Intro: C
C G C C7
Nashville Cats, play clean as country water
C G C C7
Nashville Cats, play wild as mountain dew
C G C C7
Nashville Cats, been playin’ since they’s babies
C G C C7
Nashville Cats, get work before they’re two
C
Well, there’s thirteen hundred and fifty two
G
Guitar pickers in Nashville
And they can pick more notes than the number of ants
C
On a Tennessee anthill
Yeah, there’s thirteen hundred and fifty two
F
Guitar cases in Nashville
G
And any one that unpacks his guitar could play
C C7
Twice as better than I will
C
Yeah, I was just thirteen, you might say I was a
G
Musical proverbial knee-high
When I heard a couple new-sounding tunes on the tubes
C
And they blasted me sky-high
And the record man said every one is a yellow Sun
F
Record from Nashville
G
And up north there ain’t nobody buys them
C C7
And I said, but I will
And it was
C G C C7
Nashville Cats, play clean as country water
C G C C7
Nashville Cats, play wild as mountain dew
C G C C7
Nashville Cats, been playin’ since they’s babies
C G C C7
Nashville Cats, get work before they’re two
C
Well, there’s sixteen thousand eight hundred twenty one
G
Mothers from Nashville
All their friends play music, and they ain’t uptight
C
If one of the kids will
Because it’s custom made for any mother’s son
F
To be a guitar picker in Nashville
G
And I sure am glad I got a chance to say a word about
C
The music and the mothers from Nashville
C G C C7
Nashville Cats, play clean as country water
C G C C7
Nashville Cats, play wild as mountain dew
C G C C7
Nashville Cats, been playin’ since they’s babies
C G C C7
Nashville Cats, get work before they’re two… picking
Outro: C F C G C
C G C C7
Nashville Cats, play clean as country water
C G C C7
Nashville Cats, play wild as mountain dew
C G C C7
Nashville Cats, been playin’ since they’s babies
C G C C7
Nashville Cats, get work before they’re two
C
Well, there’s thirteen hundred and fifty two
G
Guitar pickers in Nashville
And they can pick more notes than the number of ants
C
On a Tennessee anthill
Yeah, there’s thirteen hundred and fifty two
F
Guitar cases in Nashville
G
And any one that unpacks his guitar could play
C C7
Twice as better than I will
C
Yeah, I was just thirteen, you might say I was a
G
Musical proverbial knee-high
When I heard a couple new-sounding tunes on the tubes
C
And they blasted me sky-high
And the record man said every one is a yellow Sun
F
Record from Nashville
G
And up north there ain’t nobody buys them
C C7
And I said, but I will
And it was
C G C C7
Nashville Cats, play clean as country water
C G C C7
Nashville Cats, play wild as mountain dew
C G C C7
Nashville Cats, been playin’ since they’s babies
C G C C7
Nashville Cats, get work before they’re two
C
Well, there’s sixteen thousand eight hundred twenty one
G
Mothers from Nashville
All their friends play music, and they ain’t uptight
C
If one of the kids will
Because it’s custom made for any mother’s son
F
To be a guitar picker in Nashville
G
And I sure am glad I got a chance to say a word about
C
The music and the mothers from Nashville
C G C C7
Nashville Cats, play clean as country water
C G C C7
Nashville Cats, play wild as mountain dew
C G C C7
Nashville Cats, been playin’ since they’s babies
C G C C7
Nashville Cats, get work before they’re two… picking
Outro: C F C G C
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