Nashville Cats

[C]

[C]Nash[G]ville [C]Cats, play clean as country [C7]water
[C]Nash[G]ville [C]Cats, play wild as mountain [C7]dew
[C]Nash[G]ville [C]Cats, been playin' since they's [C7]babies
[C]Nash[G]ville [C]Cats, get work before they're [C7]two

Well, there's [C]thirteen hundred and fifty two
Guitar [G]pickers in Nashville

And they can pick more notes than the number of ants
On a [C]Tennessee anthill

Yeah, there's thirteen hundred and fifty two
Guitar [F]cases in Nashville
And any [G]one that unpacks his guitar could play
Twice as [C]better than [C7]I will

Yeah, I was [C]just thirteen, you might say I was a
Musical proverbial [G]knee-high

When I heard a couple new-sounding tunes on the tubes
And they blasted me [C]sky-high

And the record man said every one is a yellow Sun
[F]Record from Nashville
And up [G]north there ain't nobody buys them
And I said, but [C]I [C7]will

And it was

[C]Nash[G]ville [C]Cats, play clean as country [C7]water
[C]Nash[G]ville [C]Cats, play wild as mountain [C7]dew
[C]Nash[G]ville [C]Cats, been playin' since they's [C7]babies
[C]Nash[G]ville [C]Cats, get work before they're [C7]two

Well, there's [C]sixteen thousand eight hundred twenty one
[G]Mothers from Nashville

All their friends play music, and they ain't uptight
If [C]one of the kids will

Because it's custom made for any mother's son
To be a [F]guitar picker in Nashville
And I [G]sure am glad I got a chance to say a word about
The music and the mothers from [C]Nashville

[C]Nash[G]ville [C]Cats, play clean as country [C7]water
[C]Nash[G]ville [C]Cats, play wild as mountain [C7]dew
[C]Nash[G]ville [C]Cats, been playin' since they's [C7]babies
[C]Nash[G]ville [C]Cats, get work before they're [C7]two . . . picking

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[C]    [A]
[G]    [E]
[G7]   [A7]
[F]    [D]