Tennessee
New Found GloryVersion1
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Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
Lord I've really been real stressed
Down and out, losin ground
Although I am black and proud
Problems got me pessimistic
Brothers and sisters keep messin up
Why does it have to be so damn tuff?
I don't know where I can go
To let these ghosts out of my skull
My grandmas past, my brothers gone
I never at once felt so alone
I know you're supposed to be my steering wheel
Not just my spare tire
But lord I ask you
To be my guiding force and truth
For some strange reason it had to be
He guided me to Tennessee
(Chorus)
Take me to another place
Take me to another land
Make me forget all that hurts me
Let me understand your plan
Lord it's obvious we got a relationship
Talkin to each other every night and day
Although you're superior over me
We talk to each other in a friendship way
Then outta nowhere you tell me to break
Outta the country and into more country
Past Dyesburg into Ripley
Where the ghost of childhood haunts me
Walk the roads my forefathers walked
Climbed the trees my forefathers hung from
Asked those trees for all their wisdom
They tell me my ears are so young
Go back to from whence you came
My family tree my family name
For some strange reason it had to be
He guided me to Tennessee
(Chorus)
Now I see the importance of history
Why people be in the mess that they be
Many journeys to freedom made in vain
By brothers on the corner playin ghetto games
I ask you lord why you enlightened me
Without the enlightment of all my folks
He said cuz I set myself on a quest for truth
And he was there to quench my thirst
But I am still thirsty...
The lord allowed me to drink some more
He said what I am searchin for are
The answers to all which are in front of me
The ultimate truth started to get blurry
For some strange reason it had to be
It was all a dream about Tennessee
End on G
Sweet.
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Readable chord sheet for Tennessee by New Found Glory
[G] [G]Lo[Dadd11]rd I've really been real stressed [Em7]Down[Cadd9] and out, losin ground [G]Al[Dadd11]though I am black and proud [Em7]Prob[Cadd9]lems got me pessimistic [G]Br[Dadd11]others and sisters keep messin up [Em7]Why [Dadd11]does it have to be so damn tuff? [G]I [Dadd11]don't know where I can go [Em7]To l[Cadd9]et these ghosts out of my skull [G]My[Dadd11] grandmas past, my brothers gone [Em7]I ne[Cadd9]ver at once felt so alone [G]I [Dadd11]know you're supposed to be my steering wheel [Em7]Not [Cadd9]just my spare tire [G]Bu[Dadd11]t lord I ask you [Em7]To b[Cadd9]e my guiding force and truth [G]Fo[Cadd9]r some strange reason it had to be [D]He guided me to Tennessee (Chorus) [G]Ta[Cadd9]ke me to another place [G]Ta[Cadd9]ke me to another land [G]Ma[Cadd9]ke me forget all that hurts me [Em7]Let [D]me understand your plan [G]Lo[Dadd11]rd it's obvious we got a relationship [Em7]Talk[Cadd9]in to each other every night and day [G]Al[Dadd11]though you're superior over me [Em7]We t[Cadd9]alk to each other in a friendship way [G]Th[Dadd11]en outta nowhere you tell me to break [Em7]Outt[Cadd9]a the country and into more country [G]Pa[Dadd11]st Dyesburg into Ripley [Em7]Wher[Cadd9]e the ghost of childhood haunts me [G]Wa[Dadd11]lk the roads my forefathers walked [Em7]Clim[Cadd9]bed the trees my forefathers hung from [G]As[Dadd11]ked those trees for all their wisdom [Em7]They[Cadd9] tell me my ears are so young [G]Go[Dadd11] back to from whence you came [Em7]My f[Cadd9]amily tree my family name [G]Fo[Cadd9]r some strange reason it had to be [D]He guided me to Tennessee (Chorus) [G] [G]No[Dadd11]w I see the importance of history [Em7]Why [Cadd9]people be in the mess that they be [G]Many journeys to freedom made in vain By brothers on the corner playin ghetto games [G]I [Dadd11]ask you lord why you enlightened me [Em7]With[Cadd9]out the enlightment of all my folks [G]He[Dadd11] said cuz I set myself on a quest for truth [Em7]And [Cadd9]he was there to quench my thirst [Em7]But I am still thirsty... [G]Th[Dadd11]e lord allowed me to drink some more [Em7]He s[Cadd9]aid what I am searchin for are [G]Th[Dadd11]e answers to all which are in front of me [Em7]The [Cadd9]ultimate truth started to get blurry [G]Fo[Cadd9]r some strange reason it had to be [D]It was all a dream about Tennessee End on G Sweet.