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Music resources from www.traditionalmusic.co.uk For personal educational purposes only Tennessee Homesick Blues Author:By:Dolly Parton C New York City ain't no kind of place F For a country girl with a friendly face C G7 F C If you smile people look at you funny they take it wrong The greenest state in the land of the free F And the home of the Grand Ole Opry C G7 F C Is calling me back to my Smoky Mountain home I wish I had my old fishing pole F And was sitting on the banks of the fishing hole C G7 F C Eating green apples and waiting for the fish to bite Life ain't as simple as it used to be F Since the big apple took a bite out of me C G7 F C And Lord I'm so Tennessee homesick that I could die F C But I ain't been home in I don't know when F C If I had it all to do over again G7 F C Tonight I'd sleep in my old feather bed F C What I wouldn't give for a little bitty taste F C Of Mama's homemade chocolate cake G7 F C Tennessee homesick blues running through my head Mama you can fluff my feather bed F Just as soon as I can I'm gonna head C G7 F C Back to the Tennessee hills and it better be soon Daddy you can load the rifles up F We're gonna load them dogs on the pickup truck C G7 F C And head off to Calhoun County and catch us a coon F C But I ain't been home in I don't know when F C If I had it all to do over again G7 F C Tonight I'd sleep in my old feather bed F C Eating grits and gravy and country ham F C Go to church on Sunday with dinner on the grounds G7 F C Tennessee homesick blues are running through my head F C And I ain't been home in I don't know when F C If I had it all to do over again G7 F Tonight I'd sleep in my old feather bed C F C Good Lord have mercy on a country girl E7 F For personal educational purposes only Music resources from www.traditionalmusic.co.uk Music resources from www.traditionalmusic.co.uk For personal educational purposes only Trying to make a living in a rhinestone world Am G7 F It's hard to be a diamond in a rhinestone world C G7 F With Tennessee homesick blues running through my head C G7 F I've got those Tennessee homesick blues running through my head C Tennessee homesick blues For personal educational purposes only Music resources from www.traditionalmusic.co.uk.