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

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

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

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

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

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

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