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