Ab] the sun in [C] his eyes were green.
[F] He [Bb] had the nerve [Ab] and he [F] had the [Gb] blood, and never was a horse like the [F] Tennessee Stud.
[Eb] [F]
[Gm] [F] I got just as lonesome as a man [Bb] could [Eb] be, dreaming of my girl in Tennessee.
[F] And the Tennessee Stud's green eyes turned blue, cause he [Eb] was dreaming of a [F] sweetheart too.
We loafed right back across Arkansas, [Eb] I whooped her brother and I whooped her paw.
[F] Went and found that girl with the golden hair, she was riding [Eb] on the [F] Tennessee mare.
Oh, the Tennessee [Ab] Stud was [Bb] long and lean, the color of the sun [Eb] in his [C] eyes were green.
He [Bb] had the [Ab] nerve and [F] he had the [Ab] blood, [G] and never was a horse like [F] the Tennessee Stud.
[Bb] [F]
[C] [F] [C] [Bb]
[Ab] [Bb] [D]
[Bb] [C] [F] [Eb]
[F] [Eb] [F]
Well, stirrup to stirrup and side by [Eb] side, we crossed the mountains and valleys wide.
[F] We came to Big Muddy, then we forded the flood on the Tennessee [Eb] mare and the [F] Tennessee Stud.
There's a pretty little baby on the cabin [Bb] floor, [Eb] a little horse colt laying round the door.
[F] I love that girl with the golden hair, and the [Gm] Tennessee Stud loves the [F] Tennessee mare.
Oh, the Tennessee [Ab] Stud was [Bb] long and lean, the color of the sun [Ebm] in his [C] eyes were green.
[F] He [Gm] had the nerve and he had the [Ebm] blood, and never was a horse like the [G] Tennessee Stud.
[F] [Bb] [C] [Fm]
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[Ab] _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ [Bb] _ [C] _ _
[Bb] _ _ [Cm] _ _ [Bb] _ [Fm] _ [Gb] _ [G] _
[Cm] _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ [F] _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
[F] _ _ _ [Eb] _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ Well, along about 1825, [Eb] I left Tennessee, barely half alive.
_ And [F] I never would have got through the Arkansas, but if I hadn't been [Eb] riding on the [F] Tennessee
Stud, _ I had some trouble with my [Eb] sweetheart's pa.
One of her brothers was a bad outlaw, _ _ [Bb] [F] sent her a letter by my uncle Thud, and then I
rode [Eb] away on the [F] Tennessee Stud. _
Oh, the Tennessee [Bb] Stud [Ab] was [Bb] long and lean, the color of the [Abm] sun in his [Gm] eyes were [C] green.
_ _ [F] He had the [Ab] nerve and [Dm] he had the blood, and [Ab] never was a horse like the Tennessee [F] Stud. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Eb] _
[F] _ _ _ [Eb] _ [F] _ _ _
Well we drifted on down into no man's [Eb] land, crossed that river called the Rio Grande.
_ _ [F] I raced my horse with a Spaniard's foal, till I got me a [Eb] skin full of [F] silver and gold. _ _
Me and the gambler, we [Gm] couldn't agree, [Eb] got in a fight over Tennessee.
_ _ [F] We jerked our guns and he fell with a thud, and I rode away [Eb] on the [F] Tennessee Stud.
_ _ Oh, the [Bb] Tennessee [Eb] Stud was [Bb] long and lean, the color of [Ab] the sun in [C] his eyes were green.
_ _ [F] He [Bb] had the nerve [Ab] and he [F] had the [Gb] blood, and never was a horse like the [F] Tennessee Stud. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ [Gm] _ [F] _ I got just as lonesome as a man [Bb] could [Eb] be, dreaming of my girl in Tennessee.
_ [F] And the Tennessee Stud's green eyes turned blue, cause he [Eb] was dreaming of a [F] sweetheart too.
_ We loafed right back across Arkansas, [Eb] I whooped her brother and I whooped her paw. _
[F] Went and found that girl with the golden hair, she was riding [Eb] on the [F] Tennessee mare.
_ Oh, the Tennessee [Ab] Stud was [Bb] long and lean, the color of the sun [Eb] in his [C] eyes were green. _
He [Bb] had the [Ab] nerve and [F] he had the [Ab] blood, [G] and never was a horse like [F] the Tennessee Stud. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ [F] _ [C] _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
[Ab] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [F] _ [Eb] _
[F] _ _ _ [Eb] _ [F] _ _ _
Well, stirrup to stirrup and side by [Eb] side, we crossed the mountains and valleys wide.
_ [F] We came to Big Muddy, then we forded the flood on the Tennessee [Eb] mare and the [F] Tennessee Stud. _ _
There's a pretty little baby on the cabin [Bb] floor, [Eb] a little horse colt laying round the door.
_ [F] I love that girl with the golden hair, and the [Gm] Tennessee Stud loves the [F] Tennessee mare.
_ Oh, the Tennessee [Ab] Stud was [Bb] long and lean, the color of the sun [Ebm] in his [C] eyes were green.
_ [F] He [Gm] had the nerve and he had the [Ebm] blood, and never was a horse like the [G] Tennessee Stud.
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ [C] _ _ [Fm] _ _ _
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[Ab] _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Fm] _ _ [Gb] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
[Ab] _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ [Bb] _ [C] _ _
[Bb] _ _ [Cm] _ _ [Bb] _ [Fm] _ [Gb] _ [G] _
[Cm] _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ [F] _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
[F] _ _ _ [Eb] _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ Well, along about 1825, [Eb] I left Tennessee, barely half alive.
_ And [F] I never would have got through the Arkansas, but if I hadn't been [Eb] riding on the [F] Tennessee
Stud, _ I had some trouble with my [Eb] sweetheart's pa.
One of her brothers was a bad outlaw, _ _ [Bb] [F] sent her a letter by my uncle Thud, and then I
rode [Eb] away on the [F] Tennessee Stud. _
Oh, the Tennessee [Bb] Stud [Ab] was [Bb] long and lean, the color of the [Abm] sun in his [Gm] eyes were [C] green.
_ _ [F] He had the [Ab] nerve and [Dm] he had the blood, and [Ab] never was a horse like the Tennessee [F] Stud. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Eb] _
[F] _ _ _ [Eb] _ [F] _ _ _
Well we drifted on down into no man's [Eb] land, crossed that river called the Rio Grande.
_ _ [F] I raced my horse with a Spaniard's foal, till I got me a [Eb] skin full of [F] silver and gold. _ _
Me and the gambler, we [Gm] couldn't agree, [Eb] got in a fight over Tennessee.
_ _ [F] We jerked our guns and he fell with a thud, and I rode away [Eb] on the [F] Tennessee Stud.
_ _ Oh, the [Bb] Tennessee [Eb] Stud was [Bb] long and lean, the color of [Ab] the sun in [C] his eyes were green.
_ _ [F] He [Bb] had the nerve [Ab] and he [F] had the [Gb] blood, and never was a horse like the [F] Tennessee Stud. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ [Gm] _ [F] _ I got just as lonesome as a man [Bb] could [Eb] be, dreaming of my girl in Tennessee.
_ [F] And the Tennessee Stud's green eyes turned blue, cause he [Eb] was dreaming of a [F] sweetheart too.
_ We loafed right back across Arkansas, [Eb] I whooped her brother and I whooped her paw. _
[F] Went and found that girl with the golden hair, she was riding [Eb] on the [F] Tennessee mare.
_ Oh, the Tennessee [Ab] Stud was [Bb] long and lean, the color of the sun [Eb] in his [C] eyes were green. _
He [Bb] had the [Ab] nerve and [F] he had the [Ab] blood, [G] and never was a horse like [F] the Tennessee Stud. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ [F] _ [C] _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
[Ab] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [F] _ [Eb] _
[F] _ _ _ [Eb] _ [F] _ _ _
Well, stirrup to stirrup and side by [Eb] side, we crossed the mountains and valleys wide.
_ [F] We came to Big Muddy, then we forded the flood on the Tennessee [Eb] mare and the [F] Tennessee Stud. _ _
There's a pretty little baby on the cabin [Bb] floor, [Eb] a little horse colt laying round the door.
_ [F] I love that girl with the golden hair, and the [Gm] Tennessee Stud loves the [F] Tennessee mare.
_ Oh, the Tennessee [Ab] Stud was [Bb] long and lean, the color of the sun [Ebm] in his [C] eyes were green.
_ [F] He [Gm] had the nerve and he had the [Ebm] blood, and never was a horse like the [G] Tennessee Stud.
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ [C] _ _ [Fm] _ _ _
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