Charlie Pride - Tennessee girl

^GWell I left home at a cra^Cck of dawn ^D7just about a ^Gyear ago ^GI thumbed my way cross the U^CSA and I le^D7arned a lot I didn't k^Gnow ^GThe Promised Land that I t^Chought I'd find was a^D7lways just ahead of^G me ^GUntil one day when I r^Cealized I l^D7eft it back in Tenn^Gessee

^GAnd that's why I'm going back to my Ten^D7nessee girl And a T^Cennessee way of l^Gife And I'm gonna ask my T^D7ennessee girl To b^Ce my Tennessee w^Gife

^GTonight I slept in a ho^Cbo camp worki^D7n' out like dog by ^Gday ^GI never got enough to g^Cet ahead just ^D7enough to make my w^Gay ^GCold and tired when the ^Cevening come al^D7l I had to ease my ^Gmind ^GWas thinkin' bout the place I ^Cstarted from and the g^D7irl that I left b^Gehind

^GAnd that's why I'm going back to my Ten^D7nessee girl And a T^Cennessee way of l^Gife And I'm gonna ask my T^D7ennessee girl To b^Ce my Tennessee w^Gife

^GThere ain't no place that I be^Cen at all t^D7hat I was gonna settle ^Gin ^GAnd every town that I tr^Cavel through made me w^D7anna go home a^Ggain ^GThe green green grass and the r^Collin' hills s^D7eem to keep a callin'^G me ^GBack to the place where ^CI was born and the g^D7irl that I long to ^Gsee

^GAnd that's why I'm going back to my Ten^D7nessee girl And a T^Cennessee way of l^Gife And I'm gonna ask my T^D7ennessee girl To b^Ce my Tennessee w^Gife