Tennessee Border Chords

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[Verse 1]
[G]Her [C]eye[G] s [F]was[G] re[C]d,
her name was [G]Helen.
Her head looked like a [C]watermelon.
Her hair was long, she [G]had [C]a t[G]ony.
Her neck looked like a roll of baloney.
[C]Her tee[F]th stuck out so firm
she didn't [C]have much sense
She could [D]gnaw an ear of corn
right [G]through a picket fence
[C]Her marriage license cost a qua[G]rter
On the Tennessee [C]bor[G]der[C][G][C][G]
[C]
One [F]night I took her out
to [C]see what we could see
Just [D]then he saw her husband
and he [G]stood six [C]foot three
He had brass knuckles made to or[G]der
Now my teeth are scattered
on the Tennessee bor[C]der[G]
[C]Her hair was red, her name was Hannah
[G]Her nose looked like a big banan[C]a
She weighed so much
she had some [G]trouble
He thought that he was seeing [C]Dumbo
He [F]put his arm around her,
[C]and he tried to hug her
But he [D]couldn't get close enough,
cause she [G]had too much [C]blubber
She was too fat, he couldn't [G]court her
Ah, she wears a girdle
round her Tennessee bor[C]der[G][C]
One [F]night I took her out,
[C]just to cross the line
She [D]stumped her toe
and fell in a [G]bale of turd [C]and thyme
Hey Ernest,
wouldn't the world ever have
[G]that old man's daughter?
Well, the last time I saw her,
she was head hit by [C]the
[D]Tenness[G] ee borde[C]r you