Tennessee Stud
by Doc Watson, Eddy Arnold, Johnny Cash · posted by Turkey_Man
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How to read this tab — notation key
- +
- Blow note
- −
- Draw note
- b or '
- Half-step bend
- bb or ''
- Two half-step bend
- bbb or '''
- Three half-step bend
- (###)
- Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
- < or *
- Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)
Full reference and posting tips in the tab guide.
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A-long a-bout eight-een and twen-ty five
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I left Ten-nes-see ve-ry much a-live
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I ne-ver would have made it through
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The Ar-kan-sas mud
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If I had-n’t been a ri-din’ on the
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Ten-nes-see stud.
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The Ten-nes-see stud was long and lean
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The co-lor of the sun and his eyes were green
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He had the nerve and he had the blood
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And there ne-ver was a horse like the
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Ten-nes-see stud
Had some trouble with my sweetheart’s pa
One of her brothers was a bad outlaw
I sent her a letter by my Uncle Fud
An I rode away on the
Ten-nes-see stud
I rode right back across Arkansas
I whipped her brother and I whipped her Pa
I found that girl with the golden hair
She was ridin’ on a Tennessee mare
Pretty little baby on the cabin floor
Little horse colt playing round the door
I loved the girl with the golden hair
And the Tennessee Stud loves the Tennessee Mare
some of the many verses to this song