Intro: E B (X3)
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You may call me a rover I have rambled around
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But I'll quit my roaming when I get to Nashville town
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You may call me a liar or a hard-headed fool
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But I'm burning into Memphis on a flop-eared mule
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I'm Tennessee bound bound bound
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Bound bound bound
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Good Lord I'm Tennessee bound
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Come a rolling down the mountain there's a girl of fourteen
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She's the sweetest apple blossom just a hillbilly queen
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I'm a coming round the mountain, don't you try to follow me
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I'm a gonna be her daddy when I get to Tennessee
(Chorus)
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I'm Tennessee bound bound bound
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Bound bound bound
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Good Lord I'm Tennessee bound
(Repeat Chorus)
C#m E
Ooh Tennessee bound
C#m E
Ooh Tennessee bound
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Oh they say the stars in Texas surely shine shine shine
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But I'd trade them all to taste a drop of mulberry wine
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I'm a coming through the desert if I have to I will crawl
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There's a paradise a waiting once I get through Arkansas
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I'm Tennessee bound bound bound
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Bound bound bound
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Good Lord I'm Tennessee bound
(Repeat Chorus)
C#m E
Ooh Tennessee bound
C#m E
Ooh Tennessee bound
C#m E
Ooh Tennessee bound
C#m B E A E A E A E A E
Oo---oh Tennessee bound