Tennessee Chords

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T e n n e s s e e

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Intro

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Verse 1

C I've seen rDocky mountains aGnd great lakes

C Stood benDeath the redwood trGee

C D G [G/f#] Em

But wherever I go my heart aches

C D G [G/f#]

For a place called Tennessee

Chorus 1

  EmOh, C G I wanna Dbe

  Where the whCiskey flows like wGine and the mCeth labs are devDine

  EmOh, C G come with Dme

  Cotton grCows as tall as oGaks and it's pCicked by poor black fDolks

 N/C G

That's Tennessee

Verse 2

C It's a plDace where dualling bGanjos play

C Where the mDountain folk run frGee

C D G [G/f#] Em

Where the kids can all spell 'K K K'

C D G [G/f#]

But can not spell Tennessee

Chorus 2

  EmOh, C G I wanna Dbe

  Where the HCatchie river flGows and the kCids have 13 tDoes

  EmOh, C G come with Dme

  Where the hCotdogs are deep frGied - that's the rCeason Elvis dDied

 N/C G

In Tennessee

Bridge

C Cold winds whDisper and the wGillows weep

C Let some romDantic dream come trGue

C D G [G/f#] Em

Where that special feeling way down deep

C D G [G/f#]

When your sister says, "I do"

Chorus 3

  EmOh, C G I wanna Dbe

  Where the Cbaptist preachers shGout that if you're gCay, you best get oDut

  EmOh, C G come with Dme

  Where hCospitality's the thGing, just as MCartin Luther KDing

 N/C G

Shot in Tennessee

Interlude

C D G G

C - D - G - [G/f#] - Em

C D G G

Chorus 4

  EmOh, C G I wanna sDee

  Mountain DCew in every cGup, and all the dCentists just gave Dup

  EmOh, C G come with Dme

  In my flCat-bed pick-up trGuck; that's where the clCassy ladies fDuck

 N/C C

In Tennessee

Outro

  COh, in TennessGee