Tennessee Chords by Hank Williams Jr
Tempo:
93 bpm
Chords used:
C
F
Bb
Em
Dm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[C] [Bb]
[C] [Bb]
[C] Well, it's late at night on this old turnpike [Bb] and my head's spinning round and around
[F] It's a long long [C] way from New York to [D] Texas.
I've been through a million [Dm] towns
[C] Well, let's get off the bus and get on the stage [Bb] the band and the boys and me
[F] Take me to Alabama, [C] Mississippi, Montana.
[Bb] They don't want me [Em] back in [F] Tennessee
[G] [C] Tennessee, how [Bb] could you do this to me?
[F] I gave you some of the [C] best of my days [Dm] ain't [Em] no [F] reason for [G] me to [C] stay
Tennessee, you [Bb] took the life out of me
[F] What little [C] money I made [Dm] I either drank [Em] it up or [F] I gave it [G] away
[Fm] I
[Ab] [C] [Fm]
[C] tried so long to sell my songs [Bb] but Nashville wasn't the place
[F] All I got for my trouble [C] was black and mad and [D] the door [C] slammed in my face
Tennessee, how could [Bb] you do this to me?
[F] I gave you some of the best [C] of my days [D] ain't [Em] no reason [F] for [G] me to stay
[C] Tennessee, you [Bb] took the life out of me
[F] What little [C] money I made [Dm] I either [Em] drank it up [F] or I gave [G] it [Fm] away
[C] [Fm]
[C]
[Bb] [F]
[C] [Dm] [Em] [F] [C]
Tennessee, how [Bb] could you do this to me?
[F] I gave you some of the [C] best of my days [Dm] ain't [Em] no reason [F] for [G] me to [C] stay
Tennessee, you took [Bb] the life out of me
[F] [C] [Dm] [Em] [F] [C]
[C] [Bb]
[C] Well, it's late at night on this old turnpike [Bb] and my head's spinning round and around
[F] It's a long long [C] way from New York to [D] Texas.
I've been through a million [Dm] towns
[C] Well, let's get off the bus and get on the stage [Bb] the band and the boys and me
[F] Take me to Alabama, [C] Mississippi, Montana.
[Bb] They don't want me [Em] back in [F] Tennessee
[G] [C] Tennessee, how [Bb] could you do this to me?
[F] I gave you some of the [C] best of my days [Dm] ain't [Em] no [F] reason for [G] me to [C] stay
Tennessee, you [Bb] took the life out of me
[F] What little [C] money I made [Dm] I either drank [Em] it up or [F] I gave it [G] away
[Fm] I
[Ab] [C] [Fm]
[C] tried so long to sell my songs [Bb] but Nashville wasn't the place
[F] All I got for my trouble [C] was black and mad and [D] the door [C] slammed in my face
Tennessee, how could [Bb] you do this to me?
[F] I gave you some of the best [C] of my days [D] ain't [Em] no reason [F] for [G] me to stay
[C] Tennessee, you [Bb] took the life out of me
[F] What little [C] money I made [Dm] I either [Em] drank it up [F] or I gave [G] it [Fm] away
[C] [Fm]
[C]
[Bb] [F]
[C] [Dm] [Em] [F] [C]
Tennessee, how [Bb] could you do this to me?
[F] I gave you some of the [C] best of my days [Dm] ain't [Em] no reason [F] for [G] me to [C] stay
Tennessee, you took [Bb] the life out of me
[F] [C] [Dm] [Em] [F] [C]
Key:
C
F
Bb
Em
Dm
C
F
Bb
[C] _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ [C] Well, it's late at night on this old turnpike [Bb] and my head's spinning round and around
[F] It's a long long [C] way from New York to [D] Texas.
I've been through a million [Dm] towns
[C] Well, let's get off the bus and get on the stage [Bb] the band and the boys and me
[F] Take me to Alabama, [C] Mississippi, Montana.
[Bb] They don't want me [Em] back in [F] Tennessee
[G] _ [C] _ Tennessee, how [Bb] could you do this to me?
[F] I gave you some of the [C] best of my days [Dm] ain't [Em] no [F] reason for [G] me to [C] stay
Tennessee, you [Bb] took the life out of me
[F] What little [C] money I made [Dm] I either drank [Em] it up or [F] I gave it [G] away
[Fm] I _
[Ab] _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ tried so long to sell my songs [Bb] but Nashville wasn't the place
[F] All I got for my trouble [C] was black and mad and [D] the door [C] slammed in my face
Tennessee, _ how could [Bb] you do this to me?
[F] I gave you some of the best [C] of my days [D] ain't [Em] no reason [F] for [G] me to stay
[C] Tennessee, you [Bb] took the life out of me
[F] What little [C] money I made [Dm] I either [Em] drank it up [F] or I gave [G] it [Fm] away _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
[C] _ _ [Dm] _ [Em] _ [F] _ [C] _ _
Tennessee, how [Bb] could you do this to me?
[F] I gave you some of the [C] best of my days [Dm] ain't [Em] no reason [F] for [G] me to [C] stay
Tennessee, _ you took [Bb] the life out of me
_ _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ [Dm] _ [Em] _ [F] _ [C] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ [C] Well, it's late at night on this old turnpike [Bb] and my head's spinning round and around
[F] It's a long long [C] way from New York to [D] Texas.
I've been through a million [Dm] towns
[C] Well, let's get off the bus and get on the stage [Bb] the band and the boys and me
[F] Take me to Alabama, [C] Mississippi, Montana.
[Bb] They don't want me [Em] back in [F] Tennessee
[G] _ [C] _ Tennessee, how [Bb] could you do this to me?
[F] I gave you some of the [C] best of my days [Dm] ain't [Em] no [F] reason for [G] me to [C] stay
Tennessee, you [Bb] took the life out of me
[F] What little [C] money I made [Dm] I either drank [Em] it up or [F] I gave it [G] away
[Fm] I _
[Ab] _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ tried so long to sell my songs [Bb] but Nashville wasn't the place
[F] All I got for my trouble [C] was black and mad and [D] the door [C] slammed in my face
Tennessee, _ how could [Bb] you do this to me?
[F] I gave you some of the best [C] of my days [D] ain't [Em] no reason [F] for [G] me to stay
[C] Tennessee, you [Bb] took the life out of me
[F] What little [C] money I made [Dm] I either [Em] drank it up [F] or I gave [G] it [Fm] away _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
[C] _ _ [Dm] _ [Em] _ [F] _ [C] _ _
Tennessee, how [Bb] could you do this to me?
[F] I gave you some of the [C] best of my days [Dm] ain't [Em] no reason [F] for [G] me to [C] stay
Tennessee, _ you took [Bb] the life out of me
_ _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ [Dm] _ [Em] _ [F] _ [C] _ _ _