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