Doc Watson – Sunny Tennessee (Guitar)

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[Intro] D G [Verse 1]
     G                               C
On a morning bright and clear, to my old home I did fare

       D                          G
Just a village down in sunny Tennessee

      G                              C
I was speeding on a train that would bring me back again

        D                          G
To that girl I left in sunny Tennessee
[Chorus]
        G                                 C               G
I could hear the old folks singin' as she bid farewell to me

      G                                 A                 D
Far across the fields of cotton, my old homestead I could see

       G                              C                G
As the moon rose in its glory, then I told my sweetest story

       D                          G
To the girl I left in sunny Tennessee
[Instrumental] G C D G G C D G [Verse 2]
    G                                C
The old train drew up at last all the familar scenes had passed

      D                               G
And I kissed my mother at the station door

        G                                   C
All the crowds that gathered round tears on every face I found

      D                                    G
But I missed the one that I'd been longing for
[Chorus]
        G                                 C               G
I could hear the old folks singin' as she bid farewell to me

      G                                 A                 D
Far across the fields of cotton, my old homestead I could see

       G                              C                G
As the moon rose in its glory, then I told my sweetest story

       D                          G
To the girl I left in sunny Tennessee
[Instrumental] G C D G G C D G [Verse 3]
       G                G7            C
Then I whispered mother dear where is Mary she's not here

        D                                     G
all the world seemed lost and sadness came to me

        G            G7          C
For she pointed to a spot in that little old church yard lot

         D              D7         G
Where my Mary sleeps in sunny Tennessee
[Chorus]
        G                                 C               G
I could hear the old folks singin' as she bid farewell to me

      G                                 A                 D
Far across the fields of cotton, my old homestead I could see

       G                              C                G
As the moon rose in its glory, then I told my sweetest story

       D                          G
To the girl I left in sunny Tennessee