Carl Perkins, Tennessee (1956)
Key: :[F] (w: Carl Perkins)
INTRO: [/A/A#/B] [C7] [/A#/A/G] [F]
VERSE 1:
Now there are
[F] folks who like to brag about where they
[G] came from
But when they
[C7] start that stuff I let 'em
[F] be
But it makes me
[F] feel like I wanna
[G] brag some
To know that
[C7] I come from the state of Tennes-
[F]-see
CHORUS:
Let's give old
[F] Tennessee credit for
[G] music
As they
[C7] play it up in Nashville every-
[F]-day
Let's give old
[F] Tennessee credit for
[G] music
As they
[C7] play it up in Nashville every-
[F]-day
VERSE 2:
Mister
[F] Red Foley came from Ken-
[G]-tucky
Now, Ernest
[C7] Tubb down in Texas, don't you
[F] see
But if all you
[F] folks out there can re-
[G]-member
Mister
[C7] Eddy Arnold came from Tennes-
[F]-see
REPEAT CHORUS:
INSTRUMENTAL: [over VERSE]
VERSE 3:
They make
[F] bombs they say, that can blow up our
[G] world, dear
Well a
[C7] country boy like me, I will a-
[F]-gree
But if all you
[F] folks out there can re-
[G]-member
They made the
[C7] first atomic bomb in Tennes-
[F]-see
REPEAT CHORUS:
INSTRUMENTAL: [over VERSE]
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