Intro: D D/C G/B  D 
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I talked to your sister last night on the telephone 
             D/C                G/B        D
You know she always talked pretty well of me 
                  D/C
She said that the wedding went fine 
        G/B                    G/Bb    D
You were up in New York on your honeymoon 
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Tonight I'm down ___ in Tennessee 
D           D/C              G/B        G/Bb D
I got that letter you wrote it tore me up 
      D/C                 G/B         D
But I don't have anyone to blame but me 
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I had it all for a while, but like everything else 
   G/Bb        D
I messed it up 
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Tonight I'm down ____ in Tennessee 
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It's blue tonight ___ and getting bluer 
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Girl I'm in the state that I deserve to be 
        G               A
Without you I just can't see 
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Things ever looking up for me 
    C   G/B G           D
I'm so down in Tennessee 
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I hope your happy with him he's a lucky man 
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And I hope he gives you that home an family 
D           D/C
I just wanna say if by chance  
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You are ever this way look me up 
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I'll be down ____ in Tennessee 
 
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