Tennessee Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[G]Lord I've really been real stressed
[Em]Down [G]and out[Em], losing gro[G]und
Although I am black and proud
[Em]Problems got [G]me pessimistic
Brothers and sisters keep messing up
Why does it have to be so damn tuff?
I don't know where I [D]can [G]go
To let [Em]these ghost[G]s o[Em]ut of my skull
[G]My grandmas past, my brothers gone
[D]I nev[G]er at [Em]once felt so al[G]one
[C]I kno[G]w you're supposed to
Be my steering [D]wheel
[Em]Not just my spare [G]tire [C](home)
But [G]lord I ask [D]you (home)
To [Em]be my guiding for
[G]ce and [C]truth (home)
For [D]some [G]strange reason it [C]had
to be [D](home)
He guided me to Tennessee (home)
[G]Take me to an[C]other place
[G][C][G][C][Em][D][G][C]
[G]Take me to [C]another land
[G]Make me forget all [C]that hurts me
[Em]Let me understand [D]your plan
[G]Lord it's obvious we

[Verse 2]
got a relationship
[Em]Talking [G]to each other every
night an[Em]d day
[G]Although you're superior over me
We talk [Em]to each other in a
friend[G]ship [Em]way
[G]Then outta nowhere you tell me to break
[Em]Outta the country and into more country
[G]Past Dyesburg into Ripley
Where [Em]the ghost of [C]childhood haunts me
[G]Walk the roads my forefathers
[D]walked
[Em]Climbed the trees [G]my fore
[C]fathers hung from
[G]Ask those trees for all their wisdom
They [Em]tell me my [G]ears
[C]are so young [G](home)
Go back to from whence
you [D]came (home)
My [Em]fam ily tree my f[G]amily [C]name (home)
For [G]some strange reason
it had [C]to be (home)
He [D]guided me to [G]Tennessee[C][G][C][G][C]
[Em]
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[D](ho[G]me)[D][G]

[Verse 3]
Now I see the importance of history
[Em]Why people be in the mess
that they [G]be[Em]
[G]Many journeys to freedom made in vain
By brothers on the corner
Playing ghetto games
I ask you lord why you enlightened me
[Em]Without the enlightenment of all my [C]folks
He [G]said cuz I set myself on a
quest [Em]for truth
And he was there [C]to quench my thirst
[Em]But I am still thirsty
The [G]lord allowed me to drink some more
[D]He [Em]said what I am searching for[C] are
The [G]answers to all which are in front of [D]me
The [Em]ultimate truth started [C]to get blurry
For [G]some strange reason it [C]had to be
It was [D]all a dream about [G]Tennessee

[Outro 1]
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