OLW #37 – You AIn’t Goin’ Nowhere

Pour cette session, le morceau obligatoire sera « You Ain’t Going Nowhere » écrit par Bob Dylan et popularisé par The Byrds.

En G.

Les morceaux choisie par les membres sont : « Nine Pound Hammer » en G et « Arkansas Traveler » en A.

TENNESSEE STUD                                  Jimmy Driftwood

ALONG ABOUT EIGHTEEN AND TWENTY-FIVE

   I LEFT TENNESSEE VERY MUCH ALIVE

I NEVER WOULD HAVE GOT THROUGH THE ARKANSAS MUD

   IF I HADN’T BEEN A-RIDIN’ THAT TENNESSEE STUD

I HAD A LITTLE TROUBLE WITH MY SWEETHEART’S PA

   ONE OF HER BROTHERS WAS A BAD OUTLAW

I SENT HER A LETTER BY MY UNCLE FUDD

   AND I RODE AWAY ON THE TENNESSEE STUD

CHORUS:

THE TENNESSEE STUD WAS LONG AND LEAN

THE COLOR OF THE SUN AND HIS EYES WERE GREEN

HE HAD THE NERVE AND HE HAD THE BLOOD

AND THERE NEVER WAS A HORSE LIKE THE TENNESSEE STUD

I WAS A-RIDIN’ THROUGH A BEAUTIFUL LAND

   WHEN I RAN SMACK INTO AN INDIAN BAND

THEY JUMPED THEIR NAGS WITH A WHOOP AND A YELL

   AND WE TOOK OFF LIKE A BAT OUT OF HELL

I CIRCLED THEIR CAMP A TIME OR TWO

   JUST TO SHOW WHAT A TENNESSEE HORSE CAN DO

THE REDSKIN BOYS NEVER GOT MY BLOOD

   ‘CAUSE I WAS A-RIDIN’ THE TENNESSEE STUD

WE DRIFTED ON DOWN INTO NO-MAN’S LAND

   WE CROSSED THAT RIVER CALLED THE RIO GRANDE

I RACED MY HORSE WITH A SPANIARD’S FOAL

   TILL I GOT ME A SKIN FULL OF SILVER AND GOLD

ME AND A GAMBLER, WE COULDN’T AGREE

   WE GOT IN A FIGHT OVER TENNESSEE

WE JERKED OUR GUNS, HE DROPPED WITH A THUD

   AND I GOT AWAY ON THE TENNESSEE STUD

WELL, I GOT AS LONESOME AS A MAN CAN BE

   DREAMIN’ OF MY GAL IN TENNESSEE

TENNESSEE STUD’S GREEN EYES TURNED BLUE

        ‘CAUSE HE WAS A-DREAMIN’ OF A SWEETHEART TOO

WE LOPED RIGHT ON ACROSS ARKANSAS

   I WHIPPED HER BROTHER AND I WHUPPED HER PA

I FOUND THAT GIRL WITH THE GOLDEN HAIR

   AND SHE WAS A-RIDIN’ THE TENNESSEE MARE

STIRRUP TO STIRRUP AND SIDE BY SIDE

   WE CROSSED THE MOUNTAINS AND THE VALLEYS WIDE

WE CAME TO BIG MUDDY AND FORDED THE FLOOD

   ON THE TENNESSEE MARE AND THE TENNESSEE STUD

PRETTY LITTLE BABY ON THE CABIN FLOOR,

   A LITTLE HORSE COLT PLAYIN ‘ROUND THE DOOR

I LOVE THAT GIRL WITH THE GOLDEN HAIR

   AND THE TENN. STUD LOVES THE TENN. MARE 

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