{"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":1845954,"song":"Tennessee Stud","artist":"Doc Watson","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11408930-tennessee-stud-chords-by-doc-watson/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1845954?type=chord","rating":4.62324,"votes":60,"content":"[Intro]\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\ne|----------------------------|-------------------2---|\r\nB|----------------------------|-------------------3---|\r\nG|-2-0----------------------2-|-2-0---------------2---|\r\nD|-----4-2-0------0---0-2/4---|-----4-2-0-----0-0-0-0-|\r\nA|-----------2-0----2---------|-----------2-0---------|\r\nE|----------------------------|-----------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]          \r\ne|------2-2------0-0----2-2-|------2-2------0-0----2-2--|\r\nB|------3-3------1-1----3-3-|------3-3------1-1----3-3--|\r\nG|----2-2-2----2-2-2----2-2-|----2-2-2----2-2-2----2-2--|\r\nD|-0--0-0-0----2-2-2--0-----|-0--0-0-0----2-2-2--0------|\r\nA|-----------0-0-0-0--------|-----------0-0-0-0---------|\r\nE|--------------------------|---------------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Introduction]\r\n\r\n[ch]D[/ch]  \r\n\r\n[ch]D[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1] \r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nAlong about eighteen twenty-five,[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]C6[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI left Tennessee very much alive.[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI never would have got through the Arkansas mud[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                       [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIf I hadn't been a-ridin' on the Tennessee Stud.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nI had some trouble with my sweetheart's pa,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                                    [ch]C6[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd one of her brothers was a bad outlaw.[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI sent her a letter by my Uncle Bud,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                            [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd I rode away on the Tennessee Stud. [/tab]\r\n\r\n[chorus]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe Tennessee Stud was long and lean,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                         [ch]Bb7[/ch]        [ch]A7[/ch]     [ch]Bb7[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nThe color of the sun, and his eyes were green.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe had the nerve and he had the blood,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                           [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]     \r\nAnd there never was a horse like the Tennessee  Stud.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Instrumental] \r\n\r\n[ch]D[/ch]  \r\n\r\n[ch]D[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nWe drifted on down into no man's land,[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]                                      [ch]C6[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWe crossed that river called the Rio Grande.[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI raced my horse with the Spaniard's foal[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                               [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\n'Til I got me a skin full of silver and gold.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nMe and a gambler, we couldn't agree,[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]                             [ch]C6[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWe got in a fight over Tennessee.[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWe jerked our guns, and he fell with a thud,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd I got away on the Tennessee Stud.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe Tennessee Stud was long and lean,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                         [ch]Bb7[/ch]        [ch]A7[/ch]     [ch]Bb7[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nThe color of the sun, and his eyes were green.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe had the nerve and he had the blood,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                           [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]     \r\nAnd there never was a horse like the Tennessee  Stud.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n\r\n[ch]D[/ch]  \r\n\r\n[ch]D[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nI got just as lonesome as a man can be,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                [ch]C6[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nDreamin' of my girl in Tennessee.[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe Tennessee Stud's green eyes turned blue[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                  [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n'Cause he was a-dreamin' of a sweetheart, too,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nWe loped right back across Arkansas;[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]                         [ch]C6[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI whupped her brother and I whupped her pa.[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI found that girl with the golden hair,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                 [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd she was a-riding on the Tennessee Mare.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[chorus]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe Tennessee Stud was long and lean,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                         [ch]Bb7[/ch]        [ch]A7[/ch]     [ch]Bb7[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nThe color of the sun, and his eyes were green.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe had the nerve and he had the blood,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                           [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]     \r\nAnd there never was a horse like the Tennessee  Stud.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Instrumental] \r\n\r\n[ch]D[/ch]  \r\n\r\n[ch]D[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nStirrup to stirrup and side by side,[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]                              [ch]C6[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWe crossed the mountains and the valleys wide.[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWe came to Big Muddy, then we forded the flood[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                    [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOn the Tennessee Mare and the Tennessee Stud.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nA pretty little baby on the cabin floor,[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]                          [ch]C6[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nA little horse colt playing 'round the door,[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI love that girl with the golden hair,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                       [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd the Tennessee Stud loves the Tennessee Mare.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe Tennessee Stud was long and lean,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                         [ch]Bb7[/ch]       [ch]A7[/ch]     [ch]Bb7[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nThe color of the sun, and his eyes were green.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe had the nerve and he had the blood,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                           [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]     \r\nAnd there never was a horse like the Tennessee  Stud.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Outro instrumental]\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\ne|----------------------------|-----------------------|\r\nB|----------------------------|-----------------------|\r\nG|-2-0----------------------2-|-2-0-------------------|\r\nD|-----4-2-0------0---0-2/4---|-----4-2-0-----0-0-0-0-|\r\nA|-----------2-0----2---------|-----------2-0---------|\r\nE|----------------------------|-----------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\ne|----------------------------|-------------------2-2-|\r\nB|----------------------------|-------------------3-3-|\r\nG|-2-0----------------------2-|-2-0---------------2-2-|\r\nD|-----4-2-0------0---0-2/4---|-----4-2-0-----0-0-0-0-|\r\nA|-----------2-0----2---------|-----------2-0---------|\r\nE|----------------------------|-----------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n************************************\r\n\r\n| /  Slide up \r\n\r\n************************************","plain_text":"[Intro]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Introduction]\n\nD  \n\nD  Am  D Am D\n\n\n[Verse 1] \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental] \n\nD  \n\nD  Am  D Am D\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\n\nD  \n\nD  Am  D Am D\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental] \n\nD  \n\nD  Am  D Am D\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro instrumental]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n************************************\n\n| /  Slide up \n\n************************************","chords":["D","B","G","A","E","Am","C","C6","Bb7","A7"],"chord_diagrams":{"A7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,0,2,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,2,0]},"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"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]}}}