Tennessee Will
Adam Hood
The Shape Of Things
2011
E B
Blind man on an old upright piano
E B
Lady in red on a banjolin
C#m G#m
Playing songs like Oh Suzanna
A F#
Getting slower with each gin
B G#m
Catch a ride on a steamboat baby
E B
Make it home with time to kill
G#m C#m
If the Mississippi River don’t carry me to her
E F# B
I know that the Tennessee will
E B
I never did believe that Memphis
E B
Really was the end of the line
C#m G#m
So, I’m going back to Alabama
A F#
Where my heart’s been all the time
E D#m
And I know it should be easy
C#m F#
But, it’s hard to say goodbye
B G#m
Catch a ride on a steamboat baby
E B
Make it home with time to kill
G#m C#m
If the Mississippi River don’t carry me to her
E F# C#m
I know that the Tennessee will
Inst - G#m – A - F#
E D#m
And I know it should be easy
C#m F#
But, it’s hard to say goodbye
B G#m
Catch a ride on a steamboat baby
E B
Make it home with time to kill
G#m C#m
If the Mississippi River don’t carry me to her
E F# B G#m
I know that the Tennessee will
E B
Make it home with time to kill
G#m C#m
If the Mississippi River don’t carry me to her
E F# B - G#m – E - F#
I know that the Tennessee will
B – G#m – E – F# repeated. End on A