Old Tennessee Chords

Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

D D/C♯ D/B A7 G/B

E/C♯

DEnd of OcD/C♯tober

 The D/Bsleepy brown A7woods seeG/Bm to E/C♯

D D/C♯ A7 A7 G/B

 NE/C♯od down their heads to the Winter

D D/C♯ D/B A7

G/BYelloE/C♯ws and grays paint the sad skies today

 And I Gwonder when A7you're coming Dhome

Woke up one morning

The wind through the window

Reminded me winter was just 'round the bend

Somehow I just did not see it was coming

It took me by surprise again

(Chorus)

 And EmI hear you're A7in San FranDcisco D/C♯

BmLiving with your Bm/Asister who's a Gmother to A7be

 And Emher husband's A7way down in DGeorgia D/C♯

 And BmI'm still in Bm/Aold TennesGsee...

EmWishing you'd A7come home to Gme

Verse

3

D D/C♯ D/B A7

G/BLife E/C♯here is easy I'm sure you recall

 How it's Dso warm and D/C♯breezy

 In the D/Bsummer and the A7fall G/B E/C♯

 But Dwinter's uD/C♯pon me

 And D/BI've got no A7heat here

 And GI miss your A7fire so Bmsweet

Bm/ADear GI miss your A7fire so Dsweet

(Chorus)

Gtr. Solo use chords to verse 1.

Verse 1 repeated:

End of October

The sleepy brown woods seem to

Nod down their heads to the winter

Yellows and gray paint the sad skies today

 And I Gwonder when A7you're coming Dhome D/C♯

 I Gwonder when A7you're coming Dhome D/C♯

 I Emwonder when A7you're coming Dhome

"Old Tennessee" was written when I lived on a farm outside of Nashville, as a parody of

east coast folk music. It was written about a young lady I briefly cohabited with, and

her subsequent departure. (Dan Fogelberg 6/11/97).