Tennessee chords by Gillian Welch

Chords with lyrics

Chords Used, well the strange ones:

Am: (x02210)
D6/9/A: (x04430)
B11/A: (x05550)
D7/F#: (2x021x)
E: (022100)
A: (x02220)
G: (320003)
F: (133211)
C: (x32010)


Intro:
A minorAm  D6/9/A  B11/A D6/9/A   x2

  A minorAm             D6/9/A       B11/A     D6/9/A
I kissed you cause I've never been an angel
  A minorAm          D6/9/A       B11/A       D6/9/A
I learned to say hosannas on my knees
       A minorAm                      D7/F#D7/F#
But they threw me out of Sunday school when I was nine
       A minorAm        E MajorE         A minorAm
And the sisters said I did just as I pleased
Even so I try to be a good girl
It's only what I want that makes me weak
I had no desire to be a child of sin
Then you went and pressed your whiskers to my cheek

A augmentedA
Fa la la la
G+G
Fa la la lee
FF
Now let me go, my honey oh
C majorC          G+G
Back to Tennessee
A augmentedA
It's beef steak when I'm working
G+G
Whiskey when I'm dry
C majorC          G+G     A augmentedA
Sweet heaven when I die

A minorAm  D6/9/A  B11/A D6/9/A

    A minorAm     D6/9/A        B11/A     D6/9/A
Now I've tried drinking rye and gamblin'
A minorAm         D6/9/A    B11/A   D6/9/A
Dancing with damnation is a ball
     A minorAm                  D7/F#D7/F#
But of all the little ways I've found to hurt myself
    A minorAm           E MajorE           A minorAm
Well you might be my favorite one of all

A augmentedA
Fa la la la
G+G
Fa la la lee
FF
Now let me go, my honey oh
C majorC          G+G
Back to Tennessee
A augmentedA
It's beef steak when I'm working
G+G
Whiskey when I'm dry
C majorC          G+G     A augmentedA
Sweet heaven when I die


    A minorAm       D6/9/A     B11/A    D6/9/A
Why can't I go and live the life rightly?
     A minorAm        D6/9/A     B11/A    D6/9/A
Why can't I go back home to apple pie?
           A minorAm                 D7/F#D7/F#
Cause your affront to my virtue was a touch too much
       A minorAm      E MajorE          A minorAm
But you left a little twinkle in my eye

A augmentedA
Fa la la la
G+G
Fa la la lee
FF
Now let me go, my honey oh
C majorC          G+G
Back to Tennessee
A augmentedA
It's beef steak when I'm working
G+G
Whiskey when I'm dry
C majorC          G+G     A augmentedA
Sweet heaven when I die


     A minorAm          D6/9/A         B11/A    D6/9/A
Now some will come confessing of transgressions
A minorAm           D6/9/A       B11/A    D6/9/A
Some will come confessing of their love
A minorAm                         D7/F#D7/F#
You were there strumming on your gay guitar
         A minorAm           E MajorE               A minorAm
You were trying to tell me something with your thumb

A augmentedA
Fa la la la
G+G
Fa la la lee
FF
Now let me go, my honey oh
C majorC          G+G
Back to Tennessee
A augmentedA
It's beef steak when I'm working
G+G
Whiskey when I'm dry
C majorC          G+G     A augmentedA
Sweet heaven when I die
A augmentedA
It's beef steak when I'm working
G+G
Whiskey when I'm dry
C majorC          G+G     A augmentedA
Sweet heaven when I die
A augmentedA
It's beef steak when I'm working
G+G
Whiskey when I'm dry
C majorC          G+G     A augmentedA
Sweet heaven when I die

Other versions of Tennessee

Alternative guitar chords and tabs for Tennessee by Gillian Welch