John Hiatt - Tennessee plates

^CI woke up i^Fn a hotel and I didn't know what to do ^CI turned ^Gthe^C TV on and wrote a letter to you The ^Cnews was ^Ftalkin' 'bout a dragnet up on the interstate Said^C they w^Gere l^Cookin' for a Cadillac with Tennessee plates INTRO: EEEA / EEBE Si^Cnce I left ^FCalifornia baby, things have gotten worse Se^Cems the^G land^C of opportunity for me is just a curse Te^Cll that jud^Fge in Bakersfield that my trial will have to wait Down^C here the^Gy'r^Ce lookin' for a Cadillac with Tennessee plates

It^F was somewhere in Nevada, it was cold outside Sh^Ce was shiverin' in the dark, so I offered her a ride Th^Free bank jobs later, four cars hot wired We^G crossed the Mississippi like an oil slick fire INTRO: EEEA / EEBE If^C they'd known^F what we was up to they wouldn't 'a let us in Wh^Cen we lan^Gded ^Cin Memphis like original sin Up Elv^Cis Presley Bo^Fulevard to the Graceland gates See ^Cwe were^G looki^Cn' for a Cadillac with Tennessee plates 2X iNTRO: EEEA / EEBE Well, th^Cere must have b^Feen a dozen of them parked in that garage And t^Chere wasn^G't one^C Lincoln and there wasn't one Dodge An^Cd there w^Fasn't one Japanese model or make Ju^Cst pret^Gty, p^Cretty Cadillacs with Tennessee plates

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