Carl Perkins, Tennessee (1956)
Key: :[F#] (w: Carl Perkins)
INTRO: [/A#/B/C] [C#7] [/B/A#/G#] [F#]
VERSE 1:
Now there are
[F#] folks who like to brag about where they
[G#] came from
But when they
[C#7] start that stuff I let 'em
[F#] be
But it makes me
[F#] feel like I wanna
[G#] brag some
To know that
[C#7] I come from the state of Tennes-
[F#]-see
CHORUS:
Let's give old
[F#] Tennessee credit for
[G#] music
As they
[C#7] play it up in Nashville every-
[F#]-day
Let's give old
[F#] Tennessee credit for
[G#] music
As they
[C#7] play it up in Nashville every-
[F#]-day
VERSE 2:
Mister
[F#] Red Foley came from Ken-
[G#]-tucky
Now, Ernest
[C#7] Tubb down in Texas, don't you
[F#] see
But if all you
[F#] folks out there can re-
[G#]-member
Mister
[C#7] 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
[C#7] country boy like me, I will a-
[F#]-gree
But if all you
[F#] folks out there can re-
[G#]-member
They made the
[C#7] first atomic bomb in Tennes-
[F#]-see
REPEAT CHORUS:
INSTRUMENTAL: [over VERSE]
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