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Lyr Req: Tennessee Stud (Jimmie Driftwood)
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TENNESSEE STUD
TENNESSEE STUD
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Subject: Tennessee Stud notation From: Ted Coleman Date: 22 Apr 98 - 10:00 PM Need info for notation for " Tennessee Stud " |
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Subject: RE: Tennessee Stud notation From: Jimmy Rose Date: 22 Apr 98 - 10:12 PM Check "Cowpie" The have the chords. Also it appeared in an old Doc Watson book from the late 60's or early 70's. Also check Hank Snow. Snow is the author. Good luck
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Subject: RE: Tennessee Stud notation From: Gene Date: 22 Apr 98 - 10:51 PM As much as I like Hank Snow, he didn't write Tennessee Stud....JIMMIE DRIFTWOOD did, I do believe...
DALE! WHERE ARE YOU? HELP! |
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Subject: RE: Tennessee Stud notation From: Art Thieme Date: 23 Apr 98 - 12:04 AM Definitely, Jimmy Driftwood wrote "TN Stud"!! Just wrote to Jimmy for info. I will be putting it on a CD soon. Art Thieme |
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Subject: TENNESSEE STUD From: Peter Stanley Date: 14 Jun 98 - 12:18 AM I have heard of some obscure recordings of Doc Watson doing this song with a generally ommitted verse about escaping from indians. I would appreciate it if someone could quote that verse for me. Thanks! |
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Subject: RE: TENNESSEE STUD From: Joe Offer Date: 14 Jun 98 - 12:26 AM If you put Tenessee Stud in the search box in the upper-right corner of this page, you'll find it's right here in our database, Peter. -Joe Offer- |
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Subject: RE: TENNESSEE STUD From: Tim Jaques tjaques@netcom.ca Date: 14 Jun 98 - 08:30 PM Arlo Guthrie's version had the part about escaping from the Indians. In fact, I don't think I have ever heard it sung without that verse. |
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Subject: RE: TENNESSEE STUD From: Barry Finn Date: 12 Jul 98 - 11:05 PM I just read in one of the newsgroups that Jimmie Driftwood has just passed on, seeing that this was one of his songs I figured I'd bring it back up. What an impact this man made in our world of music. Barry |
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Subject: RE: TENNESSEE STUD From: Dale Rose Date: 13 Jul 98 - 12:55 AM Yes, he passed away this morning. He had a heart attack at the hospital in Fayetteville, AR. He was 91. I last saw him in December, I think. He was failing then, and has been in and out of hospitals in Mountain View, Jonesboro, and Fayetteville for the last couple of months. |
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Subject: RE: TENNESSEE STUD From: Art Thieme Date: 14 Jul 98 - 09:13 PM Terribly sad & a great loss--but a long life was had by Jimmie. Condolences to his entire family from here in Peru, Illinois! TENNESSEE STUD will be on the new CD I've been trying to get out. Eddy Arnold's version was the original culprit that left out the Indian verse in his big hit of this song! Reason? Probably not to violate the rule that singles must not be over 3 minutes to get airplay in mainstream places!! The rendition I'm using is FOUR MINUTES, ELEVEN SECONDS. (Live at the old Green Dragon Inn--Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin---February 4th, 1978--Taped by Tom Martin Erickson of Wis. Public Radio) Wow---that's 20 years ago...!?!? Art Thieme |
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Subject: RE: TENNESSEE STUD From: rich r Date: 17 Jul 98 - 11:23 PM Art, You think 20 years is bad. I pitched in a baseball game for Monroe High School in Ft. Atkinson in 1965. That's 1/3 of a century ago. rich r |
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Subject: RE: TENNESSEE STUD From: harpgirl Date: 17 Jul 98 - 11:28 PM Art, I'm glad you are putting Tennessee Stud on your CD. When does it come out? What label? My Arkansas friends said they scattered Jimmie's ashes on Panther Mountain today...harp |
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Subject: Need ABC help on Tennessee Stud From: Mark Clark Date: 24 Jul 03 - 02:52 PM I've been working on an ABC+ file for this tune and the MIDI file in the DT doesn't play. I checked at YADT (click) and the file there doesn't seem right to me. This is a version I've constructed from memory so I don't know how close it is to the original. Will someone conversent with abcm2ps.exe and GhostView—and of corse the song—please check this out for me?Thanks, - Mark X:1 T:The Tennessee Stud C:Jimmie Driftwood C:© Warden Music Co., Inc. (BMI) M:4/4 L:1/4 Q:1/4=140 K:D %%MIDI program 26 % Acoustic Guitar (steel) %%MIDI bassprog 26 % Acoustic Guitar (steel) %%MIDI chordprog 26 % Acoustic Guitar (steel) P:Verses D/|"D" D/D/ F A A/F/| A<F D>D|"C" =C C/A,/ C C/A,/| w:1.~A-long a-bout eight-een and twen-ty-five I left Ten-nes-see ver-y w:2.~I had* some trouble with my sweet-heart's Pa,* One of her brothers was a =C>C C2-| =C z2z/D/|"D" D/D/ F/F/ A/A/ A/F/| w:much a-live,_ I nev-er would have made it through the w:bad out-law,_ I sent* her a let-ter by my A/F/ A {F}D D/D/| F/F/ F F/D/ D/D/|"A" A,/A,/ C "D"D z| w:Ar-kan-sas mud if I had-n't been rid-in' on the Ten-nes-see Stud. w:Unc - le Fudd, *And I* rode~a-way_ on the Ten-nes-see Stud. P:Interlude "D"D [F/A/d/][F/A/d/] "A"A,/[E/A/C/][E/A/C/][E/A/C/]| "D"D [FAd][F2A2d2]|\ "D"D [F/A/d/][F/A/d/] "A"A,/[E/A/C/][E/A/C/][E/A/C/]| "D"D [FAd][F3/2A3/2d3/2] P:Refrain D/|"D" D/D/ F A A|"C" =c>c "A"A>A|"G"G/G/ G/G/ G D/D/| w:The Ten-nes-see Stud was long and lean, the co-lor of the sun and his "F" =F>F "E" E2|\ w:eyes were green, "A"A[E/A/C/e/][E/A/C/e/]"G"G[D/G/B/g/][D/G/B/g/]|\ "F"=F[F/A/=c/f/][F/A/c/f/]"E"E[E/^G/B/e/][E/^G/B/e/]|\ "D"D/ F F<A A/| w:He had the nerve and "C"=c c/>c/ "D"A D/D/|"D" F/F/ F F/{F}D/ D/D/|"A" A,/A,/ C "D"D z| w:he had the blood and there nev-er was a horse like the Ten-nes-see Stud. W: W:One day I was riding in a beautiful land W:I run smack into an Indian band W:They jumped their nags with a whoop and a yell W:And away we rode like a bat out of Hell W: W:I circled their camp for a time or two W:Just to show what a Tennessee horse can do W:The redskin boys couldn't get my blood W:'Cause I was a-riding on the Tennessee Stud W: W: (refrain) W: W:We drifted on down into no man's land W:We crossed the river called the Rio Grande W:I raced my horse with the Spaniard's foal W:'Til I got me a skin full of silver and gold W: W:Me and a gambler, we couldn't agree W:We got in a fight over Tennessee W:We jerked our guns, and he fell with a thud W:And I got away on the Tennessee Stud W: W: (refrain) W: W:Well I got just as lonesome as a man can be W:Dreamin' of my girl in Tennessee W:And the Tennessee Stud's green eyes turned blue W:'Cause he was a-dreamin' of a sweetheart too W: W:We loped on back across Arkansas W:I whupped her brother and I whupped her pa W:I found that girl with the golden hair W:And she was a-riding on the Tennessee Mare W: W: (refrain) W: W:Stirrup to stirrup and side by side W:We crossed the mountains and the valleys wide W:We came to Big Muddy and we forded the flood W:On the Tennessee Mare and the Tennessee Stud W: W:Pretty little baby on the cabin floor W:And a little horse colt playing 'round the door W:I loved the girl with the golden hair W:And the Tennessee Stud loved the Tennessee Mare. W: W: (refrain) |
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Subject: RE: TENNESSEE STUD From: GUEST Date: 24 Jul 03 - 03:00 PM Not sure that is clear to some of us. 'Course I flunked "New Math" too. |
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Subject: RE: TENNESSEE STUD From: Joe Offer Date: 24 Jul 03 - 03:25 PM It's a valiant effort, Mark, but I can't get it to play when I paste it into concertina.net. Wanna send me a MIDI or Noteworthy file? --Joe Offer (click to e-mail)- Five minutes later... I removed the <pre> preformat tags from your post and then tried it at Concertina. It turned out a durn purdy piece of music. Nice work, Mark. -Joe Offer- |
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Subject: RE: TENNESSEE STUD From: Mark Clark Date: 25 Jul 03 - 01:23 AM Thanks, Joe, And you even “blickified” the YADT (Yet Another Digital Tradition) reference. I should have done that. Are the notes and chords I've used the ones most people use or are there some differences? - Mark |
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Subject: DTCorrection: Tennessee Stud From: Joe Offer Date: 25 Jul 03 - 02:30 AM The lyrics in the Digital Tradition seem just about right, but the placement of the chorus is wrong. Here's my transcription from a recording by Jimmie Driftwood himself. The tune in the digital Tradition doesn't sound right to me, but Marks' is pretty close. -Joe Offer- Tennessee Stud (Jimmie 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-riding on the Tennessee Stud I had some trouble with my sweetheart's pa One of her brothers was a bad outlaw I sent her a letter by my Uncle Fud 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 One day I was riding in a beautiful land I ran smack into an Indian band They jumped their nags with a whoop and a yell And away we went like a bat out of (w)ell... I circled their camp for a time or two Just to show what a Tennessee horse can do The redskin boys couldn't get my blood 'Cause I was a-riding on the Tennessee Stud We drifted on down into no man's land we crossed the river called the Rio Grande I raced my horse with the Spaniards bold 'Til I got me a skinful of silver and gold Me and a gambler, we couldn't agree We got in a fight over Tennessee We jerked our guns, he fell with a thud And I got away on the Tennessee Stud CHORUS Well I got as lonesome as a man can be A-dreaming of my girl in Tennessee The Tennessee Stud's green eyes turned blue 'Cause he was a-dreaming of a sweetheart too We loped right on across Arkansas I whupped her brother and I whupped her pa I found that girl with the golden hair And she was a-riding on a Tennessee Mare Stirrup to stirrup and side by side We crossed the mountains and the valleys wide We came to Big Muddy and we forded the flood On the Tennessee Mare and the Tennessee Stud Pretty little baby on the cabin floor A little horse colt playing 'round the door I love the girl with the golden hair And the Tennessee Stud loves the Tennessee Mare. CHORUS Copyright Warden Music Co., Inc., 1958 source: recording by Jimmie Driftwood Americana CD Collection, Bear Family Records Yes, the "(w)ell" bowdlerism is Driftwood's. |
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Subject: RE: TENNESSEE STUD From: GUEST,ccmedders Date: 02 Sep 03 - 10:03 PM where can I find lyrics to more of his songs? |
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Subject: RE: TENNESSEE STUD From: George Seto - af221@chebucto.ns.ca Date: 02 Sep 03 - 11:44 PM Which ones do you have currently? If you put "Jimmie Driftwood" in the section to do a Lyric and Knowledge Base search. There are about 7 or 8 songs in the DT. There are also a number of different message threads about him or the songs he's written. Many of his songs, such as the Tennesee Stud are classic country songs. Cowpie or OLGA would probably have more of them. |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Tennessee Stud From: Amos Date: 17 Apr 05 - 12:01 PM Goldarn it, I have searched all over for Art's chords to this song, which include a minor chord, and all I can find is the watered-down Johnny Cash chords which only use three major chords. It sounds much better when Art Thieme sings it, and I think he sings it a lot closer to Driftwood's original. Anyone know the chords Art uses? I can't quite get the transitions, especially on the chorus. A |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Tennessee Stud From: GUEST,Art Thieme Date: 17 Apr 05 - 02:20 PM Amos, We're moving again and I'll be off line a week or so. BUT when we unpack I'll have access to my song books that include my arrangements---with runs etc. I'll post it then---but please remind me. Recent memory is all shot to hell these days. A HINT: I did it in the key of A. A to G and then back to A with appropriate tempo strums and a bass run for melody on "There never was a horse like the Tennessee Stud."--- maybe an Em within the run I used, And a C in there too. Without a guitar in my hands (I gave mine to my son, Chris) it is hard to recall exactly. For years I just did it! and didn't think about what I was doing (if that makes snse at all). It became second nature. Art |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Tennessee Stud From: Arkie Date: 17 Apr 05 - 04:20 PM I think Sing Out ran the words, chords, and melody line to this many years back. I don't have access to my copies right now so I can't check it out. I do have access to several of Jimmy's songbooks at work but they only have words so that won't help. |
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Subject: Chords Add: TENNESSEE STUD (Jimmie Driftwood) From: Suffet Date: 17 Apr 05 - 11:24 PM Greetings: Here is how I worked it out in D. Each chord change is indicated to the immediate left of the syllable where it occurs. [D]Along about eighteen twenty-five, I [C]left Tennessee very much alive. I [D]never would have made it through the Arkansas mud, If I hadn't been riding on the [C]Tennessee [D]Stud. I had some trouble with my sweetheart's pa, [C]One of her brothers was a bad outlaw, So I [D]sent her a letter by my Uncle Fudd, And I rode away on the [C]Tennessee [D]Stud. Chorus: Tennessee Stud was [F]long and lean, The [C]color of the Sun and his [B-flat]eyes were [A]green. [run down as chord changes from A to D: a - g - f - e - d] [D]He had the nerve and he had the blood, And there never was a horse like the [C]Tennessee [D]Stud. No, there never was a horse like the [C]Tennessee [D]Stud. You can play an F chord in place of the B-flat in the chorus. Whatever you decide, just make sure that d note at the end of the descending run coincides with the chord change from A to D. Begin the run on the 3rd string stopped at the 2nd fret. You will be singing a d note on the word "He" in "He had the nerve..." and it will be in unison with the d note which ends the run, i.e. the 4th string played open. That last line in the chorus is an optional repeat. You can use it or not as you choose. --- Steve |
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Subject: Lyrics to Tennessee Stud From: pyewacket Date: 23 Nov 05 - 11:26 AM Can anyone supply the Lyrics and Chord changes for Tennessee Stud as performed by Doc Watson? Thanks so much, pyewacket |
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Subject: RE: Lyrics to Tennesse Stud From: Wesley S Date: 23 Nov 05 - 12:07 PM If you go back to the main page look above your thread there is a section called DT lyrics. Put in the letter T - the songs begining with the letter T will then pop up. Then you can scroll down and the lyrics will be there. |
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Subject: RE: Lyrics to Tennesse Stud From: pyewacket Date: 23 Nov 05 - 12:41 PM Thanks Wesley, but this doesn't help for chord changes. |
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Subject: Chords Add: TENNESSEE STUD (Jimmie Driftwood) From: Wesley S Date: 23 Nov 05 - 01:18 PM In the Tennessee Stud { Jimmie Driftwood } thread linked above here is how Suffett worked it out. I've copied and pasted Suffett post - Greetings: Here is how I worked it out in D. Each chord change is indicated to the immediate left of the syllable where it occurs. [D]Along about eighteen twenty-five, I [C]left Tennessee very much alive. I [D]never would have made it through the Arkansas mud, If I hadn't been riding on the [C]Tennessee [D]Stud. I had some trouble with my sweetheart's pa, [C]One of her brothers was a bad outlaw, So I [D]sent her a letter by my Uncle Fudd, And I rode away on the [C]Tennessee [D]Stud. Chorus: Tennessee Stud was [F]long and lean, The [C]color of the Sun and his [B-flat]eyes were [A]green. [run down as chord changes from A to D: a - g - f - e - d] [D]He had the nerve and he had the blood, And there never was a horse like the [C]Tennessee [D]Stud. No, there never was a horse like the [C]Tennessee [D]Stud. You can play an F chord in place of the B-flat in the chorus. Whatever you decide, just make sure that d note at the end of the descending run coincides with the chord change from A to D. Begin the run on the 3rd string stopped at the 2nd fret. You will be singing a d note on the word "He" in "He had the nerve..." and it will be in unison with the d note which ends the run, i.e. the 4th string played open. That last line in the chorus is an optional repeat. You can use it or not as you choose. --- Steve |
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Subject: RE: Chords/Lyrics to Tennessee Stud From: MissouriMud Date: 23 Nov 05 - 01:37 PM I'm going purely from memory,which is dangerous in my case (my fingers remember better than my brain, but I dont have my guitar with me right now) - I think I chord the first two lines of the chorus differently - D D C D G G Bb A (followed by the run discussed by WesleyS but make sure the f is F natural (3rd fret 4th string) and not F sharp) and the one beat C chord in the final lines can be replaced by a 0-3 run on the 5th string |
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Subject: Chords Add: TENNESSEE STUD (Jimmie Driftwood) From: GUEST Date: 24 May 07 - 04:00 PM I normally play this song in the Key of B, here are the chords I use: (The F# can be played as an F#7) [B]Along about eighteen twenty-five, I [A]left Tennessee very much alive. I [B]never would have made it through the Arkansas mud, If I hadn't been riding on the [F#]Tennessee [B]Stud. I had some trouble with my sweetheart's pa, [A]One of her brothers was a bad outlaw, So I [B]sent her a letter by my Uncle Fudd, And I rode away on the [F#]Tennessee [B]Stud. Chorus: Tennessee Stud was [A]long and [B]lean, The [E]color of the Sun and his [D]eyes were [F#]green. [B]He had the nerve and [A]he had the [B]blood, And there never was a horse like the [F#]Tennessee [B]Stud. The chord progression is a little different, so here is how it would look like in D, as you have it in D above. [D]Along about eighteen twenty-five, I [C]left Tennessee very much alive. I [D]never would have made it through the Arkansas mud, If I hadn't been riding on the [A]Tennessee [D]Stud. I had some trouble with my sweetheart's pa, [C]One of her brothers was a bad outlaw, So I [D]sent her a letter by my Uncle Fudd, And I rode away on the [A]Tennessee [B]Stud. Chorus: Tennessee Stud was [C]long and [D]lean, The [G]color of the Sun and his [F]eyes were [A]green. [D]He had the nerve and [C]he had the [D]blood, And there never was a horse like the [A]Tennessee [D]Stud. These chord changes may sound better in the Key of B, either using those chords, or capoing to the second fret and playing A. |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Tennessee Stud (Jimmie Driftwood) From: GUEST Date: 24 May 07 - 08:46 PM Yes, many have left out those two verses, "One day I was riding in a beautiful land......" and the verse beginning: "I circled their camp for a time or two......". Not only for the length of the tune, but because, it may be considered offensive to Native Americans, like using the term "Redskin". In the olden days like Eddy Arnold's version, the length of the track would have been more of an issue for radio play, that is correct; but now it would be for both of those reasons. Johnny Cash leaves (I mean left, considering that he's deceased) those verses out, as well as the verses: "I got just as lonesome as a man could be......" and the verse that starts: "Stirrup to stirrup, and side by side;......" He recorded it live, and was included on the album "American Recordings". His version is the one I first became familiar with. Isn't the time limit for a song on the radio now 4 minutes? |
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