Carl Perkins, Tennessee (1956)
Key: :[E] (w: Carl Perkins)
INTRO: [/G#/A/Bb] [B7] [/A/G#/F#] [E]
VERSE 1:
Now there are
[E] folks who like to brag about where they
[F#] came from
But when they
[B7] start that stuff I let 'em
[E] be
But it makes me
[E] feel like I wanna
[F#] brag some
To know that
[B7] I come from the state of Tennes-
[E]-see
CHORUS:
Let's give old
[E] Tennessee credit for
[F#] music
As they
[B7] play it up in Nashville every-
[E]-day
Let's give old
[E] Tennessee credit for
[F#] music
As they
[B7] play it up in Nashville every-
[E]-day
VERSE 2:
Mister
[E] Red Foley came from Ken-
[F#]-tucky
Now, Ernest
[B7] Tubb down in Texas, don't you
[E] see
But if all you
[E] folks out there can re-
[F#]-member
Mister
[B7] Eddy Arnold came from Tennes-
[E]-see
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INSTRUMENTAL: [over VERSE]
VERSE 3:
They make
[E] bombs they say, that can blow up our
[F#] world, dear
Well a
[B7] country boy like me, I will a-
[E]-gree
But if all you
[E] folks out there can re-
[F#]-member
They made the
[B7] first atomic bomb in Tennes-
[E]-see
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INSTRUMENTAL: [over VERSE]
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