Carl Perkins, Tennessee (1956)
^{Key: :[D#] (w: Carl Perkins)}

INTRO: [/G/G#/A] [A#7] [/G#/G/F] [D#]

VERSE 1:
Now there are [D#] folks who like to brag about where they [F] came from
But when they [A#7] start that stuff I let 'em [D#] be
But it makes me [D#] feel like I wanna [F] brag some
To know that [A#7] I come from the state of Tennes-[D#]-see

CHORUS:
Let's give old [D#] Tennessee credit for [F] music
As they [A#7] play it up in Nashville every-[D#]-day
Let's give old [D#] Tennessee credit for [F] music
As they [A#7] play it up in Nashville every-[D#]-day

VERSE 2:
Mister [D#] Red Foley came from Ken-[F]-tucky
Now, Ernest [A#7] Tubb down in Texas, don't you [D#] see
But if all you [D#] folks out there can re-[F]-member
Mister [A#7] Eddy Arnold came from Tennes-[D#]-see

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VERSE 3:
They make [D#] bombs they say, that can blow up our [F] world, dear
Well a [A#7] country boy like me, I will a-[D#]-gree
But if all you [D#] folks out there can re-[F]-member
They made the [A#7] first atomic bomb in Tennes-[D#]-see

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