Tennessee Chords by Silver Jews

[C] _ I saw the river _ [Am]
playing in [Em] the valley, _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] rushing round [Am] a bend and [E] skipping stones. _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ [C] I saw the meadow [Am] _ wobble in [E] the moonlight. _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] I've come to get [Am] my girl and [Em] take her home.
Her _ _ _ _ [G] _
doorbell plays a [F] bar, _ Stephen [C]
Foster.
_ _ _ _ _ Her [G] sister never _ [F] left and look what [C] it cost her.
_ _ _ _ [G] We're gonna live in [F] Nashville and [C] I'll make a career.
_ Out of [G] writing [F] sad songs and [C] getting paid by the tier.
_ _ [G] _
Marry me [Am] and leave Kentucky [C]
and come to _ [G] Tennessee. _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G]
You're the only [Am] [D] Tennessee.
_ _ _ [G]
You're the [D] only Tennessee. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ I've looked [Am] through offices and honky [C] tonks for men and enough [G]
bitty.
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] Mr.
and [D] Mrs.
Tennessee.
_ _ _ [G] Mr.
and [Am] Mrs.
[D] Tennessee.
_ _ Punk _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ rock [Am] died when the first [Em] kid said, _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] Punk's not dead.
[Am] _ _ _ [E] Punk's not [Em] dead.
You _ _ _ [C]
know Louisville [Am] is death. _
[Em] We've got to up and _ move [C] _
because the dead _ do not _ _ improve. _ _ _
[Em] _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [G] Goodbye [F] users and suckers and [C] steady bad luckers.
_ _ _ _ _ [G] We're off to the land [F] of club soda [C] _
unbridled.
_ _ _ _ _ [G] We're off to the [C] land [F] of hot [C] middle-aged women. _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] Off [C] to the land [F] whose blood runneth [C] orange. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ Marry me and [Am] leave Kentucky [C] and come to [G] Tennessee. _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] You're the only [Am] Tennessee.
[D] _ _
_ _ [G] You're the [Am] only Tennessee.
[D] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
I've looked [Am] through offices and honky tonks for [C] men and enough [G] bitty.
_ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G]
Mr.
and [Am] Mrs.
[D] Tennessee.
_ _ _ [G]
Mr.
[Am] and Mrs.
[D] Tennessee. _ _ _ _
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