Capo on fourth fret
verse 1:
Cadd9 G
I never had all the answers
Em D
I never had enough time
Cadd9 G
But, I sure had all the reasons
Em D
Why you weren't what I wanted to find
verse 2:
Cadd9 G
I never laid all my cards out
Em D
You just wanted to play
Cadd9 G
The king he waited on my doorstep
Em D
While the joker and me went on our way
Chorus:
Cadd9 D
Maybe I was much too selfish
G G/F# C C G/B
But baby you're still on my mind
Cadd9 D
Now I'm grown and all alone
G G/F# Em
And wishing I was with you tonight
C C G/B Am7
Cause I can guarantee
Cadd9 G Cadd9 G
Things are sweeter in Tennessee
verse 3:
Cadd9 G
These days everything is all business
Em D
I'm never in one place for too long
Cadd9 G
There's no lack of arms around me
Em D
But I still wonder if somewhere I went wrong
Chorus:
Cadd9 D
Maybe I was much too selfish
G G/F# C C G/B
But baby you're still on my mind
Cadd9 D
Now I'm grown and all alone
G G/F# Em
And wishing I was with you tonight
C C G/B Am7
Cause I can guarantee
Cadd9 G Cadd9 G
Things are sweeter in Tennessee
bridge:
Am Em
And I'd wish on every star in the southern sky
C
For that man in our life
D
If I did not think that, oh
Chorus:
Cadd9 D
Maybe I was much too selfish
G G/F# C C G/B
But baby you're still on my mind
Cadd9 D
Now I'm grown and all alone
G G/F# Em
And wishing I was with you tonight
C C G/B Am7
Cause I can guarantee
Cadd9 G
Things are sweeter in Tennessee
Cadd9 G/B
Yes, I can guarantee
Cadd9 G Cadd9 G
Things are sweeter in Tennessee