Tennessee Waltz Sam Cooke
...TENNESSEE WALTZ... by Sam Cooke
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*from 'Ain't That Good News' (1964)*
(Written by Redd Stewart and Pee Wee King)
*CAPO 1st FRET*
(Original Key: Eb)
Intro:
[D7] [A7] [G7]
Verse 1:
I was [D7]dancin', with my darlin',
To the Tennessee [G]Waltz,
When an [D7]old friend, I happened,
I happened to [A]see, oh yeah.
I intro-[D7]duced him, to my baby,
And while they were [G7]dancin';
My [D7]friend stole my [A7]sweetheart,
Away from [D7]me, [G7]oh yes he [D7]did.
I re-[D7]member the [F#7]night,
And that [G7]beautiful Tennessee [D7]Waltz,
Now I know, just how much,
I have [A7]lost, oh [A7#5]yeah.
You know that I [D7]lost my, lost my baby,
The night they kept on [G7]playing,
That [D7]beautiful [A7]Tennessee [G7]Waltz, oh [D7]yeah.
Verse 2:
I was [D7]dancin', with my darlin',
To the Tennessee [G]Waltz,
When an [D7]old friend, I happened,
I happened to [A]see, oh yeah.
I intro-[D7]duced him, to my baby,
And while they were [G7]dancin';
My [D7]friend stole my [A7]sweetheart,
Away from [D7]me, [G7]oh yes he [D7]did.
I re-[D7]member the [F#7]night,
And that [G7]beautiful Tennessee [D7]Waltz,
Now I know, just how much,
I have [A7]lost, oh [A7#5]yeah.
You know that I [D7]lost my, lost my baby,
The night they kept on [G7]playing, playing,
That [D7]beautiful, that [A7]wonderful,
That [D7]marvellous and [G7]glorious,
That [D7]beautiful [A7]Tennessee [G7]Waltz.[D7]
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2005
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)
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