Silver Jews – Tennessee (Guitar)

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C               Am             Em
I saw the river playing in the valley

C                Am                Em
Rushing 'round a bend and skipping stones

C                Am            Em
I saw the meadow wobble in the moonlight

C                   Am                Em
I've come to get my girl and take her home

    G                Fmaj7          C
Her doorbell plays a bar of Stephen Foster

    G            F                     C       Cadd9
Her sister never left and look what it cost her

      G             F                  C
We're gonna live in Nashville and I'll make a career

       G           F                 C
Out of writing sad songs and getting paid by the tear

G            Am
Marry me and leave Kentucky

C             G D
Come to Tennessee

       G               Am7    Dsus4 D
'Cause you're the only ten I see

G               Am    Dsus4 D
You're the only ten I see

G                   Am                          C                 G  D
I've looked through offices and honky-tonks for men man enough to be 

G            Am7     Dsus4 D
Mr. and Mrs. Tennessee

G            Am7   Dsus4 D
Mr. and Mrs. Tennessee

C         Am                      Em
Punk rock died when the first kid said

C               Am           Em
"Punk's not dead, punk's not dead"

         C             Am7                 Em7
You know Louisville is death, we've got to up and move

            C       Am7   Em7
Because the dead do not improve

Gsus4       F                      C
Goodbye you suckers and steady bad luckers

      Gsus4             F            C
We're off to the land of club soda unbridled

      Gsus4             F                C
We're off to the land of hot middle-aged women

Gsus4                 F             C
Off to the land whose blood runneth orange

G            Am
Marry me and leave Kentucky

C            G  D
Come to Tennessee

       G               Am     D
'Cause you're the only ten I see

G               Am7     Dsus4 D
You're the only ten I see

G                   Am                          C                 G D
I've looked through offices and honky-tonks for men man enough to be

G            Am     D
Mr. and Mrs. Tennessee

G            Am    Dsus4 D 
Mr. and Mrs. Tennessee
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