Tennessee Stud

by Billy Strings

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4.9 (123)

novice Key: Ab Tuning: E A D G B E Capo: 3th fret

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Intro

Verse 1

Along about eighteen twenty-five

I

left Tennessee barely half alive

I nev

er would've got through the Arkansas mud

If I hadn't been riding on the

Tennessee

Stud

Verse 2

Had some trouble with my sweetheart's Pa

One of her brothers was a bad outlaw

I sent her a letter by my Uncle Fudd

And I rode away on the

Tennessee

Stud

Chorus

The

Tennessee Stud was

long and

lean

The

color of the sun and his

eyes were

green

He had the nerve and

he had the

blood

STRUM MUTED STRINGS D

There never was a horse like Tennessee Stud

Break

Verse 3

We drifted on down into no man's land

We

crossed that river called the Rio Grande

I raced my horse with the Spaniard's foal

'Til I got me a skin full of

silver and

gold

Verse 4

Me and the gambler, we couldn't agree

We

got in a fight over Tennessee

We

jerked our guns and he fell with a thud

And I rode away on the

Tennessee

Stud

Chorus

The

Tennessee Stud was

long and

lean

The

color of the sun and his

eyes were

green

He had the nerve and

he had the

blood

STRUM MUTED STRINGS D

There never was a horse like Tennessee Stud

Break

Verse 5

I

got just as lonesome as a man can be

Dreamin' of my girl in Tennessee

The

Tennessee Stud's green eyes turned blue

'Cause he was a dreamin' of hi

s sweethear

t too

Verse 6

We loped right back across Arkansas

I

whipped her brother and I whipped her Pa

I

found that girl with the golden hair

And she was riding on th

e Tennesse

e Mare

Chorus

The

Tennessee Stud was

long and

lean

The

color of the sun and his

eyes were

green

He had the nerve and

he had the

blood

STRUM MUTED STRINGS D

There never was a horse like Tennessee Stud

Break

Verse 7

Stirrup to stirrup and side by side

We

crossed the mountains and the valleys wide

We

came to Big Muddy, then we forded the flood

On the Tennessee Mare and the

Tennessee

Stud

Verse 8

There's a pretty little baby on the cabin floor

Little horse colt playing round the door

I

loved that girl with the golden hair

And the Tennessee Stud loves the

Tennessee

Mare

Chorus

The

Tennessee Stud was

long and

lean

The

color of the sun and his

eyes were

green

He had the nerve and

he had the

blood

STRUM MUTED STRINGS D

There never was a horse like Tennessee Stud

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