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      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   Let me hear that six string Tennessee flat top   Grand old open hole ring