Key: A (capo 2) 

Intro:Am / C / G / D /(2x) 

Verse 1 

              Am                 C          

Oh little bird, how you sing 

                   G                        D 

About the cold that gave to spring 
                      Am     C 

She found a map in a wooden drawer 

           G                     D 

And laid it out on the floor 

                                   C 

She said do I want more 

Chorus: 

 Em                D C                 G 

80 miles of Omaha are all that I have seen 

                 C               G       C D 

Since the day I was born oh lord, nothin there for me 

        Em                D               C G 

No need to yell a fare thee well to my darlin and me 

             

              C                G C  

Til i’m livin fine on a mountain high 

          Em                      C   

Gotta get away, gotta get away 

Verse 2 

                    Am 

Among the grain 

                    C 

And open sky 

                 G                                         D 

Holding hands making plans in the rye 

                        Am 

They had a dream 

                C 

Of fitting in 

                         G                              D 

But she’s too plain and he’s too thin 

                                           C 

Said we could ride the wind 

(Chorus) 

Verse 3 

               Am                C 

Summer air lay on the plains 

               G                       D 

All the roads lay out like veins 

                   Am                       C 

The engine whirs, now their gone 

                   G                 D 

Been here 18 years too long 

                        C 

Time for movin on 

(Chorus)

Key of E: Capo 2

(chords relative to capo)

D

D

Fate tugged 

                                                   G

The hem of my dress and pulled the rug 

From under the rest 

             A              Bm   A

When I saw you shinin’ 

D

Out from  

A hell of a year 

         G

Where I’d run out of passages clear  

     A               Bm  A    G

And time’s left unwindin’  

CHORUS

G

Now I know the way 

G

Light it up you say 

D

Pass it over and  

Bm    A     G

Let’s feel good  

G

In your house of light 

G

Standing true all night 

D

Mama raised you right 

Bm   A    G

I think I could 

Bm       A           D

Love you all my life 

D

That morning 

                                             G

The bloom of a new year was dawning 

                                             A           Bm  A

The hospital room was the right place to say 

D                                                    G

Hey, i know we’re t flesh and we’re bone 

                                   A

But heart can make it home 

                     Bm   A   G

And I would move in today 

(CHORUS)

A

Half way and half hearted  

G     Bm    D    A

Is all I used to know 

A

The stars that I’ve charted  

     G        Bm   D       A

have led me to your glow 

A

That easily parted  

D                 Bm      A    G

the darkness of being alone 

D

Pass it over and  

Bm   A     G

Let’s feel good  

In your house of light 

Standing true all night 

D

Mama raised you right 

Bm  A    G

I think I could 

Bm   A   G

Love you all my life 

Bm   A    G

Love you all my life 

Bm    A       D

Love you all my life 

 

 

Capo 5 (chords are relative to the capo)

Intro 

C G F C G

Verse

Am                                     Em

came out west I guess for a better life

F                                C            G

hitching a ride off the mountainside

Am                                     Em 

in memories I see what I left behind

         F             G            Am

that I never thought I'd miss

Am                                     Em 

sleeping alone, disowned, in a living room

F                                C            G 

turn  my head, turn on the news

Am                                     Em  

wild fires are comin into view

         F             G            Am 

never thought it would come to this

 

Chorus

                     C

Tennessee is Burning

                    G
I will not be returning

                         F                            C               G

To the hills of my childhood got the wildwood blues

                     C 

smoke keep on a-risin'

                    G 
where I keep my ties in

                         F                            C               G 

down in cattanooga will I loose ya there?

         Am

Ill send my prayers

 

Interlude

Am Em F C G

Verse 

Am                                     Em 

when the bottle was empty daddy got mean

F                                C            G 

so i took my time hiding on deep creek

Am                                     Em  

how will i ever get to make peace

         F             G            Am 

when i can't forget

 

CHORUS

 

Am C F G

 

Bridge

Bb                    F                                 C

all the hurtful words and hands were laid on me

Bb                    F                                 C 

and the lessons I learned carved in hickory

Bb                    F                                 C 

while the flames sustain with my heart still there

F                   C                         G

down in Chattanooga will I loose ya there

 

CHORUS

             Dm                           C        G

down in chatanooga will you take me there

                                Am   C
where tennessee is burning

                                Am   C 
where tennessee is burning

                                Am   C 
where tennessee is burning

G Am