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