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