Capo: 2 Tuning: E A D G B E

Tennessee 1949: Larry Sparks Album: Classic Bluegrass Capo 2nd Fret Note: I put / marks just to give a basic idea of strum timing. Each / means a down-stroke. This will help if you are playing along with the recording. [Intro] A //// D //// A //// //// //// E //// A //// //// //// //// [Verse]

^AI wonder if it's ^Drainin' in the ^Amountains I wonder how the ^Dold town looks to- ^A-day And ^Dif the church is there beside the ^Ariver Could ^B7I go back and find where mama ^Elay

Does ^Alife still go to ^Dsleep just after ^Asunset Are the berries still as ^A7big on the ^Dvine Do old men sit and talk about the ^Aold days The way they did in ^Enineteen forty- ^A-nine

[Chorus]

Oh ^A7Oh, Oh ^Dhow I'd like to be ^ABack in the hills of ^ETennessee ^E7 ^AOh ^A7Oh, Oh ^Dit would be so fine If ^AI could just go ^Eback to nineteen ^Aforty-nine

[Instrumental] A //// D //// A //// //// //// E //// A //// //// //// //// [Verse]

^AI wonder if by ^Dchance they might re- ^A-member A teenage boy so ^Dwild and fancy ^Afree Who ^Dalways loved guitars and country ^Amusic If ^B7I went back would they remember ^Eme I ^Awonder what be- ^D-came of Kathryn ^AAckers The girl who broke my ^A7heart at seven- ^D-teen I barely can remember what she ^Alooks like Thirty years a- ^E-go she was my ^Adream

[Chorus]

Oh ^A7Oh, Oh ^Dhow I'd like to be ^ABack in the hills of ^ETennessee ^E7 ^AOh ^A7Oh, Oh ^Dit would be so fine If ^AI could just go ^Eback to nineteen ^Aforty-nine

[Instrumental] A //// D //// A //// //// //// E //// A //// //// //// //// [Verse]

For many years I've ^Dsearched the wide world ^Aover For what I don't re- ^D-call and didn't ^Afind And ^Dnow I'm searching pictures in my ^Amemory For Tennessee in ^Enineteen forty- ^A-nine

[Chorus]

Oh ^A7Oh, Oh ^Dhow I'd like to be ^ABack in the hills of ^ETennessee ^E7 ^AOh ^A7Oh, Oh ^Dit would be so fine If ^AI could just go ^Eback to nineteen ^Aforty-nine

[Outro]

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Larry Sparks - Tennessee 1949