[Intro]
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[Strophe]
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Back about eighteen and twenty-five 
  G 
I left Tennessee very much alive 
     A 
I never would've made it through the Arkansas mud 
                               E         A 
If I hadn't been riding on the Tennessee Stud  
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Had some trouble with my sweetheart's Pa 
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One of her brothers was a bad outlaw 
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I wrote a letter to my Uncle Fudd 
                       E         A 
And I rode away on the Tennessee Stud
[Refrain]
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The Tennessee Stud was long and lean 
    D                        C         E 
The color of the sun and his eyes were green 
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He had the nerve and he had the blood 
                             E         A 
There never was a horse like Tennessee Stud
[Strophe]
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Drifted on down into no man's land 
  G 
Across the river called the Rio Grande 
   A 
Raced my horse with the Spaniard's foe 
                             E          A 
'Til I got me a skin full of silver and gold  
A 
Me and the gambler, we couldn't agree 
 G 
We got in a fight over Tennessee 
 A 
Pulled our guns and he fell with a thud 
                     E         A 
And I rode away on a Tennessee Stud
[Refrain]
    A                  G        A 
The Tennessee Stud was long and lean 
    D                        C         E 
The color of the sun and his eyes were green 
A 
He had the nerve and he had the blood 
                             E         A 
There never was a horse like Tennessee Stud
[Strophe]
A 
I rode right back across Arkansas 
   G 
I whupped her brother and I whupped her Pa 
   A 
I found that girl with the golden hair 
                    E         A 
She was riding on a Tennessee Mare  
A 
Pretty little baby on the cabin floor 
 G 
Little horse colt playing round the door 
   A 
I loved the girl with the golden hair 
                                 E         A 
And the Tennessee Stud loves the Tennessee Mare
[Refrain]
    A                  G        A 
The Tennessee Stud was long and lean 
    D                        C         E 
The color of the sun and his eyes were green 
A 
He had the nerve and he had the blood 
                             E         A 
There never was a horse like Tennessee Stud