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capo 1 — sounds a semitone higherIntro 1
Intro 2
Verse 1
In a little cabaret in a South Texas border town
sat a boy and his guitar and the people came from all around.
A* A A E E
And all the girls from there to Austin,
were slippin' away from home and puttin' jewelery in hock,
to take the trip, to go and listen,
to the little dark-haired boy who played the Tennessee flat top box,
Interlude 1
and he would [Interlude 1] play:
Interlude 1
D D D D* A*
D D D D* A*
Intro 3
Verse 2
Well, he couldn't ride or wrangle and he never cared to make a dim,
but give him his guitar and he'd be happy all the time.
A* A A E E
And all the girls from nine to ninety
were snapping fingers, tapping toes and begging him: "Don't stop."
And hypnotized and fascinated,
by the little dark-haired boy who played the Tennessee flat top box.
Interlude 2
And he would [Interlude 2] play:
Interlude 2
D D D D* A*
D D D D* A*
Intro 4
Verse 3
Then one day he was gone and no one ever saw him 'roun,
he'd vanished like the breeze, they forgot him in the little town.
A* A A E E
But all the girls still dreamed about him
and hung around the cabaret until the doors were locked.
And then one day on the Hit Parade,
was a little dark-haired boy who played the Tennessee flat top box
Outro 1
and he would [Outro 1] play:
Outro 1
D D D D* A*
D D D D* A*
[Outro 2] (Repeat and Fade Out)
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