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VERSE 1:
Now there are [C] folks who like to brag about where they [D] came from
But when they [G7] start that stuff I let 'em [C] be
But it makes me [C] feel like I wanna [D] brag some
To know that [G7] I come from the state of Tennes-[C]-see

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Let's give old [C] Tennessee credit for [D] music
As they [G7] play it up in Nashville every-[C]-day
Let's give old [C] Tennessee credit for [D] music
As they [G7] play it up in Nashville every-[C]-day

VERSE 2:
Mister [C] Red Foley came from Ken-[D]-tucky
Now, Ernest [G7] Tubb down in Texas, don't you [C] see
But if all you [C] folks out there can re-[D]-member
Mister [G7] Eddy Arnold came from Tennes-[C]-see

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VERSE 3:
They make [C] bombs they say, that can blow up our [D] world, dear
Well a [G7] country boy like me, I will a-[C]-gree
But if all you [C] folks out there can re-[D]-member
They made the [G7] first atomic bomb in Tennes-[C]-see

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