N C ashv G7 ille c C ats, play clean as country water
N C ashv G7 ille c C ats, play wild as mountain dew
N C ashv G7 ille c C ats, been playin' since they's babies
N C ashv G7 ille c C ats, get work before they're two...
Verse 1:
Well, there's C 1352 guitar G7 pickers in Nashville
And they can G7 pick more notes than the number of ants on a
T C ennessee ant hill
Yeah, there's 1352 guitar c F ases in Nashville
And any G7 one that unpacks his guitar can play twice as b C etter than I will
Verse 2:
Well, I was just thirteen, you might say I was a musical proverbial knee-high
When I heard a couple new-soundin' tunes on the tubes and they blasted me sky-high
And the record man said every one was a yellow Sun record from Nashville And up
North here ain't nobody buys them, and I said "but I will"
(repeat chorus)
Verse 3:
Well, there's 16,821 mothers from Nashville
All their friends play music and they ain't uptight if one of the kids will
Because it's custom made for any mother's son to be a guitar picker in Nashville
And I sure am glad I had the chance to say a word about the music and the mothers in Nashville
(repeat chorus)
John Sebastian
