Tennessee Stud - Doc Watson

[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
             
Along about ei

     
ghteen twenty-

five
         
I left Tenness

              
ee very much a

         
live
             
I never would 

       
have got throu

gh the Arkansa

s mud
              
If I hadn't be

              
en a-ridin' on

         
 the Tennessee

 
 Stud

[Verse 2]
             
I had some tro

    
uble with my s

weetheart's pa
         
And one of her

              
 brothers was 

                 
a bad outlaw
             
I sent her a l

    
etter by my Un

cle Fud       

   
              
And I rode awa

         
y on the Tenne

     
ssee Stud 

[Chorus]
             
The Tennessee 

         
Stud was long 

    
and lean
             
The color of t

              
he sun, and hi

          
s eyes were gr

een
             
He had the ner

         
ve and he had 

    
the blood
N.C.
And there never was a horse like the Tennessee Stud

[Break]
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[Verse 3]
             
We drifted on 

          
down into no m

an's land
         
We crossed tha

              
t river called

              
 the Rio Grand

      
e
             
I raced my hor

          
se with the Sp

aniard's foal
              
'Til I got me 

              
a skim full of

       
 silver and go

ld

[Verse 4]
             
Me and a gambl

     
er, we couldn'

t agree
         
We got in a fi

              
ght over Tenne

          
ssee
D                                      (tap)
We jerked our guns, and he fell with a thud
              
And I got away

         
 on the Tennes

    
see Stud

[Chorus]
             
The Tennessee 

          
Stud was long 

    
and lean
             
The color of t

              
he sun, and hi

          
s eyes were gr

een
             
He had the ner

         
ve and he had 

    
the blood
N.C.
And there never was a horse like the Tennessee Stud

[Break]
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[Verse 5]
             
I got just as 

   
lonesome as a 

man can be
         
Dreamin' of my

              
 girl in Tenne

           
ssee
             
The Tennessee 

          
Stud's green e

yes turned blu

e
              
'Cause he was 

              
a-dreamin' of 

         
a sweetheart, 

  
too

[Verse 6]
             
We loped right

   
 back across A

rkansas;
         
I whupped her 

              
brother and I 

                   
whupped her pa
             
I found that g

      
irl with the g

olden hair
              
And she was a-

              
riding on the 

     
Tennessee Mare

[Chorus]
             
The Tennessee 

          
Stud was long 

    
and lean
         
The color of t

             
he sun, and hi

              
s eyes were gr

     
een
             
He had the ner

         
ve and he had 

    
the blood
N.C.
And there never was a horse like the Tennessee Stud

[Break]
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[Verse 7]
             
Stirrup to sti

       
rrup and side 

by side
         
We crossed the

              
 mountains and

              
 the valleys w

         
ide
             
We came to Big

           
 Muddy, then w

e forded the f

lood
              
On the Tenness

              
ee Mare and th

       
e Tennessee St

ud

[Verse 8]
             
A pretty littl

        
e baby on the 

cabin floor
         
A little horse

              
 colt playing 

              
'round the doo

      
r
             
I love that gi

    
rl with the go

lden hair
              
And the Tennes

              
see Stud loves

         
 the Tennessee

 
 Mare

[Chorus]
             
The Tennessee 

          
Stud was long 

    
and lean
         
The color of t

             
he sun, and hi

              
s eyes were gr

     
een
             
He had the ner

         
ve and he had 

    
the blood
N.C.
And there never was a horse like the Tennessee Stud

[Outro]
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