E
T for Texas, T for Tennessee
A E
T for Texas, T for Tennessee
B7 E
T for Thelma, that gal that made a wreck out of me.
Yodeling E B7 E
E
If you don't want me mama, you sure don't have to stall
A E
If you don't want me mama, you sure don't have to stall
B7 E
Cause I can get more women than a passenger train can haul.
Yodeling E B7 E
E
I'm gonna buy me a pistol just as long as I am tall
A E
I'm gonna buy me a pistol just as long as I am tall
B7 E
I'm gonna shoot poor Thelma, just to see her jump and fall.
Yodeling E B7 E
E
Well, I'm going where the water drinks like cherry wine
A E
I'm going where the water drinks like cherry wine
B7 E
Cause this Georgia water tastes like turpentine.
Yodeling E B7 E
E
I'm gonna buy me a shotgun with a long shiny barrel
A E
I'm gonna buy me a shotgun with a long shiny barrel
B7 E
I'm gonna shoot that rounder that stole away my gal.
Yodeling E B7 E
E
I'd rather drink muddy water and sleep in a hollow log
A E
I'd rather drink muddy water and sleep in a hollow log
B7 E
Than to be here in Atlanta, and get treated like a dirty dog
