T for Texas

Waylon Jennings

Written by Jimmie Rodgers

Key of C · Chords: I IV V

Verse 1

C
Well T for Texas T for Tennessee
F                       C
T for Texas T for Tennessee
G7                                            C
T for Thelma the gal that made a wreck out of me

Verse 2

I'd rather drink muddy water
And sleep all night in a hollow log
F
I'd rather drink muddy water
                                        C
And sleep all day and night in a hollow log
G7
Than to hang around in Atlanta
                             C
And get treated like a dirty dog

Verse 3

If you don't want me woman just say so that's all
F
If you don't want me woman all you gotta do
                                 C
Is come around and say so that's all
G7
Cause I can get more women than any two men
                         C
Or a passenger train can haul

Verse 4

Well T for Texas T for Tennessee
F                       C
T for Texas T for Tennessee
G7                                            C
T for Thelma the gal that made a wreck out of me