Tennessee flat
top box
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1. In a little cabaret in a South Texas border
town
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sat a
boy and his guitar and the people came from all around.
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And all the girls from there
to Austin
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were slippin' 'way from home and puttin'
jewelry in hock
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to
take the trip, to go and listen
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to
the little dark-haired boy who played the Tennessee flat top box.
D
And he would play : D - A - A7 - D (2x)
+ A ~ ~
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E
2. Well, he couldn't ride or wrangle, and he never cared to make a dime,
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but
give him his guitar, and he'd be happy all the time.
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And all the girls from nine to
ninety
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were
snapping fingers, tapping toes, and begging him : Don't stop !
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And hypnotized and fascinated
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by
the little dark-haired boy who played the Tennessee flat top box.
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And he would play : D - A - A7 - D (2x) + A ~ ~
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E
3. Then one day he was gone, and no one ever saw him 'round,
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he
vanished like the breeze, they forgot him in the little town.
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But all the girls still
dreamed about him,
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and
hung around the cabaret until the doors were locked.
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And then one day on the 'Hit
Parade'
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was a
little dark-haired boy who played the Tennessee flat top box.
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And he would play : D - A - A7 - D (2x) + A ~ ~ .....
(orig. = capo 1st; midi=no capo in C; video = capo 2nd)
(Rosanne Cash)