Tennessee
By Hank Willians Jr.
Tabbed By Larry Mofle
rmofle at satx.rr.com
5/7/04

Capo 5

G  F  G  F


          G    
Well it’s late at night on this old turnpike
       F
And my heads spinning round and around
       C                   C/B
It’s a long, long way from New York to Texas
     Am                     D
I’ve been through a million towns
          G
Well it’s get off the bus and get on the stage
    F
The band and the boys and me
     C                   C/B
Take me to Alabama, Mississippi, Montana
           Am                    D
They don’t want me back in Tennessee



Chorus:
      G                  F
Tennessee… how could you do this to me
           C                      C/B
I gave you some of the best of my days
      Am    C       D     C
Ain’t no reason for me to stay
      G                 F
Tennessee, you took the life out of me
     C              C/B 
What little money I made
         Am       C/B     C        D   Cm   G
I either drank it up or I gave it away



I’ve tried so long to sell my songs
But Nashville wasn’t the place
All I got for my trouble was fighting mad
And the door slammed in my face

Chorus

Solo

Chorus

Fade