Johnny Cash - Tennessee Flattop Box guitar chord

Tennessee Flattop Box

By Johnny Cash

Tabbed By Larry Mofle

rmofle@satx.rr.com

Capo 2

A E

In a little cabaret in a South Texas border town

E A

Sat a boy and his guitar and the people came from all around

A E

And all the girls from there to Austin

E A

Were slippin' away from home and puttin' jewelry in hock

A E

To take the trip, to go and listen

E A

To the little dark-haired boy who played the Tennessee flat top box

D

And he would play

Instrumental

Well, he couldn't ride or wrangle, and he never cared to make a dime

But give him his guitar, and he'd be happy all the time

And all the girls from nine to ninety

Were snapping fingers, tapping toes, and begging him don't stop

And hypnotized and fascinated

By the little dark-haired boy who played the Tennessee flat top box

And he would play

Instrumental

Then one day he was gone, and no one ever saw him 'round

He vanished like the breeze, they forgot him in the little town

But all the girls still dreamed about him

And hung around the cabaret until the doors were locked

And then one day on the 'Hit Parade'

Was a little dark-haired boy who played the Tennessee flat top box

And he would play

Instrumental