(stock C&W intro, more-or-less invented in the 50's by Luther Perkins of Johnny Cash's Tennessee Two)
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Chorus:
Nashville cats, play clean as country water
Nashville cats, play wild as mountain dew
Nashville cats, been playin' since they's babies
Nashville cats, get work before they're two
Verse 1:
(C) Well, there's 1352 guitar pickers in Nashville (G7) And they can pick more notes than the number of ants on a
Tennessee ant hill
Yeah, there's 1352 guitar cases in Nashville
And anyone that unpacks his guitar can play twice as better 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 [historical note: Sun was in Memphis] 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
