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