{"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":1964773,"song":"Tennessee Stud","artist":"Johnny Cash","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1964773-tennessee-stud-chords-by-johnny-cash/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1964773?type=chord","rating":4.69262,"votes":24,"content":"Tennessee Stud - this is a song from Cashes album American Recordings (1994) with his usual baseline playing \r\nand singing, here is a link to a perfomance from Montreux  - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMVRZ9kjmI0\r\ngo to 12 seconds in for the start of the song\r\n\r\n[Chords]\r\n\r\n(if you're not using a capo then the chords are B A F# E D and F#m)\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\ne|-0--2--0--2--0--0-------|\r\nB|-2--0--0--3--1--0-------|\r\nG|-2--0--1--2--0--0-------|\r\nD|-2--0--2--0--2--2-------|\r\nA|-0--2--2-----3--2-------|\r\nE|----3--0--------0-------|[/tab]\r\n\r\nPicking patterns for this song, this is Cashes typical baseline picking in his songs watch the video in the \r\nlink above to listen to it and then return here and practice it. \r\n\r\n[Verses] -\r\nusing the first verse as an example and repeat it for the rest of the verses in the song\r\n\r\n(with introduction)\r\n\r\n[tab]                                          Back about 18 and 25   I left Tennessee very much alive\r\ne|----0---0----0---0----0---0----0----0-----0----------0---0--------3-----------3----3------------3----|\r\nB|----2---2----2---2----2---2----2----2-----2----------2---2--------0-----------0----0------------0----|\r\nG|----2---2----2---2----2---2----2----2-----2----------2---2--------0-----------0----0------------0----|\r\nD|----2---2----2---2----2---2----2----2-----2----------2---2--------0-----------0----0----------0------|\r\nA|-0------0--0-----0--0-----0--0------0---0------------0--0------2--------------2--2-------------------|\r\nE|------0--------0--------0---------0----------------0-------0----------------3------------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]     I never would've made it through that Arkansas mud if i hadnt been riding on a Tennessee stud\r\ne|--------0---------------0--------------------0--------0-------0--------0------------0---------0----|\r\nB|--------2---------------2--------------------2--------2-------2--------2------------0---------2----|\r\nG|--------2---------------2--------------------2--------2-------2--------2------------1---------2----|\r\nD|--------2---------------2--------------------2--------2-------2--------2------------2---------2----|\r\nA|-----0------------------0-----------------0-----------0----0-----------0----------2---------0------|\r\nE|---------------------0-----------------------------0-----------------0-----------------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\nRepeat that during the verses and now the chorus\r\n\r\n[tab]  The Tennessee Stud was long and lean the colour of the sun and his eyes were green\r\ne|-------0--------0-------3---------0--------2--------------2----------0----------0--0--0--0---|\r\nB|-------2--------2-------0---------2--------3--------------3----------1----------0--0--0--0---|\r\nG|-------2--------2-------0---------2--------2--------------2----------0----------1--1--0--1---|\r\nD|-------2--------2-------0---------2------0----------------0----------2----------2--2--2--2---|\r\nA|----0-----------0-----2---------0----------------------0-----------3----------2----2--2--2---|\r\nE|-------------0---------------------------------------------------------------------0--0--0---|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]     He had the nerve and he had the blood there never was a horse like a Tennessee Stud\r\ne|---0----------0--------------------0--------0-------0--------0------------0---------0----|\r\nB|---2----------2--------------------2--------2-------2--------2------------0---------2----|\r\nG|---2----------2--------------------2--------2-------2--------2------------1---------2----|\r\nD|---2----------2--------------------2--------2-------2--------2------------2---------2----|\r\nA|-0------------0-----------------0-----------0----0-----------0----------2---------0------|\r\nE|-----------0-----------------------------0-----------------0-----------------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\nRepeat this for the chorus\r\n\r\nNow on to the song\r\n\r\n[ch]A[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nBack about eighteen and twenty-five[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI left Tennessee very much alive[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI never would've made it through the Arkansas mud[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                              [ch]E[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nIf I hadn't been riding on the Tennessee Stud[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHad some trouble with my sweetheart's Pa[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOne of her brothers was a bad outlaw[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                              [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI wrote a letter to my Uncle Bud[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                      [ch]E[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd I rode away on the Tennessee Stud[/tab]\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]A[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThe color of the sun and his eyes were green[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHe had the nerve and he had the blood[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                            [ch]E[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThere never was a horse like Tennessee Stud[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                              [ch]A[/ch]\r\nRode right down into no man's land[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAcross that river called the Rio Grande[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nRaced my horse with the Spaniard's foe[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                       [ch]E[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]\r\nGot me a skin full of silver and gold[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                 [ch]A[/ch]\r\nMe and the gambler, we couldn't agree[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWe got in a fight over Tennessee[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nPulled our guns and he fell with a thud[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                     [ch]E[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd I rode away on a Tennessee Stud[/tab]\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]A[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThe color of the sun and his eyes were green[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHe had the nerve and he had the blood[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                            [ch]E[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThere never was a horse like Tennessee Stud[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nRode right back across Arkansas[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI whipped her brother and I whipped her Pa[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI found that girl with the golden hair[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                   [ch]E[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nShe was riding on a Tennessee Mare[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 6]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                [ch]A[/ch]\r\nPurty little baby on the cabin floor[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nLittle horse colt playing round the door[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                 [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI loved the girl with the golden hair[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                [ch]E[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd the Tennessee Stud loves the Tennessee Mare[/tab]\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]A[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThe color of the sun and his eyes were green[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHe had the nerve and he had the blood[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                            [ch]E[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThere never was a horse like Tennessee Stud[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n\r\n[ch]A[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]","plain_text":"Tennessee Stud - this is a song from Cashes album American Recordings (1994) with his usual baseline playing \nand singing, here is a link to a perfomance from Montreux  - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMVRZ9kjmI0\ngo to 12 seconds in for the start of the song\n\n[Chords]\n\n(if you're not using a capo then the chords are B A F# E D and F#m)\n\n\n\nPicking patterns for this song, this is Cashes typical baseline picking in his songs watch the video in the \nlink above to listen to it and then return here and practice it. \n\n[Verses] -\nusing the first verse as an example and repeat it for the rest of the verses in the song\n\n(with introduction)\n\n\n\n\n\nRepeat that during the verses and now the chorus\n\n\n\n\n\nRepeat this for the chorus\n\nNow on to the song\n\nA A A A A A A A\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 6]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]\n\nA A A A G G A D D C C E E A","chords":["B","A","F","E","D","F#m","G","C","Em"],"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]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}