verse 1
C C/B C/A C/B C C/B C/A C/B
Talk about troubles, I tell you I got 'em shovellin' sand on the Mississipi bottom
C C/B C/A C/B C C/B C/A C/B
Yeah yeah yeah, yeah yeah yeah
C C/B C/A C/B C C/B C/A C/B
I killed me a man in Shelby County, they turned me in for the government bounty
C C/B C/A C/B C C/B C/A C/B
Yeah yeah yeah, yeah yeah yeah
F G Am F C
Tennessee owns my soul, that little Georgia gal just wouldn't listen
F C F C
She tried to run away with Stoney Lee I caught him and I put him six feet under
F E F G Am
I wonder if he misses me? Tennessee owns my soul
verse 2
C C/B C/A C/B C C/B C/A C/B
Rottin' in a cell I try to forget her, wishin' like hell I'd never ever met her
C C/B C/A C/B C C/B C/A C/B
Yeah yeah yeah, yeah yeah yeah
C C/B C/A C/B C C/B C/A C/B
Gotta get away, gotta see my baby, gotta leave tonight, she's drivin' me crazy
C C/B C/A C/B C C/B C/A C/B
Yeah yeah yeah, yeah yeah yeah
F G Am F C
Tennessee owns my soul, that little Georgia gal just wouldn't listen
F C F C
She tried to run away with Stoney Lee I caught him and I put him six feet under
F E F G Am
I wonder if he misses me? Tennessee owns my soul
verse 3
C C/B C/A C/B C C/B C/A C/B
I make it to the top of the twenty foot wall, the guard - I'm hit, and I think I'm gonna fall
C C/B C/A C/B C C/B C/A C/B
Yeah yeah yeah, yeah yeah yeah
C C/B C/A C/B C C/B C/A C/B
Laying on a broken back and cryin', everything's goin' black and I'm dyin'
C C/B C/A C/B F G Am F G A
Yeah yeah yeah, yeah yeah yeah Tennessee owns my soul, Tennessee owns my soul