Nashville Tennessee chords by The Waterboys

🎸 Intro:

A D A A Asus A



🎸 Verse 1:
A                             D                AAsus   A
It wasn’t easy leaving Memphis but I needed me a gig
A
And I had this crazy beautiful feeling man
EEsus   E
I was on the edge of something big
       A
So I took the inter-state to Nashville
D                    AAsus   A
And I made my noble stand
A                         E                          AD A
Working off some old Karma with the Stacey Mitchhard band

🎸 Chorus:
A                D                                 AAsus A
I’m a music city blowin cos this is where I need to be
A                          E                             AAsus A
I’m one part psychedelic gypsy three parts blue eyed refugee
A                         D                            B
I’ve come a long way from Graceland and you can quote me free
               A              E                         AAsus A
My soul is in Memphis but my ass is in Nashville
Tennessee

🎸 Verse 2:
A                           D                         AAsus   A
Well I sat in with some cats and pretty soon word snuck around
A                                                                EEsus   E
That the dude there known as Goldilocks has the wildest organ in town
A                D                                    AAsus   A
I’m a bad-ass maker-shaker so if you see me man don’t shoot
A                          E                                 A
I’m just a prowling on down music route in my Willie Mitchell suit

🎸 Chorus:
A                D                                 AAsus A
I’m a music city blowin cos this is where I need to be
A                          E                             AAsus A
I’m one part psychedelic gypsy three parts blue eyed refugee
A                         D                            B
I’ve come a long way from Graceland and you can quote me free
               A              E                         AAsus A
My soul is in Memphis but my ass is in Nashville
Tennessee

🎸 Verse 3:
A                             D                          AAsus   A
Well I wake up every morning with words of praise upon my lips
A                                                      EEsus   E
Praise for the pioneers and outlaws that made this city hip
                  A
Praise for the men that made Nashville
Nashville
D                        AAsus A
And the women behind the men
A                                 E                        A
who put the funk back into country and made Nashville great again

🎸 Chorus:
A                D                                AAsus A
I’m a music city blowin cos this is where I want to be
A                          E                             AAsus A
I’m one part psychedelic gypsy three parts blue eyed refugee
A                         D                             B
I’ve come a long way from Graceland and you can quote me free
               A              E                         AAsus A
My soul is in Memphis but my ass is in Nashville
Tennessee
A                             E                         AAsus A
My soul is in Memphis but my ass is in Nashville
Tennessee
               A              E                       DC#m  Bm A
My soul is in Memphis but my ass is in Nashville
Tennessee