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Cold iron shackles, ball and chain
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Listen to the whistle of the evening train
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You know you
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Bound to
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wind up dead
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If you don't head back to Tennessee Jed
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Rich man step on my poor head
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When you get back you better butter my bread
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Well you
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know it's
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like I said
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you better head back to Tennessee Jed
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Tennessee, Tennessee there ain't no place I'd rather be
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Baby won't you carry me
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back to Tennessee
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Drink all day, gonna rock all night
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law come to get you if you don't walk right
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Got a letter this morning, baby
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all it read
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was you better head back to Tennessee Jed
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dropped four flights and cracked my spine
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buddy come quick with the iodine
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catch a few winks, baby
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under the bed
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then you head back to Tennessee Jed
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Tennessee, Tennessee there ain't no place I'd rather be
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baby won't you carry me
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back to Tennessee
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I ran into Charlie Fog
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Blacked my eye and kicked my dog
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my dog he
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turned to me and he said
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we better head back to Tennessee Jed
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I woke up feeling mean
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went down to play the slot machine
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the wheels turned round
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and the letters read
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you better head back to Tennessee Jed
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Tennessee, Tennessee there ain't no place I'd rather be
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Baby won't you carry me
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back to Tennessee
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[ solo - Cx8 - Fx4- Gx4 (x2) ]
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Tennessee, Tennessee there ain't no place I'd rather be
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Baby won't you carry me
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Back to Tennessee
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