Tennessee Stud

Intro D e|----------------------------|-------------------2---| B|----------------------------|-------------------3---| G|-2-0----------------------2-|-2-0---------------2---| D|-----4-2-0------0---0-2/4---|-----4-2-0-----0-0-0-0-| A|-----------2-0----2---------|-----------2-0---------| E|----------------------------|-----------------------| DADAD e|------2-2------0-0----2-2-|------2-2------0-0----2-2--| B|------3-3------1-1----3-3-|------3-3------1-1----3-3--| G|----2-2-2----2-2-2----2-2-|----2-2-2----2-2-2----2-2--| D|-0--0-0-0----2-2-2--0-----|-0--0-0-0----2-2-2--0------| A|-----------0-0-0-0--------|-----------0-0-0-0---------| E|--------------------------|---------------------------| Introduction D DADAD Verse 1 D Along about eighteen twenty-five, C C6 C I left Tennessee very much alive. D I never would have got through the Arkansas mud D Am D Dm If I hadn't been a-ridin' on the Tennessee Stud. D I had some trouble with my sweetheart's pa, C C6 And one of her brothers was a bad outlaw. D I sent her a letter by my Uncle Bud, D Am D Dm And I rode away on the Tennessee Stud. chorus D The Tennessee Stud was long and lean, C Bb7 A7 A77 The color of the sun, and his eyes were green. D He had the nerve and he had the blood, D Am D And there never was a horse like the Tennessee Stud. Instrumental D DADAD Verse 2 D We drifted on down into no man's land, C C6C We crossed that river called the Rio Grande. D I raced my horse with the Spaniard's foal D Am D Dm 'Til I got me a skin full of silver and gold. D Me and a gambler, we couldn't agree, C C6 We got in a fight over Tennessee. D We jerked our guns, and he fell with a thud, D Am D Dm And I got away on the Tennessee Stud. Chorus D The Tennessee Stud was long and lean, C Bb7 A7 A77 The color of the sun, and his eyes were green. D He had the nerve and he had the blood, D Am D And there never was a horse like the Tennessee Stud. Instrumental D DADAD Verse 3 D I got just as lonesome as a man can be, C C6 Dreamin' of my girl in Tennessee. D The Tennessee Stud's green eyes turned blue D Am D Dm 'Cause he was a-dreamin' of a sweetheart, too, D We loped right back across Arkansas; C C6 C I whupped her brother and I whupped her pa. D I found that girl with the golden hair, D Am D Dm And she was a-riding on the Tennessee Mare. chorus D The Tennessee Stud was long and lean, C Bb7 A7 A77 The color of the sun, and his eyes were green. D He had the nerve and he had the blood, D Am D And there never was a horse like the Tennessee Stud. Instrumental D DADAD Verse 4 D Stirrup to stirrup and side by side, C C6 C We crossed the mountains and the valleys wide. D We came to Big Muddy, then we forded the flood D Am D Dm On the Tennessee Mare and the Tennessee Stud. D A pretty little baby on the cabin floor, C C6 C A little horse colt playing 'round the door, D I love that girl with the golden hair, D Am D Dm And the Tennessee Stud loves the Tennessee Mare. Chorus D The Tennessee Stud was long and lean, C Bb7 A7 A77 The color of the sun, and his eyes were green. D He had the nerve and he had the blood, D Am D And there never was a horse like the Tennessee Stud. Outro instrumental D e|----------------------------|-----------------------| B|----------------------------|-----------------------| G|-2-0----------------------2-|-2-0-------------------| D|-----4-2-0------0---0-2/4---|-----4-2-0-----0-0-0-0-| A|-----------2-0----2---------|-----------2-0---------| E|----------------------------|-----------------------| D e|----------------------------|-------------------2-2-| B|----------------------------|-------------------3-3-| G|-2-0----------------------2-|-2-0---------------2-2-| D|-----4-2-0------0---0-2/4---|-----4-2-0-----0-0-0-0-| A|-----------2-0----2---------|-----------2-0---------| E|----------------------------|-----------------------|