E
T for Texas, T for Tennessee
AE
T for Texas, T for Tennessee
B7E
T for Thelma, that gal that made a wreck out of me.
Yodeling EB7EE
If you don't want me mama, you sure don't have to stall
AE
If you don't want me mama, you sure don't have to stall
B7E
Cause I can get more women than a passenger train can haul.
Yodeling EB7EE
I'm gonna buy me a pistol just as long as I am tall
AE
I'm gonna buy me a pistol just as long as I am tall
B7E
I'm gonna shoot poor Thelma, just to see her jump and fall.
Yodeling EB7EE
Well, I'm going where the water drinks like cherry wine
AE
I'm going where the water drinks like cherry wine
B7E
Cause this Georgia water tastes like turpentine.
Yodeling EB7EE
I'm gonna buy me a shotgun with a long shiny barrel
AE
I'm gonna buy me a shotgun with a long shiny barrel
B7E
I'm gonna shoot that rounder that stole away my gal.
Yodeling EB7EE
I'd rather drink muddy water and sleep in a hollow log
AE
I'd rather drink muddy water and sleep in a hollow log
B7E
Than to be here in Atlanta, and get treated like a dirty dog
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