Intro: E-A
Verse 1:
E A E
I've seen rocky mountains and great lakes
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Stood beneath the red woods trees
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But wherever I go my heart aches
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For a place called Tennessee
Chorus:
C#m A E Bm
Oooooooooooooh Come with me
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Where the Whisky flows like wine
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And the meth labs are divine
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)oooooooooooooh I wanna be
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Where the sweet tobacco grows and its picked by poor Negros in Tenneessee
Verse 2:
E A E
Its a place where duling banjos play
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And the mountain folk run free
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Where all the children can spell KKK but cannot spell Tennessee
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Chorus:
C#m A E Bm
Oooooooooooh come with me
A E
Where every Cheek is filled with chew
A Bm
And no ones ever seen a jew
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Ooooooooooooh I wanna be
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Where the hot dogs are deep Fried
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Thats the reason Elvis died in Tennessee
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C#m A E Bm
Ooooooooooh come with me
A E
Where the baptist preacher shouts
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And if you're gay you best get out
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ooooooooh I wanna be
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Where hospitalities the thing
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Just ask Martin Luther King
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Shot in Tennessee
Verse:3
E A E
The Birth place of Aretha queen of soul
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And BB King and Al Gore
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And I'm not saying its a s*** hole
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But they don't live there anymore
Chorus:
C#m A E Bm A E
Oooooooooh I wanna see mountain dew in every cup
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And all the dentists just gave up
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Ooooooooh come with me
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In my flat bed pickup truck
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Thats where the classy ladies F*** in Tennessee
C#m A E
Ooooh in Tennessee
