Standard (EADGBE)

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Oh, T for Texas, T for Tennessee (T for Texas, T for Tennessee)

 Oh, T for Texas, T for Tennessee (T for Texas, T for Tennessee)

 Oh, T for Thelma (T For Thelma)

That gal done made a wreck out of me

If you don't want me mama you sure don't have to call (Oh T for Texas, T for Tennessee)

If you don't want me mama you sure don't have to call (T for Texas, T for Tennessee)

I can get more women (Get more women)

Than a passenger train can haul

I'm going where the water drinks like cherry wine

I'm going where the water drinks like cherry wine

 'Cause this Georgia water tastes like turpentine

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I'm gonna buy me a pistol just as long as I’m tall (T for Texas, T for Tennesee)

I'm gonna buy me a pistol just as long as I’m tall (T for Texas, T for Tennesee)

I'm gonna shoot poor Thelma (Shoot poor Thelma)

Just to see her run and jump and fall

I'd rather drink muddy water, sleep in a hollow log

I'd rather drink muddy water, sleep in a hollow log

Than to be in Atlanta, treated like a dirty dog

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