Six-string Tennessee Flat Top Lyrics - Hank Snow

Written by V. Stovall and B. Palmer 

Recorded by Hank Snow 

Well let me hear the sound of the Tennessee flat top 

Ringin' off of the wall 

Behind the ice water tones of a steel guitar 

And a country fiddle walkin' tall 

Let the drums and bass set a honky tonk pace 

In every country song you sing 

And let me hear that six string Tennessee flat top 

Grand ole open hole ring 

Let it ring out fine in a song about why 

A cheatin' heart had caused some pain 

About a black land farm, a pair of pretty arms 

Or the whistle of a midnight train 

Well country songs don't turn me on 

Or send the blood a-rushin' through my veins 

Unless I hear that six string Tennessee flat top 

Grand old open hole ring 

Well the bluegrass sound took a ride uptown 

On the back of open hole rhythm 

And all the big country stars wouldn't be where they are 

Without the help that old flat top give 'em 

Now I may be behind time but I know my own mind 

Make my country music plain 

And let me hear that six string Tennessee flat top 

Grand old open hole ring