Two Ton Tessie chords by Ray Charles
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Intro 1
(C major) (F major) (C major)
(A major) (D major) (F major) (C major) (D major)
(C major) (G major)
Verse 1
Down in (G major) Nashville,
(D major) Tenness (C major) ee [(oh yeah)]
There's a sight (G major) you oughta
see (C major) [(oh yeah)]
But as (F major) long as you (D major) can't (A minor) get down (A major) there
I'll (D major) tell you all, so (G major) listen to me
(C major) There's a
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Verse 2
(D major) girl named (G major) Tessie
(C major) Town [(oh yeah)]
And she (E major) weighs about four hundred
pounds (C major) (A minor) [(oh yeah)]
(D major) She's fat and fair,
but (G major) she don't care
'Cause the (D major) boys all hang around (G major)
Verse 3
They call her (C major) Two Ton Tessie
from (E major) Tennessee
(A major) Holds ten sweeties up (D major) on her knee
(G major) When she does, all the (C major) fun begin (A minor) s
When (D major) they play tennis on
her (G major) double- chin
Verse 4
(C major) They all answer (E major) to her demands
And (A major) bring her tires for (D major) wedding bands
Well, (C major) I just got a little
(F major) inside (C major) tip
They promised her
a nightclub (A major) on her hip
(D major) Yeah, Two Ton Tessie from (C major) Nashville,
Tenness (F major) ee (C major) (G major)
(C major) [(She's from Tennessee)]
[(Every time she struts (G major)
Verse 5
(C major)
around)] Uh- huh
(D major) [(She puts on an (G major) extra pound)] Is
(C major) that right?
[(But it (F major) doesn't seem (D major) to (C major) worry (A major) (D major) her)(The weight (G major) is making Tessie reknowned)(Is a- (D major) trying (G major) (C major) (A minor) to reduce)(And she's (E major) got a good excuse)(Fat and (A minor) (D major) fair,
but (G major) she don't care)('Cause the (D major) boys all hang around)(They call (G major) (C major) her)] Two Ton Tessie from (E major) Tennessee
(A major) Goes in swimming up (D major) to her knee
(G major) Once she went in (C major) to her (A minor) neck
The (D major) tide rose up and made
the (G major) town a wreck
Verse 6
(C major) She was hit on the (E major) railroad track
(A major) Engines hit her and (D major) bounced right back
(C major) Her appendix had to (F major) come out fast
They (C major) couldn't operate,
so they (A major) had to blast
On Two (D major) Ton Tessie from Nashville,
Tennessee
[(She's from Tennessee)]
On a streetcar (C major) I heard 'em say Six
Verse 7
(C major)
men gave her a seat one day
All the baseball (D major) (G major) (C major) players
have stopped their (E major) gym
They run around Tessie (A major) just
to stay in trim
Two ton Tessie (D major) from Knoxville,
I mean (G major) a- Memphis
(C major) Oh- ah, Nashville,
Tennessee
[(She's from Tennessee)] A- that's (A minor)
Verse 8
(D major)
(G major) (C major) right!
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Two Ton Tessie
Ray Charles
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