...TENNESSEE WALTZ... by Sam Cooke
---------------------.............

*from 'Ain't That Good News' (1964)*

(Written by Redd Stewart and Pee Wee King)


*CAPO 1st FRET*

(Original Key: Eb)


Intro:

D7  A7  G7

Verse 1:

      D7
I was dancin', with my darlin',
                 G
To the Tennessee Waltz,
        D7
When an old friend, I happened,
              A
I happened to see, oh yeah.
        D7
I intro-duced him, to my baby,
                    G7
And while they were dancin';
   D7              A7
My friend stole my sweetheart,
          D7  G7        D7
Away from me, oh yes he did.

     D7         F#7
I re-member the night,
         G7                  D7
And that beautiful Tennessee Waltz,
Now I know, just how much,
       A7       A7#5
I have lost, oh yeah.
                D7
You know that I lost my, lost my baby,
                       G7
The night they kept on playing,
     D7        A7        G7        D7
That beautiful Tennessee Waltz, oh yeah.

Verse 2:

      D7
I was dancin', with my darlin',
                 G
To the Tennessee Waltz,
        D7
When an old friend, I happened,
              A
I happened to see, oh yeah.
        D7
I intro-duced him, to my baby,
                    G7
And while they were dancin';
   D7              A7
My friend stole my sweetheart,
          D7  G7        D7
Away from me, oh yes he did.

     D7         F#7
I re-member the night,
         G7                  D7
And that beautiful Tennessee Waltz,
Now I know, just how much,
       A7       A7#5
I have lost, oh yeah.
                D7
You know that I lost my, lost my baby,
                       G7
The night they kept on playing, playing,
     D7              A7
That beautiful, that wonderful,
     D7             G7
That marvellous and glorious,
     D7        A7        G7    D7
That beautiful Tennessee Waltz.


CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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   D7      A7      G7      G       A       F#7    A7#5

 EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 xx0212  x02223  323000  320003  x02220  242322  50566x


Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2005
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)