Doc Watson - Tennessee stud

^DAlong about eighteen twenty-five I ^Cleft Tennessee very much alive I nev^Der would've made it through the Arkansas mud If I hadn't been riding on the ^Am7Tennessee ^DStud

^DHad some trouble with my sweetheart's Pa ^COne of her brothers was a bad outlaw ^DI wrote her a letter by my Uncle Fudd And I rode away on the ^Am7Tennessee ^DStud

The ^DTennessee Stud was ^Clong and ^Dlean The ^Gcolor of the sun and his ^Feyes were ^Agreen ^DHe had the nerve and he had the blood There never was a horse like ^Am7Tennessee ^DStud

^DWe drifted on down into no man's land We^C crossed that river called the Rio Grande I rac^Ded my horse with the Spaniard's foal Til I got me a skin full of sil^Am7ver and go^Dld ^DMe and a gambler, we couldn't agree ^CWe got in a fight over Tennessee ^DWe jerked our guns and he fell with a thud And I rode away on the ^Am7Tennessee ^DStud

The ^DTennessee Stud was ^Clong and ^Dlean The ^Gcolor of the sun and his ^Feyes were ^Agreen ^DHe had the nerve and he had the blood There never was a horse like ^Am7Tennessee ^DStud

^DI got just as lonesome as a man can be Dr^Ceamin of my girl in Tennessee The T^Dennessee Stud's green eyes turned blue cause he was a dreamin of a swe^Am7etheart to^Do ^DI rode right back across Arkansas ^CI whipped her brother and I whipped her Pa ^DI found that girl with the golden hair And she was riding on a ^Am7Tennessee ^DMare

The ^DTennessee Stud was ^Clong and ^Dlean The ^Gcolor of the sun and his ^Feyes were ^Agreen ^DHe had the nerve and he had the blood There never was a horse like ^Am7Tennessee ^DStud

^DStirrup to stirrup and side by side, We^C crossed the mountains and the valleys wide. We ca^Dme to Big Muddy, then we forded the flood On the Tennessee Mare and the ^Am7Tennessee ^DStud.

^DPretty little baby on the cabin floor ^CLittle horse colt playing round the door ^DI loved that girl with the golden hair And the Tennessee Stud loves the ^Am7Tennessee ^DMare

The ^DTennessee Stud was ^Clong and ^Dlean The ^Gcolor of the sun and his ^Feyes were ^Agreen ^DHe had the nerve and he had the blood There never was a horse like ^Am7Tennessee ^DStud