Otis Redding – Tennessee Waltz (Guitar)

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As recorded by Otis Redding (From the 1966 Album COMPLETE & UNBELIEVABLE: THE OTIS REDDING DICTIONARY OF SOUL) [Intro] D G7 D [Verse 1]
D
I was dancing with my baby

D7            G
To that Tennessee Waltz

D                                      A
But an old friend I happened, happened to see

A
Well, I didn't know I was going to see him

D
I introduced him to my baby

       D7              G
While, while they kept on playing

D                 A
That friend stole my sweetheart

          F#
Away from me, yes he did
[Verse 2]
    D             F#7
I remember, yeah, that night

G                       D
Of that beautiful Tennessee Waltz

D
Oh, you know, you'll never know

                                     A      A7
You'll never know just how much I've lost, oh

       D
I lost my baby, my sweet baby

       D7              G
While, while they kept on playing

D              A            G
That beautiful Tenne- Tennessee Waltz

            D
Yeah, yeah, yeah, now
[Interlude] A G7 F#7 N.C. [Verse 3]
    D             F#7
I remember, yeah, that night

G                       D
Of that beautiful Tennessee Waltz

D
Oh, you know, you know, you know

                   A
Just how much I've lost

            A7
Oh honey, I lost too much, yeah

       D
I lost my baby, my sweet baby

D7                     G
While, while they kept on playing

     D          A     A7
That beautiful, wonderful

     D                         G
That marvelous, yeah man, that glorious

     D              A
That cotton pickin' Tenne-

      G7        D N.C.
Tennessee Waltz
[Outro]
D
I lost my baby

D
My my my my baby