Tennessee

Carl Perkins

Key of G · Chords: I IV V VII

Verse 1

C                                                     D7
Now there are folks who like to brag about where they came from
    G7                                   C
But when they start that stuff I let 'em be
                                  D7
But it makes me feel like I wanna brag some
   G7                                       C
To know that I come from the state of Tennessee

Verse 2

                                    G7
Let's give old Tennessee credit for music
                                     C
As they play it up in Nashville everyday
                                    F
Let's give old Tennessee credit for music
        G7                            C
As they play it in that old Hillbilly way

Verse 3

                           D7
Mister Red Foley came from Kentucky
           G7                           C
Now Ernest Tubb down in Texas don't you see
                                   D7
But if all you folks out there can remember
       G7                          C
Mister Eddy Arnold came from Tennessee

Verse 2

                                    G7
Let's give old Tennessee credit for music
                                     C
As they play it up in Nashville everyday
                                    F
Let's give old Tennessee credit for music
        G7                            C
As they play it in that old Hillbilly way

Verse 4

                                              D7
They make bombs they say that can blow up our world dear
       G7                         C
Well a country boy like me I will agree
                                    D7
But if all you folks out there will remember
     G7                                  C
They made the first atomic bomb in Tennessee

Verse 2

                                    G7
Let's give old Tennessee credit for music
                                     C
As they play it up in Nashville everyday
                                    F
Let's give old Tennessee credit for music
        G7                            C
As they play it in that old Hillbilly way

Verse 2

                                    G7
Let's give old Tennessee credit for music
                                     C
As they play it up in Nashville everyday
                                    F
Let's give old Tennessee credit for music
        G7                            C
As they play it in that old Hillbilly way