Jimmie Rodgers - Blue Yodel No.1(t For Texas) guitar chord

Blue Yodel NO.1 (T for Texas)

Jimmie Rodgers

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

O...la ..ee..oo la..ee..a la ..ee

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

O...la ..ee..oo la..ee..a la ..ee

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

O...la ..ee..a la..ee..oo la ..ee

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

O...la ..ee..a la..ee..oo la ..ee

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

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

F C7 F

O...la ..ee..a la..ee..oo la ..ee