Tennessee Flat Top Box Chords & Tabs
Tennessee Flat Top Box Tab
not to dis the other tabs but they just weren't quite there. they sound good but seemed a little off.
This can be played with a capo almost anywhere including second fret or with out. some strings I
doubled up on could be played individually or with the underlying string played open. Use the pattern
from C to get into F and a couple spots that say G are brief. maybe even just the 3rd fret on the E
string. oh, last trick.... Play the picking hitting the strings close to the
back bridge sounds extremely
accurate. gives it that extra twang.
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/j/johnny_cash/tennessee_flat_top_box_tab_ver_3.html ]
e-------------------------------|
B-------------------------1-1---|
G-------------------------2p2p0-|
D-----------------------------2-|
A-3-2-0-----0-2-3---0-2-3-----3-|
E-------3-3-------3-------------|
C G7
In a little cabaret in a South Texas border town
C
Sat a boy and his guitar and the people came from all around
G7 C G7
And all the girls from there to Austin
C
Were slipping way from home and putting jewelry in hock
G7 C G7
To take the trip to go and listen
C
To the little dark haired boy who played the Tennessee flat top box
F
And he would play
C G7
Well he couldn't ride or wrangle and he never cared to make a dime
C
But give him his guitar and he'd be happy all the time
G7 C G7
And all the girls from nine to ninety
C
We're snapping fingers tapping toes and begging him don't stop
G7 C G7
And hypnotized and fascinated
C
By the little dark haired boy who played the Tennessee flat top box
F
And he would play
G7
Then one day he was gone and no one ever saw him around
C
He vanished like the breeze they forgot him in the little town
G7 C G7
But all the girls still dreamed about him
C
And hung around the cabaret until the doors were locked
G7 C G7
And then one day on the Hit Parade
C
Was a little dark haired boy who played the Tennessee flat top box
F
And he would play
e--------------------------------------------------------------1-|
B------------------------1-1---1----------3/5---3/5---5--3-2-0-1-|
G------------------------2---2---0-3-2-0--3/5---3/5---5--3-2-0-2-|
D-3-2-0-----0-2-3---0-2h3---------------------5-----5----------3-|
A-------3-3-------3----------------------------------------------|
E-------------------------------------------------------------(x2|
| e-------------------------------------|
| B------1-----------------------1-1----|
| G-3/5--3-2-0-------------------2p2p0--|
| D-3/5--3-2-0------------------------2-|
| A------------3-3-2-0-----0-2-3------3-|
) E--------------------3-3--------------|