Well

long

a-

bout

eigh-

teen

twen-

ty

five

I

I

left

Tenn-

ess-

ee

a

bare-

ly

half

a-

live.

And

I

ne-

ver

would-

've

got

through

the

Ar-

kan-

sas

mud

If

I

had-

n't

been

rid-

ing

on

the

Tenn-

ess-

ee

Stud.

I

had

some

trou-

ble

with

my

sweet-

heart's

Pa-

a.

One

of

her

bro-

thers

was

a

bad

out-

law.

sent

her

a

le-

tter

by

my

Un-

cle

Fudd.

And

then

I

rode

a-

way

on

the

Tenn-

ess-

ee

Stud.

Oh

the

Tenn-

ess-

ee

Stud

was

long

and

lean

.The

col-

or

of

the

sun

and

his

eyes

were

green.

He

had

the

nerve

and

he

had

the

blood

and

there

ne-

ver

was

a

horse

like

the

Tenn-

ess-

ee

Stud

Well

we

drift-

ed

on

down

in-

to

no

man's

land.

And

crossed

that

riv-

er

called

the

Ri-

o

Grande.

I

raced

my

horse

with

the

Span-

iard's

foal.

Til

I

got

me

a

skin

full

of

silver

and

gold.

Me

and

the

gamb-

ler,

we

could-

n't

a-

gree.

got

in

a

fight

o-

ver

Tenn-

ess-

ee.

We

jerked

our

guns

and

he

fe-

ell

with

a

thud.

And

I

rode

a-

way

on

the

Tenn-

ess-

ee