Tennessee Homesick Blues
Written & Recorded by Dolly Parton
Album: Ultimate Dolly Parton (2003)

Intro.:  (C)  |

(C)Yodelililililaah, lililooh, lili-(G)looh, li-(C)loohli, yeah
(C)Yodelililililaah, lililooh, lili-(G)loohli, (C)yeah
(C)Yodelililililaah, lililooh, lili-(G)looh, li-(C)loohli, yeah
(C)Yodelililililaah, lililooh, lili-(G)loohli, (C)yeah

(C)New York City ain't no kind of place for a (F)country girl with a friendly face
If you (C)smile people look at you (G)funny, they (F)take it (C)wrong
The (C)greenest state in the land of the free and the (F)home of the Grand Ole Opry
Is (C)callin' me back to my (G)Smoky (F)Mountain (C)home

I (C)wish I had my old fishin' pole and was (F)sittin' on the banks of the fishin' hole
(C)Eatin' green apples and (G)waitin' for the (F)fish to (C)bite
(C)Life ain't as simple as it used to be, since the (F)Big Apple took a bite out of me
And (C)Lord, I'm so Tennessee (G)homesick (F)that I could die (C)

But I (C)ain't been home in I (F)don't know (C)when
If I (F)had it all to do (C)over again
Tonight I'd sleep in (G)my old (F)feather bed (C)

(C)What I wouldn't give for a (F)little bitty (C)taste
Of (F)mama's homemade (C)chocolate cake
Tennessee homesick (G)blues runnin' (F)through my head

(C)Yodelililililaah, lililooh, lili-(G)looh, li-(C)loohli, yeah
(C)Yodelililililaah, lililooh, lili-(G)loohli, (C)yeah

(C)Mama you can fluff my feather bed just as (F)soon as I can I'm gonna head
(C)Back to the Tennessee (G)hills and it (F)better be (C)soon
(C)Daddy you can load the rifles up, we're gonna (F)load them dogs on the pickup truck
And (C)take off to Calhoun (G)Country and (F)catch us a (C)coon

But I (C)ain't been home in I (F)don't know (C)when
If I (F)had it all to do (C)over again
Tonight I'd sleep in (G)my old (F)feather (C)bed

Eatin' (C)grits and gravy and (F)country (C)ham
Go to (F)church on Sunday with (C)dinner on the grounds
Tennessee homesick (G)blues are runnin' (F)through my (C)head

But I (C)ain't been home in I (F)don't know (C)when
If I (F)had it all to do (C)over again
Tonight I'd sleep in (G)my old (F)feather bed

Good (C)Lord have mercy on a (F)country (C)girl
(E)Tryin' to make a livin' in a (F)rhinestone world
It's hard to be a diamond in a (Am)rhine-(G)stone (F)world
(C)Tennessee homesick (G)blues runnin' through my (F)head
I've got those (C)Tennessee homesick (G)blues runnin' through my (F)head
Tennessee homesick (C)blues  | (C) (G) (C) -----