Blue Yodel

Jimmie Rodgers

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[G]T for Texas, T for Tennessee

[C]T for Texas, T for Tennesse[G]e

T for [D7]Thelma, that girl that made a wreck out of [G]me.

[G]Yodel le e oh, [D7]le e oh, [G]le eeee.

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[G]If you don’t want me woman, you sure don’t have to stall

[C]If you don’t want me woman, you sure don’t have to [G]stall

‘Cause I can get more [D7]women than a passenger train can [G]haul.

Yodel le e oh, le e oh, le eeee.

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[G]I’m gonna buy me a pistol, just as long as I’m tall

[C]I’m gonna buy me a pistol, just as long as I’m [G]tall

I gonna [D7]shoot poor Thelma, just to see her jump and [G]fall.

Yodel le e oh, le e oh, le eeee.

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[G]I’m goin’ where the water, drinks like cherry wine

[C]I’m goin’ where the water, drinks like cherry [G]wine

Cause this [D7]Georgia water, tastes like turpen[G]tine.

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[G]I’m gonna buy me a shotgun with a great long shiny barrel

[C]I’m gonna buy me a shotgun with a great long shiny [G]barrel

I’m gonna [D7]shoot that rounder that stole away my [G]gal.

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[G]‘Druther drink muddy water, sleep in a holler log

[C]‘Druther drink muddy water, sleep in a holler [G]log

Than to [D7]be in Atlanta, treated like a dirty [G]dog.