F                     
'T' for Texas,.... 'T' for Tennessee 
        Bb7                   F 
'T' for Texas, 'T' for Tennes-see 
        C7                                        F 
'T' for Thelma, that gal that made a wreck out of me. 
F                  C7            F 
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VERSE TWO 
F                                                    
If you don't want me mama,.... you sure don't have to stall 
   Bb7                                                 F7 
If you don't want me mama,.... you sure don't have to stall 
      C7                                               F 
'Cause I can get more women than a passenger train can haul 
F                  C7            F 
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VERSE THREE 

I'm gonna buy me a pistol just as long as I'm tall 

I'm gonna buy me a pistol just as long as I'm tall 

I'm gonna shoot poor Thelma, just to see her jump and fall 
F                  C7              F 
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VERSE FOUR 

Well, 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 
F                  C7              F 
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VERSE FIVE 

I'm gonna buy me a shotgun with a big long shinny barrell 

I'm gonna buy me a shotgun with a big long shinny barrell 

I'm gonna shoot that rounder that stole away my gal 
F                  C7              F 
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VERSE SIX 

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

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

Than to be here in Atlanta, and get treated like a dirty dog 
F                  C7              F 
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