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