Tennessee's Not The State I'm In Chords
by Joe Ely
Tennessee's Not The State I'm In by Joe Ely is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, G5, D/F#, Em, Em7, A, Dsus2, G, Bm, F#m and A/C#. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
D G5 D/F# Em Em7
You might call it sad confusion. You might even call it off.
A D (Dsus2 D Dsus2 D Dsus2)
But once you called me more than just your friend.
D G5 D/F# Em Em7
Now there's more to what I'm thinkin' than the Mississippi Line.
A G5 D
And Tennessee is not the state I'm in.
D G5 D/F# Em Em7
You call me up at midnight to explain your whereabouts.
A D
I should've seen your love was comin to an end.
D G5 D/F# Em Em7
And as you call from longer distances, I began to have my doubts.
A G5 D
Still Tennessee is not the state I'm in.
G D Bm A G F#m A/C#
No, Tennessee is not the state I'm in. Satisfied is not the way I've been.
D G5 D/F# Em Em7
I can feel my world turning as I watch the bottle spin
A G5 D
Still Tennessee is not the state I'm in.
(eight-bars w/steel guitar) D G5 D/F# Em Em7
A G5 D
D G5 D/F# Em Em7
Well, I could stand out on that highway trying to make that Nashville scene.
A D
But I think I've stretched my luck a little thin.
D G5 D/F# Em Em7
So I walk the streets of Memphis, but I'll have you understand
A G5 D
That Tennessee is not the state I'm in
G D Bm A G F#m A/C#
No, Tennessee is not the state I'm in and down to Earth is not the place I been.
D G5 D/F# Em Em7
I can feel my world turning as I watch the bottle spin
A G5 D
Still Tennessee is not the state I'm in.
outro:
A G5 D D (A G5 D)
No, Tennessee is not the state I'm in.