Blue Yodel No.1(t For Texas) Chords
Blue Yodel No.1(t For Texas) by Jimmie Rodgers is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of F. It uses the chords F, Bb7, C7 and F7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
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