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Tennessee Stud

from Cover Lover by The Way It Is

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Truth be told, it took five years after his death for me to appreciate Johnny Cash as a vocalist. When I performed a tribute show at the Vera Project in Seattle it was more for exposure than anything else. Even then, I liked the lyrics to Tennessee Stud more than the melody, so I took some liberties with the song. I mean no offense.

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Just about eighteen and twenty-five
I left Tennessee very much alive
I never would have got through the Arkansas mud
If I hadn't been a-ridin on the Tennessee stud

I had some trouble with my sweetheart's pa
One of her brothers was a bad outlaw
I sent her a letter by my Uncle Fud
And I rode away on the Tennessee stud

Chorus:
The Tennessee stud was long and lean
The color of the sun and his eyes were green
He had the nerve and he had the blood
And there never was a hoss like the Tennessee stud

We drifted on down into no man's land
We crossed the river called the Rio Grande
I raced my hoss with the Spaniards bold
Till I got me a skin full of silver and gold

Me and a gambler we couldn't agree
We got in a fight over Tennessee
We jerked our guns, he fell with a thud
And I got away on the Tennessee stud

CHORUS

We loped on back across Arkansas
I whipped her brother and I whipped her pa
I found that girl with the golden hair
And she was ridin' on a Tennessee mare

Pretty little baby on the cabin floor
Little hoss colt playin' 'round the door
I love the girl with golden hair
And the Tennessee stud loves the Tennessee mare

CHORUS

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from Cover Lover, released September 7, 2012
Written by Jimmie Driftwood and made famous by Johnny Cash

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