Tennessee Stud Live Chords
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This is the chords as played by Billy Strings on the FretBoard Journal YouTube video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypS96LGN6WY.Was this info helpful?
| Difficulty: | beginner |
|---|---|
| Tuning: | E A D G B E |
| Key: | F |
| Capo: | 3rd fret |
Author nodehopper1 [a] 74. 3 contributors total, last edit on Mar 12, 2023
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[Intro]
D Am D Am
[Verse 1]
D
Along about eighteen twenty-five
C
I left Tennessee barely half alive
D
I never would've got through the Arkansas mud
C D
If I hadn't been riding on the Tennessee Stud
[Verse 2]
D
Had some trouble with my sweetheart's Pa
C
One of her brothers was a bad outlaw
D
I sent her a letter by my Uncle Fudd
C D
And I rode away on the Tennessee Stud
[Chorus]
D C D
The Tennessee Stud was long and lean
G F A7
The color of the sun and his eyes were green
D C D
He had the nerve and he had the blood
STRUM MUTED STRINGS D
There never was a horse like Tennessee Stud
[Break]
D A7 D A7 D C D C D
[Verse 3]
D
We drifted on down into no man's land
C
We crossed that river called the Rio Grande
D
I raced my horse with the Spaniard's foal
C D
'Til I got me a skin full of silver and gold
[Verse 4]
D
Me and the gambler, we couldn't agree
C
We got in a fight over Tennessee
D
We jerked our guns and he fell with a thud
C D
And I rode away on the Tennessee Stud
[Chorus]
D C D
The Tennessee Stud was long and lean
G F A7
The color of the sun and his eyes were green
D C D
He had the nerve and he had the blood
STRUM MUTED STRINGS D
There never was a horse like Tennessee Stud
[Break]
D A7 D A7 D C D C D
[Verse 5]
D
I got just as lonesome as a man can be
C
Dreamin' of my girl in Tennessee
D
The Tennessee Stud's green eyes turned blue
C D
'Cause he was a dreamin' of his sweetheart too
[Verse 6]
D
We loped right back across Arkansas
C
I whipped her brother and I whipped her Pa
D
I found that girl with the golden hair
C D
And she was riding on the Tennessee Mare
[Chorus]
D C D
The Tennessee Stud was long and lean
G F A7
The color of the sun and his eyes were green
D C D
He had the nerve and he had the blood
STRUM MUTED STRINGS D
There never was a horse like Tennessee Stud
[Break]
D A7 D A7 D C D C D
[Verse 7]
D
Stirrup to stirrup and side by side
C
We crossed the mountains and the valleys wide
D
We came to Big Muddy, then we forded the flood
C D
On the Tennessee Mare and the Tennessee Stud
[Verse 8]
D
There's a pretty little baby on the cabin floor
C
Little horse colt playing round the door
D
I loved that girl with the golden hair
C D
And the Tennessee Stud loves the Tennessee Mare
[Chorus]
D C D
The Tennessee Stud was long and lean
G F A7
The color of the sun and his eyes were green
D C D
He had the nerve and he had the blood
STRUM MUTED STRINGS D
There never was a horse like Tennessee Stud
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2 comments
A couple of notes. First, the D and the C are mostly played with an alternating 5th in the bass (except the C in the chorus). So the D bass alternates with A (the string above the open D string) and the C Bass alternates with G (the fret on the next lowest (thickest) string) is the G on the sixth string). This is a common pattern and can be used in many songs.
Also, at the end of the chorus, he plays the A7 with the note D (second string, third fret, on the third beat of that measure). This would be sus4 if it were a major chord, but I don't know if it works that way as a seventh chord. Regardless, that is what he looks like he is doing. If someone could explain it better or more correctly, I would appreciate it.
Both of these "embellishments" make the song sound a lot better without having to add in all of the little licks that he does.
I have watched the intro about a dozen times on YouTube at 25% speed and I think I have the notes. I have never tabbed anything before, But I'll give it a try.
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