Tennessee Jed
Grateful Dead

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Cold iron shackles, ball and chain
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Listen to the whistle of the evenin' train
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You know you're bound to wind up dead
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If you don't head back to Tennessee Jed
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Rich man step on my poor head
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When you get back you better butter my bread
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Well you know it's like I said
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Better head back to Tennessee Jed
 
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Tennessee, Tennessee, there ain't no place I'd rather be
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Baby won't you carry me...    back to Tennessee
 
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Drink all day and rock all night
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Law come to get you if you don't walk right
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Got a letter this mornin' children and all it read
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You better head back to Tennessee Jed
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I dropped four flights and cracked my spine
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Honey, come quick with the iodine
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Catch a few winks, baby, now under the bed
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Then you head back to Tennessee Jed

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

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I run into Charlie Fog
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Blacked my eye and he kicked my dog
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My doggie turned to me and he said
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Let's head back to Tennesse Jed
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I woke up feelin' mean
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I went down to play the slot machine
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The wheels turned around and the letters read
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You better head back to Tennessee Jed
 
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Tennessee, Tennessee, there ain't no place I'd rather be.
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Baby won't you carry me...    back to Tennessee.

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