Johnny Cash – Tennessee Flat Top Box (Guitar Tab)
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Song: Tennessee Flat Top Box
Artist: Johnny Cash
Album: Originally released as a single
Tabbed by Jason O. Kaveh
Strumming pattern: Traditional country style strum where you play the bass notes:
Hit the A string, strum down strum up, then hit the low E, strum down strum up etc.
[Intro]
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|------------1/2---1/2-------------------------------------------------------------| G|---0--1--2--1/2---1/2----2--0-----------------------------------------------------| D|----------------2-----2--------4--2--0--------------------------------------------| A|----------------------------------------4--2--0----------0---------0---------0----| E|-------------------------------------------------0h2p0h2---0h2p0h2---0h2p0h2------|
[Verse]
A E
In a little cabaret in a South Texas border town,
A
Sat a boy and his guitar, and the people came from all around.
E
And all the girls from there to Austin,
A
Were slippin' away from home and puttin' jewelery in hock.
E
To take the trip, to go and listen,
A
To the little dark-haired boy that played the Tennessee flat top box.
D
And he would play...
[Solo]
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|----------------------------------------------------------1/2---1/2---------------------| G|--------------------------------2--2-----2--0-------------1/2---1/2-----2--0------------| D|--------------0-----------0--4--------4--------4--2-----------2------2--------4--2--0---| A|--0--0--2--4-----0--2--4-----------------------------0-0--------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-------------------------------------------------------------------1/2---1/2---------------------| G|-----------------------------------------2--2-----2--0-------------1/2---1/2-----2--0------------| D|-----------0-----------0-----------0--4--------4--------4--2-----------2------2--------4--2--0---| A|--0--2--4-----0--2--4-----0--2--4-----------------------------0-0--------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| e|---------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------| G|---------------------------------------------| D|---------------------------------------------| A|---4--2--0----------0---------0---------0----| E|------------0h2p0h2---0h2p0h2---0h2p0h2------|
[Verse]
A E
Well, he couldn't ride or wrangle, and he never cared to make a dime.
A
But give him his guitar, and he'd be happy all the time.
E
And all the girls from nine to ninety,
A
Were snapping fingers, tapping toes, and begging him: "Don't stop."
E
And hypnotized and fascinated,
A
By the little dark-haired boy that played the Tennessee flat top box.
D
And he would play...
[Solo]
[Verse]
A E
Then one day he was gone, and no one ever saw him 'round,
A
He'd vanished like the breeze, they forgot him in the little town.
E
But all the girls still dreamed about him.
A
And hung around the cabaret until the doors were locked.
E
And then one day on the Hit Parade,
A
Was a little dark-haired boy that played a Tennessee flat top box.
D
And he would play...
[Solo]
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| h Hammer-on
| p Pull-off
| / Slide up
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