Tennessee Flat-Top Box Chords by Johnny Cash

Tempo:
98.3 bpm
Chords used:

Bb

F

Eb

G

Gm

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Tennessee Flat-Top Box chords
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[G] [A] [Gm] .
[Eb] [C] [Bb] .
In a little cabaret in a South [F] Texas border town sat a boy and his guitar.
and the people [Bb] came from all around and all the girls from [F] there to Austin .
were slipping away from home and putting jewelry [Bb] and thought to take a trip.
to go and [F] listen to the little dark-haired boy that played the Tennessee [Bb] flat-top boxing.
[Eb] And he would play, [Gm] .
[Bb] [Eb] .
[Gm] .
[Eb] .
[D] [C] [Bb] well he couldn't ride or wrangle and he never [F] cared to make a dime.
but give him his guitar and he'd be happy [Bb] all the time and all the girls.
from nine [F] to ninety were snapping fingers, tapping toes and begging him.
[Bb] don't stop and hypnotize and [F] fascinated by the little dark-haired boy that.
played the Tennessee [Bb] flat-top boxing.
He would [Eb] play, [Ab] .
[F] [Bb] [Eb] .
[Bb] .
[F] [Bb] [G] [Eb] .
[Bb] then one day he was gone.
and no one [F] ever saw him round.
He vanished like the breeze and they forgot him in.
the little [Bb] town but all the girls still dreamed [F] about him and hung around the.
cabaret until the doors [Bb] were [F] locked and then one day [Bb] on the hit [F] parade was a.
little dark-haired boy that played the Tennessee [Bb] flat-top boxing.
[Eb] He would play.
[Fm] [F] [Bb] [Eb] .
[Ab] .
[F] [Bb] [G] [Eb] .
[Cm] [Bb] .
Key:  
Bb
12341111
F
134211111
Eb
12341116
G
2131
Gm
123111113
Bb
12341111
F
134211111
Eb
12341116
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Learn the basic chords of Johnny Cash - Tennessee Flat-Top Box chords, with this master sequence: Bb, F and Bb. I suggest starting at a calm pace of 49 BPM, and as you gain confidence, approach the song's BPM of 98. With an eye on the song's key E Major, set the capo that best suits your vocal range.

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[G] _ [A] _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _ .
[Eb] _ [C] _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ .
In a little cabaret in a South [F] Texas border town sat a boy and his guitar.
and the people [Bb] came from all around and all the girls from [F] there to Austin _ .
were slipping away from home and putting jewelry [Bb] and thought to take a trip.
to go and [F] listen to the little dark-haired boy that played the Tennessee [Bb] flat-top boxing.
[Eb] And he would play, _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ .
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [Eb] _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ .
[D] _ [C] _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ well he couldn't ride or wrangle and he never [F] cared to make a dime.
but give him his guitar and he'd be happy [Bb] all the time and all the girls.
from nine [F] to ninety _ _ were snapping fingers, tapping toes and begging him.
[Bb] don't stop and hypnotize and [F] fascinated _ by the little dark-haired boy that.
played the Tennessee [Bb] flat-top boxing.
He would [Eb] play, _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ .
[F] _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ .
[F] _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ [Eb] _ .
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ then one day he was gone.
and no one [F] ever saw him round.
He vanished like the breeze and they forgot him in.
the little [Bb] town but all the girls still dreamed [F] about him _ and hung around the.
cabaret until the doors [Bb] were [F] locked and then one day [Bb] on the hit [F] parade _ was a.
little dark-haired boy that played the Tennessee [Bb] flat-top boxing.
[Eb] He would play.
_ _ _ _ [Fm] _ [F] _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ .
[F] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [G] _ [Eb] _ .
_ [Cm] _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .

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