[Verse 1]
Cold iron shackles and ball and chain
Listen to the whistle of the evening train
Well, you know you bound to wind up dead
If you don't get back to Tennessee, Jed

[Verse 2]
Man step on my poor head
When you get up, you better butter my bread
Well, you know, people, it's like I said
You better get back to Tennessee, Jed

[Chorus]
Tennessee, Tennessee
There ain't no place I'd rather be
Baby, won't you carry me
Back to Tennеssee

[Instrumental Break]

[Verse 3]
Drink all day and rock all night
Law come get you if you don't walk right
And a lettеr this morning, people, it, all it read:
Best get back to Tennessee, Jed
[Verse 4]
I run into Charlie Phogg
He blacked my eye and he kicked my dog
My dog, he turned, he turned to me, to me and he said:
Let's get back to Tennessee, Jed

[Chorus]
Tennessee, Tennessee
There ain't no place I'd rather be
Baby, won't you carry me
Back to Tennessee

[Instrumental Break]

[Verse 5]
Dropped four flights and cracked my spine
By my eye, iodine
Catch a few winks, people down, down under the bed
You better get back to Tennessee, Jed

[Verse 6]
I woke up feeling mean
I went down to play the slot machine
The wheel turned around, people, the letters read:
You better head back to Tennessee, Jed
[Chorus]
Tennessee, Tennessee
There ain't no place I'd rather be
Baby, won't you carry me
Back to Tennessee

[Instrumental Break]

[Outro]
Tennessee, Tennessee
There ain't no place I'd rather be
Baby, won't you carry me
Back to Tennessee

Atlanta