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