Tennessee Jed Chords

KeyC CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays450

Tennessee Jed by Grateful Dead is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, G, F, Dm7, C7 and Bb. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			C G C G C 
C                                  G C 
Cold iron shackles, ball and chain. 
Drink all day and rock all night. 
I run into Charlie Fog. 
F                            G       C     G C 
Listen to the whistle of the evenin' train. 
The law come to get you if you don't walk right. 
Blacked my eye and he kicked my dog. 
C           Co7      Dm7         C7 
You know you bound to wind up dead 
Got a letter this mornin', baby and all it read: 
My doggie turned to me and he said. 
C      F                     G      C   G C 
if you don't head back to Tennessee Jed. 
"You better head back to Tennessee Jed." 
"Let's head back to Tennesse Jed." 

C                              G C 
Rich man step on my poor head. 
I dropped four flights and cracked my spine. 
I woke up feelin' mean. 
F                             G         C     G C 
When you get back, you better butter my bread. 
Honey, come quick with the iodine. 
I went down to play the slot machine. 
         Co7    Dm7          C7 
Well you know it's like I said: 
Catch a few winks, baby, under the bed. 
The wheels turned around and the letters read, 
C   F                    G        C 
you better head back to Tennessee Jed. 
Then you head back to Tennessee Jed. 
"You better head back to Tennessee Jed." 

Bb F G C 
F                           C                  G       F 
Tennessee, Tennessee, there ain't no place I'd rather be. 
C              G     F 
Baby won't you carry me 
C      G      F    G C 
back to Tennessee. 


    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante