Tennessee chords by Hank Williams Jr.

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 5th

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Key: G+G

Difficulty: Novice

Capo 5th
Standard tuning


Intro:
G+G  FF  G+G  FF

Verse:
     G+G
Well it,s late at night on this old turnpike
    FF
and my heads spinning round and around
    C majorC
it,s a long long way from new york to texas
   A minorAm           D MajorD
I've been through a million towns
     G+G
well its getting off the bus and get on the stage
  FF
the band and the boys and me
   C majorC
take me to alabama mississippi montana
     A minorAm          D MajorD
they dont want me back in tennessee

   G+G         FF
Tennessee how could you do this to me
      C majorC
i gave you some of the best of my days
   A minorAm  C majorC    D MajorD   C majorC
aint no reason for me to stay
   G+G        FF
tennessee you took the life out of me
   C majorC
what little money i made
     A minorAm    C majorC       D MajorD    G+G
i either drank it up or gave it away


  G+G
ive tried so long to sell my songs
   FF
but nashville wasnt the place
   C majorC           FF
all i got for my trouble was fighting mad
    A minorAm         D MajorD
and the door slammed in my face


Repet chorus 2X until fade out