Key: A minor
Verse 1
Bm
(jimmie rodgers)
I said t for texas
T for tennessee
Em
Oh, yeah, I said t for texas
E
Bm
T for tennessee
F#m
F#
Said, t for old thelma
F#m
Bm
The gal who made a wreck out of me
Verse 2
Bm
Well, if you don't want me momma
You sure don't have to start
E
Em
Ah, if you don't want me momma
Bm
You sure don't have to start
A
F#m
'cause I can get more women
A
Bm
Than a passenger train car
Verse 3
Bm
Yeah, I said t for texas
T for tennessee
Em
E
Whoa, t for texas
Em
Bm
T for tennessee
F#m
I said, t for old thelma
Bm
The gal who made a wreck out of me
Verse 4
Bm
I'm gonna buy me a pistol
Just as long as I am tall
E
Em
E
I'm going to buy me a pistol
Bm
Just as long as I am tall
F#m
I'm gonna shoot down old mean thelma
Just to watch her jump and fall
Bm
Verse 5
I said t for texas
T for tennessee
E
Em
E
I said t for texas
Em
Bm
T for tennessee
F#m
T for old thelma
F#
F#m
The gal who made a
wreck out of me
Bm
Verse 6
Gonna buy me a shotgun
With a great long shiny barrel, oh yeah
E
Em
I'm gonna buy me a shotgun
With a great long shiny barrel
Bm
F#
F#m
Gonna shoot down that rounder
Bm
That stole away my girl
Interlude 1
G#dim
E
Bm
F#
F#m
Bm
Verse 7
Bm
I'm going where the water
Tastes like cherry wine
E
Em
Yeah, I'm going where the water
E
Bm
Tastes like cherry wine
F#m
'cause the wa ter down
here in georgia
Tastes like turpentine
Bm
Verse 8
I said t for texas
T for tennessee
Em
E
Em
Oh I said, t for texas
Bm
T for tennessee
F#m
I said t for old thelma
Bm
The gal who made a wreck out of me
F#m
Oh yeah, women make a fool out
Bm
of me
Outro 1
Bdim
Fdim
E
Bm
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