John Hiatt - Tennessee plates

^EI woke up i^An a hotel and I didn't know what to do ^EI turned ^Bthe^E TV on and wrote a letter to you The ^Enews was ^Atalkin' 'bout a dragnet up on the interstate Said^E they w^Bere l^Eookin' for a Cadillac with Tennessee plates INTRO: EEEA / EEBE Si^Ence I left ^ACalifornia baby, things have gotten worse Se^Eems the^B land^E of opportunity for me is just a curse Te^Ell that jud^Age in Bakersfield that my trial will have to wait Down^E here the^By'r^Ee lookin' for a Cadillac with Tennessee plates

It^A was somewhere in Nevada, it was cold outside Sh^Ee was shiverin' in the dark, so I offered her a ride Th^Aree bank jobs later, four cars hot wired We^B crossed the Mississippi like an oil slick fire INTRO: EEEA / EEBE If^E they'd known^A what we was up to they wouldn't 'a let us in Wh^Een we lan^Bded ^Ein Memphis like original sin Up Elv^Eis Presley Bo^Aulevard to the Graceland gates See ^Ewe were^B looki^En' for a Cadillac with Tennessee plates 2X iNTRO: EEEA / EEBE Well, th^Eere must have b^Aeen a dozen of them parked in that garage And t^Ehere wasn^B't one^E Lincoln and there wasn't one Dodge An^Ed there w^Aasn't one Japanese model or make Ju^Est pret^Bty, p^Eretty Cadillacs with Tennessee plates

She sa^Aw him singing once when she was seventeen An^Ed ever since that day she's been living in between I ^Awas never king of nothin' but this wild weekend An^Byway he wouldn't care, hell he gave them to his friends + INSTR. A E (B E) We^Ell this ain^E't no hotel I'm writin' you from / It's the Tennessee prison up at Brushy Mountain E A(build up) E (stop) AE A E / B E Where yours sincerely's doin' five to eight … / Stampin' out my time makin' Tennessee plates