Tennessee Jed Chords by Levon Helm

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