Tennessee Flat Top

Johnny Cash

Key of C · Chords: I IV V

Verse 1

C                                           G7
In a little cabaret in a South Texas border town
                                                      C
Sat a boy and his guitar and the people came from all around
G7          C                    G7
And all the girls  from there to Austin
                                                   C
Were slipping way from home and putting jewelry in hock
G7          C               G7
To take the trip  to go and listen
                                                                C
To the little dark haired boy who played the Tennessee flat top box
             F
And he would play

Verse 2

C                                                           G7
Well he couldn't ride or wrangle and he never cared to make a dime
                                                  C
But give him his guitar and he'd be happy all the time
G7          C                   G7
And all the girls  from nine to ninety
                                                          C
We're snapping fingers tapping toes and begging him don't stop
G7              C   G7
And hypnotized  and fascinated
                                                                C
By the little dark haired boy who played the Tennessee flat top box
             F
And he would play

Verse 3

                                                 G7
Then one day he was gone and no one ever saw him around
                                                          C
He vanished like the breeze they forgot him in the little town
G7          C                          G7
But all the girls  still dreamed about him
                                                 C
And hung around the cabaret until the doors were locked
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And then one day  on the Hit Parade
                                                               C
Was a little dark haired boy who played the Tennessee flat top box
             F
And he would play