Blue Yodel #1 ("T"" For Texas)" chords by Jimmie Rodgers

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Verse 1
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T for Texas, T for Tennessee,
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T for Texas,
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T for Tennessee,
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T for Selma, that gal that made a wreck out of me,
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If you don't want me, mama,
you sure don't have to start
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If you don't want me, mama,
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you sure don't have to start
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Cause I can get more women
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than a passenger train can haul
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Oh, lady, oh, lady
I'm gonna buy me a pistol
just as long as I'm called
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Lord, Lord, I'm gonna buy me a pistol
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Just as long as I'm tall
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I'm gonna shoot poor Selma
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Just to see her jumpin' for hole
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Holy, holy
I'm going with the weather,
drink like cherry wine
Sing them boys, sing them
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Lord, I'm going with the water,
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drink like cherry wine
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Cause the Georgia water
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tastes like turpentine
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Oh, Lillie, Lillie, oh,
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Lillie
I'm gonna buy me a shotgun
With a great long shiny bow
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Gonna buy me a shotgun
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With a great long shiny bow
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I'm gonna shoot that round dove
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That stole away my gal
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Holy, holy
I'd rather drink muddy water
and sleep in a hollow log
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I'd rather drink muddy water
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and sleep in a hollow lo g
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Than to be in Atlanta,
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treated like a dirty dog
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For the rest of my life