F5                     
'T' for Texas,.... 'T' for Tennessee 
        Bb5                   F5 
'T' for Texas, 'T' for Tennes-see 
        C5                                        F5 
'T' for Thelma, that gal that made a wreck out of me. 
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VERSE TWO 
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If you don't want me mama,.... you sure don't have to stall 
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If you don't want me mama,.... you sure don't have to stall 
      C5                                               F5 
'Cause I can get more women than a passenger train can haul 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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O...la ..ee..a     la..ee..oo     la ..ee 
 
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 
F5                  C5              F5 
O...la ..ee..a     la..ee..oo     la ..ee