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B---5-5-----------------------------------------------------|

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C

Cold iron shackles, ball and chain,

F                            G       C

Listen to the whistle of the evenin' train.        *

C            *        Dm7     C     C7   0|---|---|---|---|---|

You know you bound to wind up dead,       |   |   |   |   |   |

F                         G         C     |---|---|---|---|---|

If you don't head back to Tennessee Jed.  |   |   |   X   |   X

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Rich man step on my poor head,            |   |   |   |   |   |

When you get back you better butter       |---|---|---|---|---|

     my bread.                            |   |   |   |   X   |

Well, do you know it's like I said,       |---|---|---|---|---|

You better head back to Tennessee Jed.



Bb  F   G   C



F                           C                G        F

Tennessee, Tennessee, there ain't no place I'd rather be,

C              G     F  C      G      F     G     C

Baby won't you carry me back to Tennessee.



Drink all day and rock all night,

The law come to get you if you don't walk right

Got a letter this morning, baby all it read,

You better head back to Tennessee Jed.



I dropped four flights and cracked my spine,

Honey, come quick with the iodine,

Catch a few winks, baby, under the bed

Then you head back to Tennessee Jed.



Tennessee, Tennessee, there ain't no place I'd rather be,

Baby won't you carry me back to Tennessee.



I run into Charlie Fog,

Blacked my eye and he kicked my dog,

My doggie turned to me and he said,

Let's head back to Tennessee Jed.



I woke up a-feelin' mean,

I went down to play the slot machine,

The wheels turned around, and the letters read,

You better head back to Tennessee Jed.