Upchurch – Tennessean (Guitar)

Half-Step Down (Eb-Ab-Db-Gb-Bb-Eb)
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[Intro] Bm Bm Bm Bm G G G G Bm Bm D D G G
G                G
Church, Struggle
[Verse 1]
     Bm                             Bm  Am    A
Damn I feel like Elvis Presley dog, paparazzi poppin' shit

   D                          D
So many flashes in my face, I fell off in a diamond pit

D            G                 G
I'm drippin' sweat from all my shows, and fans be takin' pictures

G                     D
Yeah, I do it for the movement, don't give a fuck 'bout gettin' richer

Bm                                Bm                             G
Yeah, I'm ridin' in that sleeper, Challenger, you know it's supercharged

           D                D                            D
I may have made some money, but I still reppin' them junkyards

    B                                 G
The kid from the country, who put the woods on the map

G                          G
100 million fuckin' plays, still ain't kissin' no ass

    G        Bm                    Bm                           G
You know it, bitch I'm headbangin' like I'm drunk out in a rock band

D           D                             D
230 pounds, still jumpin' into a thousand hands

G                       G
Rebel flag on stage, if you don't like it leave the premises

G                     G                            B
If you hatin' cracker then, why'd you buy a ticket bitch
[Chorus]
    Bm                            Bm
I'm probably not what you wanted, know I'm not what you need

G          D            D
No need to impress you, won't catch me on TV

  G              G               G
I am what I come from and what I breathe

D               D
I guess I'm the Tennessean

Bm                 Bm
Every time I cut a track you know I'm bleedin' orange

G     D            D
Every time I cut a track you know I'm bleedin' orange

              D     G
Yeah, I'm the Tennessean

                   G
Every time I cut a track you know I'm bleedin' orange

G                      G                                   G
And every time I cut a track you know it's comin' from the Tennessean
[Verse 2]
     B    Bm                  Bm                B
From 51st in the Verge to the Ranchettes in the K

G            D           D
Ashland City no omission so I'm blazin' the hay

D       G    G                        G
Tobacco barn puffin' 'til my eyes red and blue

                   D                          D
Look like a county cop car after I smoke me a doob

        B       Bm                       G
Yeah, I rollin' stoned in Rolling Stone, cussin' out that author right

                D                           D
Well, fuck that magazine, they made us look idiots no lie

     G        G                            G
They asked me for an interview, I tell 'em give me eighty grand

             G                         G
Then take it to my shows, throw it all out to my fuckin' fans

      Bm          Bm                           Bm       G
Cause they should get the credit for this dope position that I'm in

D     D                            D
Every time I wake up all I want to do is fuckin' win

        G                              G
So fuck the whole game with two tatted middle fingers

                  G                              G
Don't go steppin' in my woods unless you RHECin' with me stranger
[Chorus]
    Bm       Bm                        B
I'm probably not what you wanted, know I'm not what you need

G          D                           D
No need to impress you, won't catch me on TV

  G                       G               D
I am what I come from and what I breathe.......

  D                   Bm
I guess I'm the Tennessean

      Bm                          Bm
Every time I cut a track you know I'm bleedin' orange

G     D
Every time I cut a track you know

    D
I'm bleedin' orange, Yeah, I'm the Tennessean

      G                                          G
Every time I cut a track you know (Struggle) I'm bleedin' orange

    G                                      G
And every time I cut a track you know it's comin' from the Tennessean
[Verse 3]
      Bm                                      A                         G
Black feet from the concrete, always beat the street's 'til my knuckles bleed

         D                                       D
Feed the family, I'd die for that, never start a fight, but I fight back

          D                             A           G
Westside 'til they shovel dirt in a big hole out in Harpeth Hills

      D                                         D
Say I made it, now life's sweet, I can take you back to the harder years

Bm                                   Bm               G
PGK and George Strait, tried to stay straight between court dates

      D                                              D
Never made it, got a new indictment, couple warrants for me in four states

       D                              D              G
On the run, trust no one, backed in a corner with my guns out

                G                                  G
Feds rushed in, took all my money, even the silver spoon out my son mouth

      Bm                                      D                 G
Gotta cry, 'cause daddy gone, but a five star from granddaddy's song

       D                                      D
Outlaw shit took a lot of lives from a lot of people who was livin' wrong

     D                                          D         G
Came home and I started grindin', got my family back, and changed my life

    D
One thing you can bet your ass,
N.C. Us Tennesseans never say die [Chorus]
B   Bm       Bm                        Bm
I'm probably not what you wanted, know I'm not what you need

G          D                        D
No need to impress you, won't catch me on TV

     G                    G                G
I am what I come from and what I breathe.......

D
I guess I'm the Tennessean

Bm                       Bm
Every time I cut a track you know I'm bleedin' orange

G     D
Every time I cut a track you know I'm bleedin' orange, Yeah, I'm the Tennessean

G                        G
Every time I cut a track you know I'm bleedin' orange

    G                        G                                   Bm
And every time I cut a track you know it's comin' from the Tennessean

            Bm
Tennessean, Tennessean, Tennessean
[Outro] G D D G G G G Bm Bm G D D G G G