Capo to 2nd Fret
Chords relative to capo
Verse chords:
Am7: (x02010)
D6: (x04430)
C7: (x032000)
Asus4: (x00230)
Am7 D6 C7 Asus4
Am7 D6 C7 Asus4
Am7 D6 C7 Asus4
I kissed you cause I've never been an angel
Am7 D6 C7 Asus4
I learned to say hosannas on my knees
Am7 D6 C7 Asus4
But they threw me out of Sunday school when I was nine
Am E Am
And the sisters said I did just as I pleased
D6 C7 Asus4
Am7 D6 C7 Asus4
Even so I try to be a good girl
Am7 D6 C7 Asus4
It's only what I want that makes me weak
Am7 D6 C7 Asus4
I had no desire to be a child of sin
Am E Am
Then you went and pressed your whiskers to my cheek
A
Fa la ly ly
G
Fa la ly lee
F
Now let me go, my honey, oh
C G
Back to Tennessee
C
It's beefsteak when I'm working
G
Whiskey when I'm dry
F G A
Sweet heaven when I die
Am7 D6 C7 Asus4
Am7 D6 C7 Asus4
Am7 D6 C7 Asus4
Now I tried drinking rye and gamblin'
Am7 D6 C7 Asus4
Dancing with damnation is a ball
Am7 D6 C7 Asus4
But of all the little ways I've found to hurt myself
Am E Am
Well you might be my favorite one of all
A
Fa la ly ly
G
Fa la ly lee
F
Now let me go, my honey, oh
C G
Back to Tennessee
C
It's beefsteak when I'm working
G
Whiskey when I'm dry
F G A
Sweet heaven when I die
Am7 D6 C7 Asus4
Am7 D6 C7 Asus4
Am7 D6 C7 Asus4
Why can't I go and live the life of Riley?
Am7 D6 C7 Asus4
Why can't I go back home to apple pie?
Am7 D6 C7 Asus4
Cause your affront to my virtue was a touch too much
Am E Am
But you left a little twinkle in my eye
A
Fa la ly ly
G
Fa la ly lee
F
Now let me go, my honey, oh
C G
Back to Tennessee
C
It's beefsteak when I'm working
G
Whiskey when I'm dry
F G A
Sweet heaven when I die
Am7 D6 C7 Asus4
Am7 D6 C7 Asus4
Am7 D6 C7 Asus4
Now some will come confessing of transgressions
Am7 D6 C7 Asus4
Some will come confessing of their love
Am7 D6 C7 Asus4
You were there strumming on your gay guitar
Am7 E Am
You were trying to tell me something with your thumb
A
Fa la ly ly
G
Fa la ly lee
F
Now let me go, my honey, oh
C G
Back to Tennessee
C
It's beefsteak when I'm working
G
Whiskey when I'm dry
F G A
Sweet heaven when I die
C
It's beefsteak when I'm working
G
Whiskey when I'm dry
F G A
Sweet heaven when I die
C
It's beefsteak when I'm working
G
Whiskey when I'm dry
F G A
Sweet heaven when I die
Source: https://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/tab/gillian_welch/tennessee_chords_1485461