A
    Back about eighteen and twenty-five
      G
    I left Tennessee very much alive.
       A
    I never would've made it through the Arkansas mud,
                          E       A
    if I hadn't been riding on the Tennessee Stud.

     A
    Had some trouble with my sweetheart's pa,
    G
    one of her brothers was a bad outlaw.
   A
    I wrote a letter to my Uncle Spud,
                 E       A
    and I rode away on the Tennessee Stud.

     A       G      A
The Tennessee Stud was long and lean,
     D              C        E
the color of the sun and his eyes were green.
 A
He had the nerve and he had the blood,
                    E       A
there never was a horse like the Tennessee Stud.

     A
    Drifted on down into no man's land,
       G
    across the river called the Rio Grande.
     A
    Raced my horse with the Spaniard's foe,
                          E         A
    til' I got me a skin full of silver and gold.

    A
    Me and the gambler, we couldn't agree,
        G
    we got in a fight over Tennessee.
     A
    Pulled our guns and he fell with a thud,
                  E      A
    and I rode away on a Tennessee Stud.

     A       G      A
The Tennessee Stud was long and lean,
     D              C       E
the color of the sun and his eyes were green.
 A
He had the nerve and he had the blood,
                    E        A
there never was a horse like the Tennessee Stud.

       A
    I rode right back across Arkansas,
        G
    I whipped her brother and I whipped her pa.
       A
    I found that girl with the golden hair,
                 E       A
    she was riding on a Tennessee Mare.

      A
    Pretty little baby on the cabin floor,
    G
    little horse colt playing round the door.
    A
    I love the girl with the golden hair,
                       E      A
    and the Tennessee Stud loves the Tennessee Mare.

     A       G      A
The Tennessee Stud was long and lean,
     D               C      E
the color of the sun and his eyes were green.
 A
He had the nerve and he had the blood,
                    E       A
there never was a horse like the Tennessee Stud.