Carl Perkins, Tennessee (1956)
Key: :[B] (w: Carl Perkins)
INTRO: [/D#/E/F] [F#7] [/E/D#/C#] [B]
VERSE 1:
Now there are
[B] folks who like to brag about where they
[C#] came from
But when they
[F#7] start that stuff I let 'em
[B] be
But it makes me
[B] feel like I wanna
[C#] brag some
To know that
[F#7] I come from the state of Tennes-
[B]-see
CHORUS:
Let's give old
[B] Tennessee credit for
[C#] music
As they
[F#7] play it up in Nashville every-
[B]-day
Let's give old
[B] Tennessee credit for
[C#] music
As they
[F#7] play it up in Nashville every-
[B]-day
VERSE 2:
Mister
[B] Red Foley came from Ken-
[C#]-tucky
Now, Ernest
[F#7] Tubb down in Texas, don't you
[B] see
But if all you
[B] folks out there can re-
[C#]-member
Mister
[F#7] Eddy Arnold came from Tennes-
[B]-see
REPEAT CHORUS:
INSTRUMENTAL: [over VERSE]
VERSE 3:
They make
[B] bombs they say, that can blow up our
[C#] world, dear
Well a
[F#7] country boy like me, I will a-
[B]-gree
But if all you
[B] folks out there can re-
[C#]-member
They made the
[F#7] first atomic bomb in Tennes-
[B]-see
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INSTRUMENTAL: [over VERSE]
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