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