Chords for Tennessee Flat Top Box (1988 Version)
Tempo:
96.45 bpm
Chords used:
D
A
G
Bm
C#m
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[A] [C#m]
[D]
In a little cabaret in a South [A] Texas border town sat a boy and his guitar and the people came from miles around.
And all [D] the girls from there [A] to Austin were slipping away from home and putting jewelry [D] in hot to take the trip to go and listen
to the little dark haired boy who played the Tennessee flat top boxin' he [G] would play.
[Bm]
[D] [G]
[Bm]
[D] [Bm]
[D]
Well he couldn't ride or wrangle and he never [A] cared to make a dime but give him his guitar and he'd be happy all the time.
And [D] all the girls from [A] nine to ninety were snapping fingers, tapping toes and begging him [D] don't stop and hypnotized and [A] fascinated
by the little dark haired boy who played the Tennessee [D] flat top boxin' [G] he would play.
[Bm] [D]
[G]
[D]
[G]
[D]
Then one day he was gone and no one [A] ever saw him round.
He vanished like the breeze and they forgot him in the little town.
But [D] all the girls still [A] dreamed about him and hung around the cabaret until the doors [D] were locked.
And then one day on the hit [A] parade was the little dark haired boy who played the Tennessee [D] flat top boxin' he would play.
[G]
[D]
[F#]
[D]
[D]
In a little cabaret in a South [A] Texas border town sat a boy and his guitar and the people came from miles around.
And all [D] the girls from there [A] to Austin were slipping away from home and putting jewelry [D] in hot to take the trip to go and listen
to the little dark haired boy who played the Tennessee flat top boxin' he [G] would play.
[Bm]
[D] [G]
[Bm]
[D] [Bm]
[D]
Well he couldn't ride or wrangle and he never [A] cared to make a dime but give him his guitar and he'd be happy all the time.
And [D] all the girls from [A] nine to ninety were snapping fingers, tapping toes and begging him [D] don't stop and hypnotized and [A] fascinated
by the little dark haired boy who played the Tennessee [D] flat top boxin' [G] he would play.
[Bm] [D]
[G]
[D]
[G]
[D]
Then one day he was gone and no one [A] ever saw him round.
He vanished like the breeze and they forgot him in the little town.
But [D] all the girls still [A] dreamed about him and hung around the cabaret until the doors [D] were locked.
And then one day on the hit [A] parade was the little dark haired boy who played the Tennessee [D] flat top boxin' he would play.
[G]
[D]
[F#]
[D]
Key:
D
A
G
Bm
C#m
D
A
G
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
In a little cabaret in a South [A] Texas border town sat a boy and his guitar and the people came from miles around.
And all [D] the girls _ from there [A] to Austin _ were slipping away from home and putting jewelry [D] in hot to take the trip to go and listen _
to the little dark haired boy who played the Tennessee flat top boxin' he [G] would play.
_ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
Well he couldn't ride or wrangle and he never [A] cared to make a dime but give him his guitar and he'd be happy all the time.
And [D] all the girls from [A] nine to ninety were snapping fingers, tapping toes and begging him [D] don't stop and hypnotized and [A] fascinated
by the little dark haired boy who played the Tennessee [D] flat top boxin' [G] he would play.
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Then one day he was gone and no one [A] ever saw him round.
He vanished like the breeze and they forgot him in the little town.
But [D] all the girls still [A] dreamed about him _ and hung around the cabaret until the doors [D] were locked.
And then one day _ on the hit [A] parade was the little dark haired boy who played the Tennessee [D] flat top boxin' he would play. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F#] _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
In a little cabaret in a South [A] Texas border town sat a boy and his guitar and the people came from miles around.
And all [D] the girls _ from there [A] to Austin _ were slipping away from home and putting jewelry [D] in hot to take the trip to go and listen _
to the little dark haired boy who played the Tennessee flat top boxin' he [G] would play.
_ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
Well he couldn't ride or wrangle and he never [A] cared to make a dime but give him his guitar and he'd be happy all the time.
And [D] all the girls from [A] nine to ninety were snapping fingers, tapping toes and begging him [D] don't stop and hypnotized and [A] fascinated
by the little dark haired boy who played the Tennessee [D] flat top boxin' [G] he would play.
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Then one day he was gone and no one [A] ever saw him round.
He vanished like the breeze and they forgot him in the little town.
But [D] all the girls still [A] dreamed about him _ and hung around the cabaret until the doors [D] were locked.
And then one day _ on the hit [A] parade was the little dark haired boy who played the Tennessee [D] flat top boxin' he would play. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F#] _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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