E 
T for Texas, T for Tennessee 
A                        E 
T for Texas, T for Tennessee 
B7                                              E 
T for Thelma, that gal that made a wreck out of me. 
 
Yodeling E B7 E 
 
E 
If you don't want me mama, you sure don't have to stall 
A                                                  E 
If you don't want me mama, you sure don't have to stall 
B7                                                    E 
Cause I can get more women than a passenger train can haul. 
 
Yodeling E B7 E 
 
E 
I'm gonna buy me a pistol just as long as I am tall 
A                                              E 
I'm gonna buy me a pistol just as long as I am tall 
B7                                                    E 
I'm gonna shoot poor Thelma, just to see her jump and fall. 
 
Yodeling E B7 E 
 
E 
Well, I'm going where the water drinks like cherry wine 
A                                            E 
I'm going where the water drinks like cherry wine 
B7                                       E 
Cause this Georgia water tastes like turpentine. 
 
Yodeling E B7 E 
E 
I'm gonna buy me a shotgun with a long shiny barrel 
A                                            E 
I'm gonna buy me a shotgun with a long shiny barrel 
B7                                              E 
I'm gonna shoot that rounder that stole away my gal. 
 
Yodeling E B7 E 
 
E 
I'd rather drink muddy water and sleep in a hollow log 
A                                                  E 
I'd rather drink muddy water and sleep in a hollow log 
B7                                                       E 
Than to be here in Atlanta, and get treated like a dirty dog