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
Bm F#m
Playing songs like Oh Suzanna
G E
Getting slower with each gin
A F#m
Catch a ride on a steamboat baby
D A
Make it home with time to kill
F#m Bm
If the Mississippi River don’t carry me to her
D E A
I know that the Tennessee will
D A
I never did believe that Memphis
D A
Really was the end of the line
Bm F#m
So, I’m going back to Alabama
G E
Where my heart’s been all the time
D C#m
And I know it should be easy
Bm E
But, it’s hard to say goodbye
A F#m
Catch a ride on a steamboat baby
D A
Make it home with time to kill
F#m Bm
If the Mississippi River don’t carry me to her
D E Bm
I know that the Tennessee will
Inst - F#m – G - E
D C#m
And I know it should be easy
Bm E
But, it’s hard to say goodbye
A F#m
Catch a ride on a steamboat baby
D A
Make it home with time to kill
F#m Bm
If the Mississippi River don’t carry me to her
D E A F#m
I know that the Tennessee will
D A
Make it home with time to kill
F#m Bm
If the Mississippi River don’t carry me to her
D E A - F#m – D - E
I know that the Tennessee will
A – F#m – D – E repeated. End on A