[Intro]
[D]
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[D] [Am] [D] [Am] [D]
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[Introduction]
[D]
[D] [Am] [D] [Am] [D]
[Verse 1]
[D]Along about eighteen twenty-five,
I l[C]eft Tennessee very [C6]much [C]alive.
I [D]never would have got through the Arkansas mud
[D]If I hadn't been a-ridin' on the Tenness[Am]ee [D]Stud.[Am][D]
[D]I had some trouble with my sweetheart's pa,
And [C]one of her brothers was a bad outlaw.[C6][C]
I [D]sent her a letter by my Uncle Bud,
[D]And I rode away on the Tennes[Am]see [D]Stud. [Am][D]
[chorus]
The [D]Tennessee Stud was long and lean,
The [C]color of the sun, and his [Bb7]eyes were g[A7]reen.[Bb7][A7]
[D]He had the nerve and he had the blood,
[D]And there never was a horse like the Tenness[Am]ee [D]Stud.
[Instrumental]
[D]
[D] [Am] [D] [Am] [D]
[Verse 2]
[D]We drifted on down into no man's land,
We [C]crossed that river called the Rio Grand[C6]e.[C]
I [D]raced my horse with the Spaniard's foal
[D]'Til I got me a skin full of sil[Am]ver and [D]gold.[Am][D]
[D]Me and a gambler, we couldn't agree,
We [C]got in a fight over Tennessee.[C6][C]
We [D]jerked our guns, and he fell with a thud,
[D]And I got away on the [Am]Tennessee [D]Stud.[Am][D]
[Chorus]
The [D]Tennessee Stud was long and lean,
The [C]color of the sun, and his [Bb7]eyes were g[A7]reen.[Bb7][A7]
[D]He had the nerve and he had the blood,
[D]And there never was a horse like the Tenness[Am]ee [D]Stud.
[Instrumental]
[D]
[D] [Am] [D] [Am] [D]
[Verse 3]
[D]I got just as lonesome as a man can be,
[C]Dreamin' of my girl in Tennessee.[C6][C]
The [D]Tennessee Stud's green eyes turned blue
[D]'Cause he was a-dreamin' of a sweet[Am]heart, [D]too,[Am][D]
[D]We loped right back across Arkansas;
I [C]whupped her brother and I [C6]whupped her [C]pa.
I [D]found that girl with the golden hair,
[D]And she was a-riding on the Tennes[Am]see [D]Mare.[Am][D]
[chorus]
The [D]Tennessee Stud was long and lean,
The [C]color of the sun, and his [Bb7]eyes were g[A7]reen.[Bb7][A7]
[D]He had the nerve and he had the blood,
[D]And there never was a horse like the Tenness[Am]ee [D]Stud.
[Instrumental]
[D]
[D] [Am] [D] [Am] [D]
[Verse 4]
[D]Stirrup to stirrup and side by side,
We [C]crossed the mountains and the v[C6]alleys [C]wide.
We [D]came to Big Muddy, then we forded the flood
[D]On the Tennessee Mare and the Tenness[Am]ee [D]Stud.[Am][D]
[D]A pretty little baby on the cabin floor,
A [C]little horse colt playing '[C6]round the d[C]oor,
I [D]love that girl with the golden hair,
[D]And the Tennessee Stud loves the Tenness[Am]ee [D]Mare.[Am][D]
[Chorus]
The [D]Tennessee Stud was long and lean,
The [C]color of the sun, and his [Bb7]eyes were [A7]green.[Bb7][A7]
[D]He had the nerve and he had the blood,
[D]And there never was a horse like the Tenness[Am]ee [D]Stud.
[Outro instrumental]
[D]
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[D]
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[D]
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[Introduction]
[D]
[D] [Am] [D] [Am] [D]
[Verse 1]
[D]Along about eighteen twenty-five,
I l[C]eft Tennessee very [C6]much [C]alive.
I [D]never would have got through the Arkansas mud
[D]If I hadn't been a-ridin' on the Tenness[Am]ee [D]Stud.[Am][D]
[D]I had some trouble with my sweetheart's pa,
And [C]one of her brothers was a bad outlaw.[C6][C]
I [D]sent her a letter by my Uncle Bud,
[D]And I rode away on the Tennes[Am]see [D]Stud. [Am][D]
[chorus]
The [D]Tennessee Stud was long and lean,
The [C]color of the sun, and his [Bb7]eyes were g[A7]reen.[Bb7][A7]
[D]He had the nerve and he had the blood,
[D]And there never was a horse like the Tenness[Am]ee [D]Stud.
[Instrumental]
[D]
[D] [Am] [D] [Am] [D]
[Verse 2]
[D]We drifted on down into no man's land,
We [C]crossed that river called the Rio Grand[C6]e.[C]
I [D]raced my horse with the Spaniard's foal
[D]'Til I got me a skin full of sil[Am]ver and [D]gold.[Am][D]
[D]Me and a gambler, we couldn't agree,
We [C]got in a fight over Tennessee.[C6][C]
We [D]jerked our guns, and he fell with a thud,
[D]And I got away on the [Am]Tennessee [D]Stud.[Am][D]
[Chorus]
The [D]Tennessee Stud was long and lean,
The [C]color of the sun, and his [Bb7]eyes were g[A7]reen.[Bb7][A7]
[D]He had the nerve and he had the blood,
[D]And there never was a horse like the Tenness[Am]ee [D]Stud.
[Instrumental]
[D]
[D] [Am] [D] [Am] [D]
[Verse 3]
[D]I got just as lonesome as a man can be,
[C]Dreamin' of my girl in Tennessee.[C6][C]
The [D]Tennessee Stud's green eyes turned blue
[D]'Cause he was a-dreamin' of a sweet[Am]heart, [D]too,[Am][D]
[D]We loped right back across Arkansas;
I [C]whupped her brother and I [C6]whupped her [C]pa.
I [D]found that girl with the golden hair,
[D]And she was a-riding on the Tennes[Am]see [D]Mare.[Am][D]
[chorus]
The [D]Tennessee Stud was long and lean,
The [C]color of the sun, and his [Bb7]eyes were g[A7]reen.[Bb7][A7]
[D]He had the nerve and he had the blood,
[D]And there never was a horse like the Tenness[Am]ee [D]Stud.
[Instrumental]
[D]
[D] [Am] [D] [Am] [D]
[Verse 4]
[D]Stirrup to stirrup and side by side,
We [C]crossed the mountains and the v[C6]alleys [C]wide.
We [D]came to Big Muddy, then we forded the flood
[D]On the Tennessee Mare and the Tenness[Am]ee [D]Stud.[Am][D]
[D]A pretty little baby on the cabin floor,
A [C]little horse colt playing '[C6]round the d[C]oor,
I [D]love that girl with the golden hair,
[D]And the Tennessee Stud loves the Tenness[Am]ee [D]Mare.[Am][D]
[Chorus]
The [D]Tennessee Stud was long and lean,
The [C]color of the sun, and his [Bb7]eyes were [A7]green.[Bb7][A7]
[D]He had the nerve and he had the blood,
[D]And there never was a horse like the Tenness[Am]ee [D]Stud.
[Outro instrumental]
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[D]
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