INTRO E|-----------------------------------------------------------| B|---5-5-----------------------------------------------------| G|-------7-5-------------------------------------------------| D|-----------7-----------------------------------------------| A|-------------5-7-5-----------------------------------------| E|-------------------8---------------------------------------| or E|--0-0------------------------------------------------------| B|------3-1--------------------------------------------------| G|----------2------------------------------------------------| D|-------------0-2-0-----------------------------------------| A|-------------------3---------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------------------| 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 E|---|---|---|---|---| 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.