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 fole 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 Dream’n 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
