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capo 1 — sounds a semitone higherIntro
e|----------0-----0-0----2-----------3--3--| B|----------1-----1-1----3-----------0--0--| G|----------0-----0-0----2-----------0--0--| D|----------2---2------0---0---------0--0--| A|----0-2-3-------------------1-2----2--2--| E|--------------------------------3--3--3--|
Verse 1
T for Texas,
T for Tennesee
e|----3--3-----3---3---3--| B|----3--3-----3---3---3--| G|----4--4-----4---4---4--| D|----5--5---5-5-5-5-5-5--| A|----5--5----------------| E|------------------------|
T for Texas,
T for Tennessee
T for Thelma,
That gal made a wreck out of me.
Yo-de-lay-ee-a-lay-ee-o-ly-ee
Verse 2
If you don't want me mama
You sure don't have to stall
e|----3--3-----3---3---3--| B|----3--3-----3---3---3--| G|----4--4-----4---4---4--| D|----5--5---5-5-5-5-5-5--| A|----5--5----------------| E|------------------------|
(Lawd Lawd)
If you don't want me mama
You sure don't have to stall
'Cause I can get more women
Than a passenger train can haul.
Yo-de-lay-ee-a-lay-ee-o-ly-ee
e|----------0-----0-0----2-----------3--3--| B|----------1-----1-1----3-----------0--0--| G|----------0-----0-0----2-----------0--0--| D|----------2---2------0---0---------0--0--| A|----0-2-3-------------------1-2----2--2--| E|-3------------------------------3--3--3--|
Verse 3
I'm gonna buy me a pistol
Just as long as I'm tall,
e|----3--3-----3---3---3--| B|----3--3-----3---3---3--| G|----4--4-----4---4---4--| D|----5--5---5-5-5-5-5-5--| A|----5--5----------------| E|------------------------|
I'm gonna buy me a pistol
Just as long as I'm tall
I'm gonna shoot poor Thelma
Just to see her jump and fall.
Yo-de-lay-ee-a-lay-ee-o-ly-ee
Verse 4
I'm going where the water
Drinks like cherry wine
e|----3--3-----3---3---3--| B|----3--3-----3---3---3--| G|----4--4-----4---4---4--| D|----5--5---5-5-5-5-5-5--| A|----5--5----------------| E|------------------------|
I'm going where the water
Drinks like cherry wine
'Cos the Georgia water
Tastes like turpentine
Yo-de-lay-ee-a-lay-ee-o-ly-ee
e|----------0-----0-0----2-----------3--3--| B|----------1-----1-1----3-----------0--0--| G|----------0-----0-0----2-----------0--0--| D|----------2---2------0---0---------0--0--| A|----0-2-3-------------------1-2----2--2--| E|-3------------------------------3--3--3--|
Verse 5
I'm gonna buy me a shotgun
With a great long shiny barrel
e|----3--3-----3---3---3--| B|----3--3-----3---3---3--| G|----4--4-----4---4---4--| D|----5--5---5-5-5-5-5-5--| A|----5--5----------------| E|------------------------|
I'm gonna buy me a shotgun
With a great long shiny barrel
I'm gonna shoot that rounder
That stole my gal.
Yo-de-lay-ee-a-lay-ee-o-ly-ee
Verse 6
Rather drink muddy water
Sleep in a hollow log
e|----3--3-----3---3---3--| B|----3--3-----3---3---3--| G|----4--4-----4---4---4--| D|----5--5---5-5-5-5-5-5--| A|----5--5----------------| E|------------------------|
Rather drink muddy water
And sleep in a hollow log
Than to be in Atlanta
Treated like a dirty dog.
Yo-de-lay-ee-a-lay-ee-o-ly-ee
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