Artist: Billy Strings
[VERSE 1]
[D]Along about eighteen twenty-five
I [C]left Tennessee barely half alive
I nev[D]er would've got through the Arkansas mud
If I hadn't been riding on the [C]Tennessee [D]Stud
[VERSE 2]
[D]Had some trouble with my sweetheart's Pa
[C]One of her brothers was a bad outlaw
[D]I sent her a letter by my Uncle Fudd
And I rode away on the [C]Tennessee [D]Stud
[CHORUS]
The [D]Tennessee Stud was [C]long and [D]lean
The [G]color of the sun and his [F]eyes were [A7]green
[D]He had the nerve and [C]he had the [D]blood
STRUM MUTED STRINGS D
There never was a horse like Tennessee Stud
[VERSE 3]
[D]We drifted on down into no man's land
We [C]crossed that river called the Rio Grande
[D]I raced my horse with the Spaniard's fole
Til I got me a skin full of [C]silver and [G]gold
[VERSE 4]
[D]Me and the gambler, we couldn't agree
We [C]got in a fight over Tennessee
We [D]jerked our guns and he fell with a thud
And I rode away on the [C]Tennessee [D]Stud
[CHORUS]
The [D]Tennessee Stud was [C]long and [D]lean
The [G]color of the sun and his [F]eyes were [A7]green
[D]He had the nerve and [C]he had the [D]blood
STRUM MUTED STRINGS D
There never was a horse like Tennessee Stud
[VERSE 5]
I [D]got just as lonesome as a man can be
[C]Dream’n of my girl in Tennessee
The [D]Tennessee Stud's green eyes turned blue
Cause he was a dreamin of hi[C]s sweethear[D]t too
[VERSE 6]
[D]We loped right back across Arkansas
I [C]whipped her brother and I whipped her Pa
I [D]found that girl with the golden hair
And she was riding on th[C]e Tennesse[D]e Mare
[CHORUS]
The [D]Tennessee Stud was [C]long and [D]lean
The [G]color of the sun and his [F]eyes were [A7]green
[D]He had the nerve and [C]he had the [D]blood
STRUM MUTED STRINGS D
There never was a horse like Tennessee Stud
[VERSE 7]
[D]Stirrup to stirrup and side by side,
We [C]crossed the mountains and the valleys wide.
We [D]came to Big Muddy, then we forded the flood
On the Tennessee Mare and the [A]Tennessee [D]Stud.
[VERSE 8]
[D]There's a pretty little baby on the cabin floor
[C]Little horse colt playing round the door
I [D]loved that girl with the golden hair
And the Tennessee Stud loves the [A]Tennessee [D]Mare
[CHORUS]
The [D]Tennessee Stud was [C]long and [D]lean
The [G]color of the sun and his [F]eyes were [A7]green
[D]He had the nerve and [C]he had the [D]blood
STRUM MUTED STRINGS D
There never was a horse like Tennessee Stud
[D]Along about eighteen twenty-five
I [C]left Tennessee barely half alive
I nev[D]er would've got through the Arkansas mud
If I hadn't been riding on the [C]Tennessee [D]Stud
[VERSE 2]
[D]Had some trouble with my sweetheart's Pa
[C]One of her brothers was a bad outlaw
[D]I sent her a letter by my Uncle Fudd
And I rode away on the [C]Tennessee [D]Stud
[CHORUS]
The [D]Tennessee Stud was [C]long and [D]lean
The [G]color of the sun and his [F]eyes were [A7]green
[D]He had the nerve and [C]he had the [D]blood
STRUM MUTED STRINGS D
There never was a horse like Tennessee Stud
[VERSE 3]
[D]We drifted on down into no man's land
We [C]crossed that river called the Rio Grande
[D]I raced my horse with the Spaniard's fole
Til I got me a skin full of [C]silver and [G]gold
[VERSE 4]
[D]Me and the gambler, we couldn't agree
We [C]got in a fight over Tennessee
We [D]jerked our guns and he fell with a thud
And I rode away on the [C]Tennessee [D]Stud
[CHORUS]
The [D]Tennessee Stud was [C]long and [D]lean
The [G]color of the sun and his [F]eyes were [A7]green
[D]He had the nerve and [C]he had the [D]blood
STRUM MUTED STRINGS D
There never was a horse like Tennessee Stud
[VERSE 5]
I [D]got just as lonesome as a man can be
[C]Dream’n of my girl in Tennessee
The [D]Tennessee Stud's green eyes turned blue
Cause he was a dreamin of hi[C]s sweethear[D]t too
[VERSE 6]
[D]We loped right back across Arkansas
I [C]whipped her brother and I whipped her Pa
I [D]found that girl with the golden hair
And she was riding on th[C]e Tennesse[D]e Mare
[CHORUS]
The [D]Tennessee Stud was [C]long and [D]lean
The [G]color of the sun and his [F]eyes were [A7]green
[D]He had the nerve and [C]he had the [D]blood
STRUM MUTED STRINGS D
There never was a horse like Tennessee Stud
[VERSE 7]
[D]Stirrup to stirrup and side by side,
We [C]crossed the mountains and the valleys wide.
We [D]came to Big Muddy, then we forded the flood
On the Tennessee Mare and the [A]Tennessee [D]Stud.
[VERSE 8]
[D]There's a pretty little baby on the cabin floor
[C]Little horse colt playing round the door
I [D]loved that girl with the golden hair
And the Tennessee Stud loves the [A]Tennessee [D]Mare
[CHORUS]
The [D]Tennessee Stud was [C]long and [D]lean
The [G]color of the sun and his [F]eyes were [A7]green
[D]He had the nerve and [C]he had the [D]blood
STRUM MUTED STRINGS D
There never was a horse like Tennessee Stud
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