Intro
D# - Cm - G# - G#
[Verse]
D# Cm G#
I can't stop thinking about 23
D# Cm G#
by then will all my time set me free
D# Cm G#
will I still love temporary things
D# Cm G#
when will I realize that I myself am one of these
[Chorus]
D# Cm G#
Where are you gonna go when the lights go out in Tennessee
D# Cm G#
Where are you gonna run when the sky goes dark beneath your feet
Cm G#/G
What are you chasing what will you find
G#
Inside the city built in your mind
D# Cm G#
Where are you going to go when the lights go out in Tennessee
G#
Oh in Tennessee
[Instrumental]
Cm - G#/G - G# - G# x2
[Verse]
D# Cm G#
Sometimes I wonder why I try so hard
D# Cm G#
To hide that I'm insecure at all
D# Cm G#
A# few clean clothes months without a car
Cm G#/G
And I was coming home to something I’ve never known
G#
And it's scaring me to my core
[Chorus]
D# Cm G#
Where are you gonna go when the lights go out in Tennessee
D# Cm G#
Where are you gonna run when the sky goes dark beneath your feet
Cm G#/G
What are you chasing what will you find
G#
Inside the city built in your mind
D# Cm G#
Where are you going to go when the lights go out in Tennessee
G#
Oh in Tennessee
[Instrumental]
Cm - G#/G - G# - G# x2
[Bridge]
Cm G#/G G#
What if the lighthouse was never really on the shore
Cm G#/G Fm
What if the lighthouse was never really on the shore
Cm G#/G
What if you're 18 and lost and you can't find yourself
G#
In anything you do and it puts you through hell
Cm G#/G
And you hope and you pray that maybe someday
Fm
You could see somebody else
Fm N.C.
Can please someone let me know
[Post-Chorus]
Cm G#/G G#
Where are you gonna go when the lights go out in Tennessee
Cm G#/G Fm
Where are you gonna run when the sky goes dark beneath your feet
N.C. G#/G G#
What are you chasing what will you find inside the city built in your mind
Cm G#/G Fm
Where are you going to go when the lights go out in Tennessee
Fm
Oh in Tennessee
[Outro]
D# - Cm - G# - G