Tom: F
INTRO
E|-----------------------------------------------------------|
B|---5-5-----------------------------------------------------|
G|-------7-5-------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------7-----------------------------------------------|
A|-------------5-7-5-----------------------------------------|
E|-------------------8---------------------------------------|
or
E|--0-0------------------------------------------------------|
B|------3-1--------------------------------------------------|
G|----------2------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------0-2-0-----------------------------------------|
A|-------------------3---------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------|
C
Cold iron shackles, ball and chain,
F G C
Listen to the whistle of the evenin' train. *
C * Dm7 C C7 0|---|---|---|---|---|
You know you bound to wind up dead, | | | | | |
F G C |---|---|---|---|---|
If you don't head back to Tennessee Jed. | | | X | X
E|---|---|---|---|---|
Rich man step on my poor head, | | | | | |
When you get back you better butter |---|---|---|---|---|
my bread. | | | | X |
Well, do you know it's like I said, |---|---|---|---|---|
You better head back to Tennessee Jed.
Bb F G C
F C G F
Tennessee, Tennessee, there ain't no place I'd rather be,
C G F C G F G C
Baby won't you carry me back to Tennessee.
Drink all day and rock all night,
The law come to get you if you don't walk right
Got a letter this morning, baby all it read,
You better head back to Tennessee Jed.
I dropped four flights and cracked my spine,
Honey, come quick with the iodine,
Catch a few winks, baby, under the bed
Then you head back to Tennessee Jed.
Tennessee, Tennessee, there ain't no place I'd rather be,
Baby won't you carry me back to Tennessee.
I run into Charlie Fog,
Blacked my eye and he kicked my dog,
My doggie turned to me and he said,
Let's head back to Tennessee Jed.
I woke up a-feelin' mean,
I went down to play the slot machine,
The wheels turned around, and the letters read,
You better head back to Tennessee Jed.
