• Song:

    Tennessee

  • Artist:

    Stephen Lynch

  • Album:

    Lion

"Tennessee"

Intro x4:
E A

E                    A       E
I see rocky mountains and great lakes
E                        B
Stood beneath a redwood tree
A          E            C#m     A
But wherever I go my heart aches
E      B                E
For a place called Tennessee

C#m   A  E    B
Oh come with me
        A               E
Where the Whiskey flows like whine
        A               B
And the meth labs are divine
C#m   A  E    B
Oh I wanna be
        A               E
Where the sweet tobacco grows
        A               B
And is picked by porny groves
        E
In Tennessee

E                    A       E
Oh it's a place where dueling banjos play
E                        B
And the mountain folk run free
A          E            C#m     A
Where all the children can spell kay kay kay
E      B                E
But cannot spell Tennessee

C#m   A  E    B
Oh come with me
        A               E
Where every cheek is filled with chew
        A               B
And everyone's never seen a jew
C#m   A  E    B
Oh I wanna be
        A               E
Where the hotdogs are deep friend
        A               B
That's the reason Elvis died
        E
In Tennessee

C#m   A  E    B
Oh come with me
        A               E
Where the backstreet preachers shout
        A               B
That if your gay you best get out
C#m   A  E    B
Oh I wanna be
        A               E
Where hospitality is a thing
        A               B
Just ask Martin Luther King
E 
Shoot in Tennessee

E  A

E                    A       E
The birth place of Aretha queen of soul
E                        B
The BB king in Al Gore
A          E            C#m     A
I'm not saying it's a shit hole
E      B                E
But they don't live there anymore

C#m   A  E    B
Oh I wanna see
        A               E
Mountain dew in every cup
        A               B
And all the dentists just gave up
C#m   A  E    B
Oh come with me
        A               E
On my fat bed pickup truck
        A               B
That's were the classy ladies fuck
        A
In Tennessee
        E
Oh in Tennessee
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