Chords for Doc Watson - Tennessee Stud

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_ _ _ _ [D] _ I'm sorry. _
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_ [Am] _ [D] _ Along about _ [C] 1825, I left Tennessee very much alive. _
[D] I never would have got through the Arkansas mud if I hadn't been a [Am]-ridin' on the [D] Tennessee stud.
[Am] _ [D] _ _ I had some trouble with my sweetheart, [C] Paul, and one of her brothers was a fat outlaw. _
_ [D] Sent her a letter by my Uncle Fudd, and I rode away on the Tennessee stud.
[Am] _ _ [D] _ The Tennessee [C] stud was [D] long and [G] lean, the color of the [Bb] sun, and his [A] eyes were green.
_ [D] He had the nerve [C] and he had the blood, and they never would have a hawk like the Tennessee [D] stud. _ _ _ _
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[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ One day while I was ridin' through a beautiful [C] land, I ran smack-d'-end to an Indian band.
_ _ [D] They jumped their nags with a whoop and a yell, and away we went like a fat out of well.
I saw a circle of their camp for a time or [C] two, they showed them what a Tennessee hawk can do. _
[D] The red-skinned boys couldn't get my blood, cause I was [Am] a-ridin' that [D] Tennessee stud.
Get up there, [Am] boy.
[D] _ The Tennessee [C] stud was [D] long and [G] lean, the color of [Bb] the sun, and [A] his eyes were green. _
[D] He had the [C] nerve and he [G] had the blood, and they never would have a hawk like the Tennessee stud.
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Steady, boy.
[Am] _ [D] _ So we drifted on down into no man's [C] land, across that river called the Rio Grande. _
[D] I raced my horse with a Spaniard's foal, till I got me a [Am] skin full [D] of silver and gold.
_ _ _ Me and a gambler we couldn't [C] agree, we got in a fight over Tennessee. _ _
_ [D] We jerked our guns and he fell to the flood, and I got [Am] away on the [D] Tennessee stud.
[Am] _ _ [D] _ The Tennessee stud [C] was [D] long and [G] lean, the color of the [Bb] sun, and his [A] eyes were green.
_ [D] He had the nerve [C] and he [D] had the blood, and they never would have a hawk like the Tennessee stud. _ _ _ _
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[Am] _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ I got just as lonesome as a man can [C] be, a-dreamin' of my girl in Tennessee. _
_ _ [D] The Tennessee stud's green eyes turned blue, cause he was a-dreamin' of a sweetheart too.
[Am] Here's a big fella.
[D] _ So we rode back across Arkansas, [C] I beat up a brother and I slapped her paw.
_ [D] And when I found that gal with the golden hair, she was a-ridin' [Am] on the [D] Tennessee mare.
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The Tennessee [C] stud was [D] long and [G] lean, the color of [Bb] the sun, and [A] his eyes were green.
_ [D] He [C] had the nerve and he [B] had the blood, and they never would have a hawk like the [Gb] Tennessee stud.
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[Am] _ _ _ [D] There's a pretty little baby on the cabin [C] floor, a little horse coat playin' round the door. _ _ _
[D] I loved that gal with the golden hair, and the Tennessee stud was a Tennessee mare.
They were [Am] good horses, [D] you know.
The Tennessee [C] stud was [D] long [G] and lean, the color of [Bb] the sun, [A] and his eyes were green. _
[D] He had the [C] nerve and he [D] had the blood, and they never would have a [Am] hawk like the Tennessee stud.
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_ _ _ _ _ [Dm] Thank you very much.
You've been nice.
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