Tennessee ukulele

Tennessee

• Am

Capo at 4th Fret


Intro: Am   D6/9/A    B11/A  D6/9/A     (2x) 


   Am                          D6/9/A             B11/A         D6/9/A          
I kissed you cause I've never been an angel 
   Am                   D6/9/A              B11/A             D6/9/A 
I learned to say hosannas on my knees 
              Am                                           D7/F# 
But they threw me out of Sunday school when I was nine 
              Am               E                 Am 
And the sisters said I did just as I pleased 
Even so I try to be a good girl 
It's only what I want that makes me weak 
I had no desire to be a child of sin 
Then you went and pressed your whiskers to my cheek 

A 
Fa la la la 
G 
Fa la la lee 
F 
Now let me go, my honey oh 
C                    G 
Back to Tennessee 
A 
It's beef steak when I'm working 
G 
Whiskey when I'm dry 
C                   G         A 
Sweet heaven when I die 

Am   D6/9/A    B11/A  D6/9/A 

        Am         D6/9/A               B11/A          D6/9/A 
Now I've tried drinking rye and gamblin' 
Am                 D6/9/A        B11/A      D6/9/A 
Dancing with damnation is a ball 
          Am                                   D7/F# 
But of all the little ways I've found to hurt myself 
        Am                      E                      Am 
Well you might be my favorite one of all 


A 
Fa la la la 
G 
Fa la la lee 
F 
Now let me go, my honey oh 
C                    G 
Back to Tennessee 
A 
It's beef steak when I'm working 
G 
Whiskey when I'm dry 
C                   G         A 
Sweet heaven when I die 


        Am             D6/9/A         B11/A       D6/9/A 
Why can't I go and live the life rightly? 
         Am                D6/9/A         B11/A       D6/9/A 
Why can't I go back home to apple pie? 
                     Am                                  D7/F# 
Cause your affront to my virtue was a touch too much 
              Am           E                    Am 
But you left a little twinkle in my eye 

A 
Fa la la la 
G 
Fa la la lee 
F 
Now let me go, my honey oh 
C                    G 
Back to Tennessee 
A 
It's beef steak when I'm working 
G 
Whiskey when I'm dry 
C                   G         A 
Sweet heaven when I die 


         Am                    D6/9/A                 B11/A        D6/9/A 
Now some will come confessing of transgressions 
Am                      D6/9/A              B11/A       D6/9/A 
Some will come confessing of their love 
Am                                                 D7/F#   
You were there strumming on your gay guitar 
                 Am                     E                              Am 
You were trying to tell me something with your thumb 

A 
Fa la la la 
G 
Fa la la lee 
F 
Now let me go, my honey oh 
C                    G 
Back to Tennessee 
A 
It's beef steak when I'm working 
G 
Whiskey when I'm dry 
C                   G         A 
Sweet heaven when I die 
A 
It's beef steak when I'm working 
G 
Whiskey when I'm dry 
C                   G         A 
Sweet heaven when I die 
A 
It's beef steak when I'm working 
G 
Whiskey when I'm dry 
C                   G         A 
Sweet heaven when I die  

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