Tennessee Stud Chords by Jimmie Driftwood
Tempo:
87.025 bpm
Chords used:
C
Gm
G
Bb
F
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[C] [Gm] [C]
[C]
Along about 18 and [Bb] 25 I left Tennessee very much alive.
[C] I never would have got through the Arkansas mud if I hadn't been [G] a ridin' on the Tennessee [Gm] stud.
[C] I had some trouble with my sweetheart's pa, [Gm] one of [Bb] her brothers was a bad outlaw.
I [C] sent her a letter by my Uncle Fudd and I [G] rode away [C] on the Tennessee stud.
[Gm] [C] Tennessee stud was long and [F] lean, the color of the [Ab] sun in his [G] eyes were blue.
[C] He had the nerve and he had the blood and there never was a horse like the Tennessee stud.
[Gm] [C]
One day I was ridin' in a beautiful [Bb] land, I ran smack into an Indian band.
[C] They jumped their necks with a hoop and a yell and away we went [G] like a bat out [C] of well.
Well I circled our camp for a time or [Bb] two just to show what a Tennessee horse can do.
[C] The red skin boys couldn't get my blood cause I was a ridin' on the Tennessee [Gm] stud.
[C]
We drifted on down into no man's [Gm] land, crossed [Bb] a river called the Rio Grande.
[C] I raced my horse with a Spaniard's bow till I got me a skin [G] full of silver [C] and [Gm] gold.
[C] Me and a gambler we couldn't [Bb] agree, we got in a fight over Tennessee.
[C] We jerked our guns, he fell with a thud and I got [G] away on the [C] Tennessee stud.
[Gm] [C] The Tennessee stud was long [F] and lean, the color of the [Ab] sun in his [G] eyes were green.
[C] He had the nerve and he had the blood and there never was a horse like the Tennessee stud.
Well I got as lonesome as a man can [Bb] be a-dreamin' of a girl in Tennessee.
The [C] Tennessee stud's green eyes turned blue cause he was a [G]-dreamin' of a sweetheart [C] too.
[Gm] [C] We loped right on across Arkansas, [Bb] I whooped her brother and I whooped her paw.
[C] I found that girl with the golden hair and she was a [G] ridin' on a [C] Tennessee [Gm] mare.
[C]
Stirrup to stirrup and side by [Bb] side we crossed the mountains and the valleys wide.
We [C] came to Big Muddy and we thwarted the flood on the Tennessee mare [C] and the Tennessee stud.
[Gm] [C] Pretty little baby on the cabin [Bb] floor, a little horse coat playin' round the door.
[C] I loved the girl with the golden hair and the Tennessee [G] stud loved the [C] Tennessee mare.
[Gm] [C] The Tennessee stud was long and [F] lean, the color of the [Ab] sun in his [G] eyes were green.
[C] He had the nerve and he had the blood and there never was a horse like the Tennessee stud.
[Gm] [C] [Gm]
[C] [Gm] [C]
[C]
Along about 18 and [Bb] 25 I left Tennessee very much alive.
[C] I never would have got through the Arkansas mud if I hadn't been [G] a ridin' on the Tennessee [Gm] stud.
[C] I had some trouble with my sweetheart's pa, [Gm] one of [Bb] her brothers was a bad outlaw.
I [C] sent her a letter by my Uncle Fudd and I [G] rode away [C] on the Tennessee stud.
[Gm] [C] Tennessee stud was long and [F] lean, the color of the [Ab] sun in his [G] eyes were blue.
[C] He had the nerve and he had the blood and there never was a horse like the Tennessee stud.
[Gm] [C]
One day I was ridin' in a beautiful [Bb] land, I ran smack into an Indian band.
[C] They jumped their necks with a hoop and a yell and away we went [G] like a bat out [C] of well.
Well I circled our camp for a time or [Bb] two just to show what a Tennessee horse can do.
[C] The red skin boys couldn't get my blood cause I was a ridin' on the Tennessee [Gm] stud.
[C]
We drifted on down into no man's [Gm] land, crossed [Bb] a river called the Rio Grande.
[C] I raced my horse with a Spaniard's bow till I got me a skin [G] full of silver [C] and [Gm] gold.
[C] Me and a gambler we couldn't [Bb] agree, we got in a fight over Tennessee.
[C] We jerked our guns, he fell with a thud and I got [G] away on the [C] Tennessee stud.
[Gm] [C] The Tennessee stud was long [F] and lean, the color of the [Ab] sun in his [G] eyes were green.
[C] He had the nerve and he had the blood and there never was a horse like the Tennessee stud.
Well I got as lonesome as a man can [Bb] be a-dreamin' of a girl in Tennessee.
The [C] Tennessee stud's green eyes turned blue cause he was a [G]-dreamin' of a sweetheart [C] too.
[Gm] [C] We loped right on across Arkansas, [Bb] I whooped her brother and I whooped her paw.
[C] I found that girl with the golden hair and she was a [G] ridin' on a [C] Tennessee [Gm] mare.
[C]
Stirrup to stirrup and side by [Bb] side we crossed the mountains and the valleys wide.
We [C] came to Big Muddy and we thwarted the flood on the Tennessee mare [C] and the Tennessee stud.
[Gm] [C] Pretty little baby on the cabin [Bb] floor, a little horse coat playin' round the door.
[C] I loved the girl with the golden hair and the Tennessee [G] stud loved the [C] Tennessee mare.
[Gm] [C] The Tennessee stud was long and [F] lean, the color of the [Ab] sun in his [G] eyes were green.
[C] He had the nerve and he had the blood and there never was a horse like the Tennessee stud.
[Gm] [C] [Gm]
[C] [Gm] [C]
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_ [C] _ [Gm] _ [C] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Along about 18 and [Bb] 25 I left Tennessee very much alive.
[C] I never would have got through the Arkansas mud if I hadn't been [G] a ridin' on the Tennessee [Gm] stud.
[C] I had some trouble with my sweetheart's pa, [Gm] one of [Bb] her brothers was a bad outlaw.
I [C] sent her a letter by my Uncle Fudd and I [G] rode away [C] on the Tennessee stud.
[Gm] _ [C] Tennessee stud was long and [F] lean, the color of the [Ab] sun in his [G] eyes were blue.
[C] He had the nerve and he had the blood and there never was a horse like the Tennessee stud.
[Gm] _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ One day I was ridin' in a beautiful [Bb] land, I ran smack into an Indian band.
[C] They jumped their necks with a hoop and a yell and away we went [G] like a bat out [C] of well.
Well I circled our camp for a time or [Bb] two just to show what a Tennessee horse can do. _
[C] The red skin boys couldn't get my blood cause I was a ridin' on the Tennessee [Gm] stud.
[C] _ _ _
_ _ We drifted on down into no man's [Gm] land, crossed [Bb] a river called the Rio Grande.
[C] I raced my horse with a Spaniard's bow till I got me a skin [G] full of silver [C] and [Gm] gold.
[C] Me and a gambler we couldn't [Bb] agree, we got in a fight over Tennessee. _
[C] We jerked our guns, he fell with a thud and I got [G] away on the [C] Tennessee stud.
[Gm] _ [C] The Tennessee stud was long [F] and lean, the color of the [Ab] sun in his [G] eyes were green.
[C] He had the nerve and he had the blood and there never was a horse like the Tennessee stud. _ _ _ _
_ _ Well I got as lonesome as a man can [Bb] be a-dreamin' of a girl in Tennessee.
The [C] Tennessee stud's green eyes turned blue cause he was a [G]-dreamin' of a sweetheart [C] too.
[Gm] _ [C] We loped right on across Arkansas, [Bb] I whooped her brother and I whooped her paw.
[C] I found that girl with the golden hair and she was a [G] ridin' on a [C] Tennessee [Gm] mare.
[C] _ _ _
_ _ _ Stirrup to stirrup and side by [Bb] side we crossed the mountains and the valleys wide.
We [C] came to Big Muddy and we thwarted the flood on the Tennessee mare [C] and the Tennessee stud.
[Gm] _ [C] Pretty little baby on the cabin [Bb] floor, a little horse coat playin' round the door. _
[C] I loved the girl with the golden hair and the Tennessee [G] stud loved the [C] Tennessee mare.
[Gm] _ [C] The Tennessee stud was long and [F] lean, the color of the [Ab] sun in his [G] eyes were green.
[C] He had the nerve and he had the blood and there never was a horse like the Tennessee stud.
[Gm] _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _
_ [C] _ _ [Gm] _ _ [C] _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Along about 18 and [Bb] 25 I left Tennessee very much alive.
[C] I never would have got through the Arkansas mud if I hadn't been [G] a ridin' on the Tennessee [Gm] stud.
[C] I had some trouble with my sweetheart's pa, [Gm] one of [Bb] her brothers was a bad outlaw.
I [C] sent her a letter by my Uncle Fudd and I [G] rode away [C] on the Tennessee stud.
[Gm] _ [C] Tennessee stud was long and [F] lean, the color of the [Ab] sun in his [G] eyes were blue.
[C] He had the nerve and he had the blood and there never was a horse like the Tennessee stud.
[Gm] _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ One day I was ridin' in a beautiful [Bb] land, I ran smack into an Indian band.
[C] They jumped their necks with a hoop and a yell and away we went [G] like a bat out [C] of well.
Well I circled our camp for a time or [Bb] two just to show what a Tennessee horse can do. _
[C] The red skin boys couldn't get my blood cause I was a ridin' on the Tennessee [Gm] stud.
[C] _ _ _
_ _ We drifted on down into no man's [Gm] land, crossed [Bb] a river called the Rio Grande.
[C] I raced my horse with a Spaniard's bow till I got me a skin [G] full of silver [C] and [Gm] gold.
[C] Me and a gambler we couldn't [Bb] agree, we got in a fight over Tennessee. _
[C] We jerked our guns, he fell with a thud and I got [G] away on the [C] Tennessee stud.
[Gm] _ [C] The Tennessee stud was long [F] and lean, the color of the [Ab] sun in his [G] eyes were green.
[C] He had the nerve and he had the blood and there never was a horse like the Tennessee stud. _ _ _ _
_ _ Well I got as lonesome as a man can [Bb] be a-dreamin' of a girl in Tennessee.
The [C] Tennessee stud's green eyes turned blue cause he was a [G]-dreamin' of a sweetheart [C] too.
[Gm] _ [C] We loped right on across Arkansas, [Bb] I whooped her brother and I whooped her paw.
[C] I found that girl with the golden hair and she was a [G] ridin' on a [C] Tennessee [Gm] mare.
[C] _ _ _
_ _ _ Stirrup to stirrup and side by [Bb] side we crossed the mountains and the valleys wide.
We [C] came to Big Muddy and we thwarted the flood on the Tennessee mare [C] and the Tennessee stud.
[Gm] _ [C] Pretty little baby on the cabin [Bb] floor, a little horse coat playin' round the door. _
[C] I loved the girl with the golden hair and the Tennessee [G] stud loved the [C] Tennessee mare.
[Gm] _ [C] The Tennessee stud was long and [F] lean, the color of the [Ab] sun in his [G] eyes were green.
[C] He had the nerve and he had the blood and there never was a horse like the Tennessee stud.
[Gm] _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _
_ [C] _ _ [Gm] _ _ [C] _