Tennessee Chords by Silver Jews

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