Tennessee Flat Top Box chords by Johnny Cash

Chords with lyrics

-Capo 2nd Fret.

intro - G, C.
 C majorC                   G+G
In a little cabaret in a South Texas border town,

Sat a boy and his guitar, and the people came from all around.
       C majorC          G+G
And all the girls from there to Austin,
                           C majorC
Were slippin' away from home and puttin' jewelery in hock.
               G+G
To take the trip, to go and listen,
                               C majorC
To the little dark-haired boy who played the Tennessee flat top box.
       FF
And he would play: [Instrumental]

 C majorC                               G+G
Well, he couldn't ride or wrangle, and he never cared to make a dime.

But give him his guitar, and he'd be happy all the time.
       C majorC        G+G
And all the girls from nine to ninety,
                              C majorC
Were snapping fingers, tapping toes, and begging him: "Don't stop."
            G+G
And hypnotized and fascinated,
                               C majorC
By the little dark-haired boy who played the Tennessee flat top box.
       FF
And he would play: [Instrumental]


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

And he would play: [Instrumental]
End on a C majorC