Chords for songs

Tennessee Flat Top Box

Tennessee Flat Top Box

Tennessee Flat Top Box chords

by Johnny Cash

Year: 1963

Genre: Country

Guitar
Tuning E A D G B E
Capo Fret 4
Transpose
EADGBE
Capo

G
C
D
Em

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Chord Highlight

Intro 1

G

G

C

G

G

Verse 1

In a

G

little cabaret

In a

South Texas

D

border town

Sat a

boy and his guitar

And the

people came from

G

all around

And

all the girls

From

there

to Aus

D

tin

We're

slippin'

away from home

And

puttin' jewer

Em

ly in

G

hock To

take the trip

To

go and

D

listen

To the

little dark-haired boy

That

played the Tennessee

flat top

G

box And

Interlude 1

he would

C

(play)

C

G

G

G

C

C

C

G

G

G

C

G

G

Verse 2

Well,

G

he couldn't ride

or wrangle

And he

never cared to

D

make a dime

But

give him his guitar

And

he'd be happy

G

all the time

And

all the girls

From

nine to

D

ninety

Were

snappin' fingers,

tappin' toes

And

beggin' him:

"Don't

G

stop" And

hypno_ tized

and

fasci

D

nated

By the

little dark-haired boy

That played the

Tennessee

flat top

G

box And

Interlude 2

he would

C

(play)

C

G

G

G

C

C

C

G

G

G

C

G

G

Verse 3

Then

G

one day he was

gone

And

no one ever

D

saw him 'round

He

vanished like the breeze

And they forgot

him in

the

G

little town

But

all the girls

Still

dreamed a

D

bout him

And

hung around the cabaret

Until

the doors

were

G

locked And

then one

day

On the

D

hit parade

Was a

little dark-haired boy

That

played a

Tennessee

flat top

G

box And

Outro 1

he would

C

(play)

C

G

G

G

C

C

C

G

G

G

C

G

G

[Fade out]

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