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
Em Bm
Playing songs like Oh Suzanna
C A
Getting slower with each gin
D Bm
Catch a ride on a steamboat baby
G D
Make it home with time to kill
Bm Em
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
Em Bm
So, I’m going back to Alabama
C A
Where my heart’s been all the time
G F#m
And I know it should be easy
Em A
But, it’s hard to say goodbye
D Bm
Catch a ride on a steamboat baby
G D
Make it home with time to kill
Bm Em
If the Mississippi River don’t carry me to her
G A Em
I know that the Tennessee will
Inst - Bm – C - A
G F#m
And I know it should be easy
Em A
But, it’s hard to say goodbye
D Bm
Catch a ride on a steamboat baby
G D
Make it home with time to kill
Bm Em
If the Mississippi River don’t carry me to her
G A D Bm
I know that the Tennessee will
G D
Make it home with time to kill
Bm Em
If the Mississippi River don’t carry me to her
G A D - Bm – G - A
I know that the Tennessee will
D – Bm – G – A repeated. End on A