Two Ton Tessie chords by Ray Charles
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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Down in Nashville,
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Tennessee [(oh yeah)]
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There's a sight you oughta
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see [(oh yeah)]
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But as long as you can't get down there
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I'll tell you all, so listen to me
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There's a
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Verse 2
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girl named Tessie
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Town [(oh yeah)]
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And she weighs about four hundred
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pounds [(oh yeah)]
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She's fat and fair,
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but she don't care
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'Cause the boys all hang around
Verse 3
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They call her Two Ton Tessie
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from Tennessee
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Holds ten sweeties up on her knee
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When she does, all the fun begins
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When they play tennis on
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her double- chin
Verse 4
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They all answer to her demands
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And bring her tires for wedding bands
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Well, I just got a little
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inside tip
They promised her
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a nightclub on her hip
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Yeah, Two Ton Tessie from Nashville,
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Tennessee
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[(She's from Tennessee)]
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[(Every time she struts
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around)] Uh- huh
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[(She puts on an extra pound)] Is
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that right?
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[(But it doesn't seem to worry her)(The weight is making Tessie reknowned)(Is a- trying to reduce)(And she's got a good excuse)(Fat and fair,
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but she don't care)('Cause the boys all hang around)(They call her)] Two Ton Tessie from Tennessee
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Goes in swimming up to her knee
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Once she went in to her neck
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The tide rose up and made
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the town a wreck
Verse 6
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She was hit on the railroad track
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Engines hit her and bounced right back
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Her appendix had to come out fast
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They couldn't operate,
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so they had to blast
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On Two Ton Tessie from Nashville,
Tennessee
[(She's from Tennessee)]
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On a streetcar I heard 'em say Six
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men gave her a seat one day
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All the baseball players
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have stopped their gym
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They run around Tessie just
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Two ton Tessie from Knoxville,
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I mean a- Memphis
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Oh- ah, Nashville,
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[(She's from Tennessee)] A- that's
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right!
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Two Ton Tessie
Ray Charles
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