Tennessee
Ba-ba-bow-bow-bow, ba-ba-bow-bow-bow,
ba-ba-bow-ba-ba, bow-bow-bow.
Ba-ba-bow-bow-bow, ba-ba-bow-bow-bow,
F Bb
ba-ba-bow-ba-ba, bow-bow-bow. (2x)
Ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-bip-bip-ba-ba-bow-bow-bow.
Ba-ba-bow-bow-bow, ba-ba-bow-bow-bow,
F#
ba-ba-bow-ba-ba, bow-bow-bow.
B
Ba-ba-bow-bow-bow, ba-ba-bow-bow-bow,
F# B
ba-ba-bow-ba-ba, bow-bow-bow.
1. Sweeter than the birds that go in the trees,
B7
that's
what she meant to me.
Sweeter than the wine and she
looked so fine
when
she met me in Tennessee.
2. I felt so grand when she took my hand
C
and
said, 'Come, go with me.'
held
me tight on a moonlit night,
C F - C#
someplace
in Tennessee.
C#
Ba-ba-bow-bow-bow, ba-ba-bow-bow-bow,
G#
ba-ba-bow-ba-ba, bow-bow-bow.
C#
Ba-ba-bow-bow-bow, ba-ba-bow-bow-bow,
G# C#
ba-ba-bow-ba-ba, bow-bow-bow.
+ D - A
- D - A - D - D# - D - C# - C
C
Ba-ba-bow-bow-bow, ba-ba-bow-bow-bow,
G
ba-ba-bow-ba-ba, bow-bow-bow.
C
Ba-ba-bow-bow-bow, ba-ba-bow-bow-bow,
G C
ba-ba-bow-ba-ba, bow-bow-bow. (2x)
3. Sweeter than the birds that go in the trees,
that's
what she meant to me.
Sweeter than the wine and she
looked so fine
when
she met me in Tennessee.
4. I felt so grand when she took my hand
C
and
said, 'Come, go with me.'
held
me tight on a moonlit night,
C F - F# - G - G#
someplace
in Tennessee.
C#
Ba-ba-bow-bow-bow, ba-ba-bow-bow-bow,
G#
ba-ba-bow-ba-ba, bow-bow-bow.
C#
Ba-ba-bow-bow-bow, ba-ba-bow-bow-bow,
G# C#
ba-ba-bow-ba-ba, bow-bow-bow.
+ D - A - D - A - D
D
Ba-ba-bow-bow-bow, ba-ba-bow-bow-bow,
A
ba-ba-bow-ba-ba, bow-bow-bow.
D
Ba-ba-bow-bow-bow, ba-ba-bow-bow-bow,
A D
ba-ba-bow-ba-ba, bow-bow-bow.
(Jan &
Dean)