Tennessee

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I saw the river playing in the valley 
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Rushing 'round a bend and skipping stones 
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I saw the meadow wobble in the moonlight 
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I've come to get my girl and take her home 

    G                F              C 
Her doorbell plays a bar of Stephen Foster 
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Her sister never left and look what it cost her 
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We're gonna live in Nashville and I'll make a career 
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Out of writing sad songs and getting paid by the tear 

G            Am 
Marry me and leave Kentucky 
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Come to Tennessee 
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'Cause you're the only ten I see 
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You're the only ten I see 

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I've looked through offices and honky-tonks for men man enough to be  
G            C       D 
Mr. and Mrs. Tennessee 
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Mr. and Mrs. Tennessee 

C         Am                      Em 
Punk rock died when the first kid said 
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"Punk's not dead, punk's not dead" 
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You know Louisville is death, we've got to up and move 
            C       Am  Em 
Because the dead do not improve 

G           F                      C 
Goodbye you suckers and steady bad luckers 
      G                  F          C 
We're off to the land of club soda unbridled 
      G                  F               C 
We're off to the land of hot middle-aged women 
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Off to the land whose blood runneth orange 

G            Am 
Marry me and leave Kentucky 
C             G   D 
Come to Tennessee 
       G               C     D 
'Cause you're the only ten I see 
G               C     D 
You're the only ten I see 

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I've looked through offices and honky-tonks for men man enough to be 
G            C       D 
Mr. and Mrs. Tennessee 
G            C       D 
Mr. and Mrs. Tennessee