Tennesee Flat Top Box ukulele

Tennesee Flat Top Box

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capo 1st Fret 
tuning is pretty iffy. Could never quite get it. Standard tuning if your not playing  
with the song sounds great though. 


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In a little cabaret in a South Texas border town, 
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Sat a boy and his guitar, and the people came from all around. 
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And all the girls from there to Austin, 
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Were slippin' away from home and puttin' jewelery in hock. 
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To take the trip, to go and listen, 
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To the little dark-haired boy who played the Tennessee flat top box. 

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And he would play:            A 


REPEAT 

 A                                                                E 
Well, he couldn't ride or wrangle and he never cared to make a dime 
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But give him his guitar, and he'd be happy all the time. 
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And all the girls from nine to ninety, 
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Were snapping fingers, tapping toes, and begging him: "Don't stop." 
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And hypnotized and fascinated, 
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By the little dark-haired boy who played the Tennessee flat top box. 

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And he would play: Repeat solo) 

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Then one day he was gone, and no one ever saw him 'round, 
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He'd vanished like the breeze, they forgot him in the little town. 
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But all the girls still dreamed about him. 
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And hung around the cabaret until the doors were locked. 
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And then one day on the Hit Parade, 
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Was a little dark-haired boy who played the Tennessee flat top box. 


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And he would play: Repeat Solo)  

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