C
T for Texas, T for Tennessee
F                        C
T for Texas, T for Tennessee
G7                                              C
T for Thelma, that gal that made a wreck out of me.

Yodeling C G7 C

C
If you don't want me mama, you sure don't have to stall
F                                                  C
If you don't want me mama, you sure don't have to stall
G7                                                    C
Cause I can get more women than a passenger train can haul.

Yodeling C G7 C

C
I'm gonna buy me a pistol just as long as I am tall
F                                              C
I'm gonna buy me a pistol just as long as I am tall
G7                                                    C
I'm gonna shoot poor Thelma, just to see her jump and fall.

Yodeling C G7 C

C
Well, I'm going where the water drinks like cherry wine
F                                            C
I'm going where the water drinks like cherry wine
G7                                       C
Cause this Georgia water tastes like turpentine.

Yodeling C G7 C
C
I'm gonna buy me a shotgun with a long shiny barrel
F                                            C
I'm gonna buy me a shotgun with a long shiny barrel
G7                                              C
I'm gonna shoot that rounder that stole away my gal.

Yodeling C G7 C

C
I'd rather drink muddy water and sleep in a hollow log
F                                                  C
I'd rather drink muddy water and sleep in a hollow log
G7                                                       C
Than to be here in Atlanta, and get treated like a dirty dog
        

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