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