Gillian Welch - Tennessee

capo at 4th fret , all chords relative to capo

chords used , well the strange ones :

Am : ( x02210 )
D6/9/A : ( x04430 )
B11/A : ( x05550 )
D7/F# : ( 2x021x )
E : ( 022100 )
A : ( x02220 )
G : ( 320003 )
F : ( 133211 )
C : ( x32010 )

intro :
Am D6/9/A B11/A D6/9/A x2

Am D6/9/A B11/A D6/9/A
i kissed you cause i’ve never been an angel
Am D6/9/A B11/A D6/9/A
i learned to say hosannas on my knees
Am D7/F#
but they threw me out of sunday school when i was nine
Am E Am
and the sisters said i did just as i pleased
even so i try to be a good girl
it’s only what i want that makes me weak
i had no desire to be a child of sin
then you went and pressed your whiskers to my cheek

A
fa la la la
G
fa la la lee
F
now let me go , my honey oh
C G
back to tennessee
A
it’s beef steak when i’m working
G
whiskey when i’m dry
C G A
sweet heaven when i die

Am D6/9/A B11/A D6/9/A

Am D6/9/A B11/A D6/9/A
now i’ve tried drinking rye and gamblin’
Am D6/9/A B11/A D6/9/A
dancing with damnation is a ball
Am D7/F#
but of all the little ways i’ve found to hurt myself
Am E Am
well you might be my favorite one of all

A
fa la la la
G
fa la la lee
F
now let me go , my honey oh
C G
back to tennessee
A
it’s beef steak when i’m working
G
whiskey when i’m dry
C G A
sweet heaven when i die

Am D6/9/A B11/A D6/9/A
why can’t i go and live the life rightly?
Am D6/9/A B11/A D6/9/A
why can’t i go back home to apple pie?
Am D7/F#
cause your affront to my virtue was a touch too much
Am E Am
but you left a little twinkle in my eye

A
fa la la la
G
fa la la lee
F
now let me go , my honey oh
C G
back to tennessee
A
it’s beef steak when i’m working
G
whiskey when i’m dry
C G A
sweet heaven when i die

Am D6/9/A B11/A D6/9/A
now some will come confessing of transgressions
Am D6/9/A B11/A D6/9/A
some will come confessing of their love
Am D7/F#
you were there strumming on your gay guitar
Am E Am
you were trying to tell me something with your thumb

A
fa la la la
G
fa la la lee
F
now let me go , my honey oh
C G
back to tennessee
A
it’s beef steak when i’m working
G
whiskey when i’m dry
C G A
sweet heaven when i die
A
it’s beef steak when i’m working
G
whiskey when i’m dry
C G A
sweet heaven when i die
A
it’s beef steak when i’m working
G
whiskey when i’m dry
C G A
sweet heaven when i die

end on A