{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":15851,"song":"Tennessee Stud","artist":"Johnny Cash","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11212691-tennessee-stud-chords-by-johnny-cash/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/15851?type=chord","rating":4.71582,"votes":414,"content":"[Intro]\r\n\r\n[ch]A[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nBack about eighteen and twenty-five[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI left Tennessee very much alive[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI never would've made it through the Arkansas mud[/tab]\r\n[tab]                               [ch]E[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nIf I hadn't been riding on the Tennessee Stud[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nHad some trouble with my sweetheart's Pa[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nOne of her brothers was a bad outlaw[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nI wrote a letter to my Uncle Fudd[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]E[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd I rode away on the Tennessee Stud[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThe Tennessee Stud was long and lean[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThe color of the sun and his eyes were green[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nHe had the nerve and he had the blood[/tab]\r\n[tab]                             [ch]E[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThere never was a horse like Tennessee Stud[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nDrifted on down into no man's land[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAcross the river called the Rio Grande[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nRaced my horse with a Spaniard's foal[/tab]\r\n[tab]                             [ch]E[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]\r\n'Til I got me a skin full of silver and gold[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nMe and the gambler, we couldn't agree[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWe got in a fight over Tennessee[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nPulled our guns and he fell with a thud[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]E[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd I rode away on a Tennessee Stud[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThe Tennessee Stud was long and lean[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThe color of the sun and his eyes were green[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nHe had the nerve and he had the blood[/tab]\r\n[tab]                             [ch]E[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThere never was a horse like Tennessee Stud[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nI rode right back across Arkansas[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI whupped her brother and I whupped her Pa[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI found that girl with the golden hair[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]E[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nShe was riding on a Tennessee Mare[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nPretty little baby on the cabin floor[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nLittle horse colt playing round the door[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI loved the girl with the golden hair[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                 [ch]E[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd the Tennessee Stud loves the Tennessee Mare[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThe Tennessee Stud was long and lean[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThe color of the sun and his eyes were green[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nHe had the nerve and he had the blood[/tab]\r\n[tab]                             [ch]E[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThere never was a horse like Tennessee Stud[/tab]","plain_text":"[Intro]\n\nA\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["A","G","E","D","C"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}