Tennessee Chords by Gillian Welch

_ [Bm] _ _ [E] _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ [F#m] _ [E] _ _
[F#m] _ [Bm] _ _ [C#m] _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ [Bm]
I kissed you [E] cause I've never been [Bm] an angel
[E] I _ _ [Bm]
learned to [E] say [C#] hosannas [Bm] on my knees
[E] _ _ [Bm] But they threw me out of Sunday school when I was nine
And the sisters said I [F#] did just as [Bm] I _ [E] please
_ [Bm] _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ [Bm]
Now even [E] so I try [F#m] to [Bm] be a good girl
[E] _ _ But [F#m] it's only [E] what I [F#] want that [F] makes [Bm] me weak
[E] I _ [Bm] _
_ had no desire to be a child of sin
But then you went and [F#] pressed your whiskers [C#m] to my [Bm] _ cheek
_ _ [B]
Fa la la la, [A]
fa la la la la
[G] Now let me go my honey oh, [D] _
back to [A] Tennessee
_ [D]
It's beefsteak when I'm a-workin'
[A] _
Whiskey when I'm dry
[G]
Sweet [A] heaven when [B] I _ die
_ Now _ [Bm] _ [F#m] _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ [E] _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ [F#m] _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ [G#]
I [G] try [E] drinkin' right [Bm] and gamblin'
[E] _ _ [F#m] _ [Bm]
Dancin' with [E] damnation [Bm] is a bore
_ [E] _ _ [Bm] But of all the little ways I've found
I hurt myself, [B] but [F#m] you might be [F#] my favorite
[Bm] But of all _ _ [B] _
the little ways I've found
Fa la la la, [A]
fa la la la la
[G] Now let me go my honey [D] oh, back to [A] Tennessee
[D] It's beefsteak when I'm a-workin'
[A]
Whiskey when I'm dry
[G]
Sweet [A] heaven when _ [B]
I die
Why _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ [C#m] _ _ _ [Bm]
can't I go [E] and live the [Bm] life I'd rather [A] _ [Bm] eat?
[F#] Why [Bm] can't I [F#m] go [E] back home to [Bm] apple pie?
_ [E] _ _ [Bm] Your affront to my virtue [E] [Bm] was a touch too much
[D] But [B] you left a little [F#m] twinkle in [B] my [Bm] eye
_ _ [B] Fa la la la, _ [A]
fa la la la la
[G] Now let me go my honey [D] oh, back to [A] Tennessee
_ [D] It's beefsteak when I'm a-workin'
[A] _
Whiskey when I'm dry
[G] Sweet heaven [A] when [B] I die
_ [Bm] Now _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ [F#m] _ [E] _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ [Bm]
some would [B] come [C#m] confessin' of [Bm] _
transgressions
[E] _ _ [A] _ [Bm]
Some would [E] come [C#] confessin' of [Bm] their love
[C#m] _ _ _ [Bm]
You were there strummin' on your gay _ guitar
You were tryin' to tell [F#] me somethin' [Bm] with your thumb
_ _ _ [B] Fa la la la, _ [A]
fa la la la la
[G] Now let me go my honey [D] oh, back to [A] Tennessee
_ [D] It's beefsteak when I'm a-workin'
[A] _
Whiskey when I'm dry
[G] Sweet [A] heaven when [B] I die
_ _ It's [D] _
beefsteak when I'm a-workin'
_ [A]
Whiskey when I'm dry
[G]
Sweet [A] heaven when [B]
I _ die
_ [D]
It's beefsteak when I'm a-workin'
[A] _
Whiskey when I'm dry
[G] Sweet [A] heaven when [B] I die _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ [N] _ _ _