Tennessee Jed Chords by Levon Helm

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_ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ Cold iron shackles and a ball and chain, _ _
[Am] _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ [F] listen to the whistle [G] on the [C] evening train. _ _
_ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ You know [F] you bound to [Fm] _ _
wind [C] up dead [F] if you don't head [G] back to [C] Tennessee, Jed. _ _
_ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ A rich man slept on my poor head. _ _
[Am] _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ [F] When you get back, [G] you better butter [C] my bread. _
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Well, [F] you know that [Fm] it's just like [C] I said.
You [F] better hurry on back [G] to Tennessee, [C] Jed.
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Tennessee, _ _ Tennessee, [C] there ain't no place [G] I'd rather [F] be.
[C] Baby, won't you carry [F] _ _ _ _
me _ _ [C] back [G] to [F] Tennessee?
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_ _ _ _ _ _ Drink all day and rock all night. _
_ _ [G] _ [C] A _ [F] law will come to get [G] you if [C] you don't walk right. _
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Got a letter [Am] this morning, baby.
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You know [C] what it read.
You [F] better hurry on back [G] to [C] Tennessee, Jed. _
_ [Am] _ [G] _ _ [C] _ I dropped four flights and cracked my spine. _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ [F] A honeycomb could [G] bring the [C] _ iodine. _ _
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Gonna [Am] catch [Gb] a few winks, baby, [D] _
up under [C] that bed.
[F] Then I'll head on back [G] to [C] Tennessee, _ [Bb] Jed.
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Tennessee, _ _ Tennessee, [C] there ain't no place [G] I'd [F] rather be.
[C] Baby, won't you carry [F] _ _ _ _
me _ _ [C] back [G] to Tennessee?
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_ _ _ _ _ I run into old Charlie _ Fong.
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_ [G] _ _ [C] _ [F] But he blackened my [G] eye and he kicked [C] my dog. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ My [Am] dog [Gb] turned to me [D] _
and [C] he said,
[F] I'd better head on back [G] to [C] Tennessee, Jed. _ _
[A] _ _ _ [C] _ _ I woke up this morning, I was feeling mean. _ _
_ _ _ _ [F] I went down to play [G] on the slot [C] _ machine.
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_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ The wheels, [F] they turned around [D] _ and the [C] letters read,
you [F] better hurry on [G] back to [C] Tennessee, [Bb] Jed.
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[G] _ _ [C] _ _ [F] _ Tennessee, _ _ Tennessee, _ [C] there ain't no [G] place I'd [F] rather [Am] be.
[Dm] Baby, [C] won't you carry [F] _ _ _ _ _
me [C] _ [G] back to Tennessee?
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[F] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ [F] Tennessee, _ Tennessee, _ _ [C] there ain't no place [G] I'd [F] rather be.
Tennessee, Tennessee, there ain't no place I'd rather be.
Baby, won't [C] you [F] carry _ me _ _ _ _ [C] back [G] to _
[F] Tennessee?
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Baby, won't you [F] carry _ _ _ _ _ me [C] back [G] to [C] Tennessee? _ _ _ _
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