Tennessee Stud
Doc Watson

INTRO:  Lick then 2x
D   D   C   D

D
Along about eighteen twenty-five
  C
I left Tennessee very much alive
D
Never would have made it through the Arkansas mud
D                                C         D
If I hadn't been a-ridin' on the Tennessee Stud

D
I 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
D                      C         D      D   D   C   D
And I rode away on the Tennessee Stud

CHORUS
D                      C
The Tennessee Stud was long and lean
    G                         A
The color of the sun, and his eyes were green
D                    C
He had the nerve and he had the blood
          D                          C         D        (D   D   C   D 2x)
And there never was a horse like the Tennessee Stud

Drifted on down into no man's land
Crossed that river called the Rio Grande
Raced my horse with the Spaniard's foal
'Til I got me a skin full of silver and gold.

Now me and a gambler, we couldn't agree
We got in a fight over Tennessee
We pulled our guns, and he fell with a thud
And I got away on the Tennessee Stud

REPEAT CHORUS
I got just as lonesome as a man can be
Dreamin' of my girl in Tennessee
The Tennessee Stud's green eyes turned blue
'Cause he was a-dreamin' of a sweetheart, too

We loped right back across Arkansas
I whupped her brother and I whupped her pa
I found that girl with the golden hair
And she was a-riding on the Tennessee Mare

CHORUS
D                      C
The Tennessee Stud was long and lean
    G                         A
The color of the sun, and his eyes were green
D                    C
He had the nerve and he had the blood
          D                          C         D       (D   D   C   D 2x)
And there never was a horse like the Tennessee Stud

Stirrup to stirrup and side by side
We crossed the mountains and the valleys wide
We came to Big Muddy, then we forded the flood
On the Tennessee Mare and the Tennessee Stud

A pretty little baby on the cabin floor
A little horse colt playing 'round the door
I love that girl with the golden hair
And the Tennessee Stud loves the Tennessee Mare

REPEAT CHORUS THEN LICK AND END