Tono: G
Introducción:
G
Along about eighteen twenty five
F
I left Tennessee very much alive
G
And I never would got through the Arkansas mud
D7 G
If I hadn't been a-riding that Tennessee stud
V#2
F
One of her brothers was a bad outlaw
G
I sent her a letter by my Uncle Fud
D7 G
Then I rode away on the Tennessee stud
F G
The Tennessee Stud was long and mean
C A7 D7
The color of the sun and his eyes were green
G F G
He had the nerve and he had the blood
D7 G
And there never was a horse like the Tennessee stud
V#3
F
And crossed that river called the Rio Grande
G
I raced my hoss with a Spaniard's foal
D7 G
Till I got me a skin full of silver and gold
V#4
F
We got in a fight over Tennessee
G
We jerked our guns and he fell with a thud
D7 G
And I got away on the Tennessee stud
V#5
G
The Tennessee Stud's green eyes turned blue
D7 G
Cause he was dreaming bout his sweetheart too
V#6
F
I whooped her brother and I whooped her Paw
G
When I found that girl with the golden hair
D7 G
She was a-riding that Tennessee mare
V#7
F
We crossed them mountains and the valleys wide
G
We came to big muddy and then we forded a flood
D7 G
On the Tennessee Mare and the Tennessee stud
V#8
F
And a little horse colt laying on the floor
G
I love that girl with the golden hair
D7 G
And the Tennessee stud loves the Tennessee mare