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