Tennessee Plates Chords by John Hiatt

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[A] _ [E] _ _ _ I woke up in a hotel, [A] didn't know what to [E] do.
I turned the TV on and wrote a letter to you.
I knew you was talking about a dad met up on the [A] interstate.
_ Seems [E] they were looking for a Cadillac with Tennessee plates. _ _ _ _
_ Well since I left California, baby, things have gotten worse.
The land of opportunity for me is just a curse.
Now that judge ain't make a skid.
My [A] Cadillac's a win.
_ Down [E] here they're looking for a Cadillac with Tennessee plates.
[A] Somewhere in Nevada, cold outside.
[E] She was shivering in the dark while I heard her [A] arrive.
Three bank chops and eight or four cars hot [B] and wild.
We crossed the Mississippi like an Austin [E] fire. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Down here they knew what we was up to.
They wouldn't [A] have let us in.
[E] And now we're landing in Memphis like a great North Sand.
Elvis Presley Boulevard through the [A] Graceland gates.
See [E] we were looking for a Cadillac with Tennessee plates. _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ Well there must have been a dozen of them popping like a rock.
There wasn't one Lincoln and there wasn't one Dodge.
There wasn't one Japanese [A] model made. _
_ [B] Just pretty, pretty Cadillac with Tennessee plates.
[A] She saw him singing once when she was [E] 17.
Never seen the taste that left her in [A] between.
I was never king of nothing but this wild weekend.
[B] Anyway he wouldn't care, hell he gave them to [A] his friend.
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Say no, tell him that I knew him from
Tennessee _ _ prison up at Brushy Mountain.
_ _ _ Your sincerely is doing fine [A] today. _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] So spend my, my time making Tennessee plates.
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