Tennessee Chords by Arrested Development

_ _ _ _ _ [Abm] Tennessee, Tennessee, Tennessee, _ Tennessee, _ Tennessee, [N] Tennessee, Tennessee.
Lord, I've really been restless, [Ab] down and out, losing,
although I am black and brown, problems got me pessimistic,
but [Dm] this [Ebm] keeps messing up.
Why does it have to be so damn tough?
I don't know where I came from,
[Em] but let these ghosts [Ab] out of my scope.
Grandma passed, my brother's gone,
I never at once felt so alone.
[B] I know you're supposed to be my steering [N] wheel,
not this monster tire.
[Ab] But Lord, I ask [D] you [Ebm] to be my guiding force in this,
for some [Ab] strange reason it has to be.
He guided me, but still [Ebm] I see.
Take me to another place,
take me to another land,
make me forget all that I've seen,
let me [B] understand your plan.
Take me to another [Ebm] place,
[B] take me to another [Ebm] land,
make me forget all that I've seen,
[Bb] let me understand your [Ab] plan.
Lord, it's obvious we got a relationship,
we talk to each other every night and day.
Although [B] you're superior over me,
we talk [Db] to each other [Ab] in a pushy way.
And out of nowhere, you tell me to verse.
Out of the country and into more country,
past our door, into ridge,
where the ghost of childhood haunts us.
Walk the road, my forefathers walked [Ebm] us,
climb the trees my forefathers hung from.
Pass [N] those trees, all built with love,
they tell me, my ears [Ebm] are so young.
Go back to whence you came,
my family did, my [Ab] family and I.
For some strange reason it has to be.
[Ebm] He guided me, but still I see.
Take me to another place,
take me to another land,
make me forget all that I've seen,
let me understand your plan.
Take me to another place,
take me to another land,
make me forget all that I've seen,
let me [Ab] understand your plan.
Isi, [F] she went down to Holly Springs.
Ravidana and Baba, they went down to Pea Street.
Headliner, I challenge you to a game of horseshoes.
A game of horseshoes!
Now I see, the [Ab] importance of business.
Why my people, the infamous as they be,
many [B] joints, the freedom made in vain.
My brothers all wanna play in ghettos.
[Ebm] I ask you [Ab] Lord, why you enlighten me,
without the enlightenment of all my [N] foes.
He said, cause I set [Ebm] myself on a quest for truth.
He was there to quench my thirst,
but I am still thirsty.
_ _ _ _ Lord, allow me to drink some more.
He said, what I am searching for
are the answers to all which are in front of me.
The ultimate truth started to get blurry.
Some strange reason it has to be.
It was [Ab] all a dream, about to [B] sleep.
Take me to another place.
Take me to [Ebm] another land.
Make me forget all everything.
Let me understand your plan.
Take me to another place.
Take me to another land.
Make me forget everything.
Let me understand_
_ [B] _ _
Why won't you help [G] me?
Won't you help me?
Won't you help me _ _ [Abm] understand your _
[Gb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ plan?
Take me [Ab] home, [Ebm] take me home, _ home. _
Take me to [Gb] another [Ab] place. _
[Ebm] Take me away. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Gb] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
[Ebm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ [Gb] Now you owe me a watermelon.
[B] Go find trees, or rocks.
Do like they do below the [N] water.
Hmm?
Species hair?
You only look like the roots they treat the ants with.
But that's okay, get it?
Because he's down to earth.
_ _ _ _ Tennessee. _
Tennessee. _ _ _ _ _ _ _