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