Intro:
(stock C&W intro, more-or-less invented in the 50's by Luther
Perkins of Johnny Cash's Tennessee Two)
(C) v v v v v v v v ---00--00--00--00|------------------| ---11--11--11--11|------------------| ---00--00--00--00|------------------| ---22--22--22--22|------------------| -3-------3-------|-3-------0---2----| -----3-------3---|-----3------------| <----- 3X -------------------------| ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ doubled w/bass
Chorus:
C G7 C
Nashville cats, play clean as country water
C G7 C
Nashville cats, play wild as mountain dew
C G7 C
Nashville cats, been playin' since they's babies
C G7 C
Nashville cats, get work before they're two
Verse 1:
(C) G7
Well, there's 1352 guitar pickers in Nashville
(G7)
And they can pick more notes than the number of ants on a
C
Tennessee ant hill
F
Yeah, there's 1352 guitar cases in Nashville
G7 C
And anyone that unpacks his guitar can play twice as better than
I will
Verse 2:
Well, I was just thirteen, you might say I was a musical
proverbial knee-high
When I heard a couple new-soundin' tunes on the tubes and they
blasted me sky-high
And the record man said every one was a yellow Sun record from
Nashville [historical note: Sun was in Memphis]
And up North here ain't nobody buys them, and I said "but I will"
[repeat chorus]
Verse 3:
Well, there's 16,821 mothers from Nashville
All their friends play music and they ain't uptight if one of the
kids will
Because it's custom made for any mother's son to be a guitar picker
in Nashville
And I sure am glad I had the chance to say a word about the music
and the mothers in Nashville
[repeat chorus]
Coda:
(spoken:) Pick it...
C F
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C G7 C
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-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers
