The Girl I Left In Sunny Tennessee Chords

[Intro]
D7   G
 
 
[Verse 1]
G
On one morning bright and clear
       C
To my old home I drew near
        A7                        D7
Just a village down in sunny Tennessee
            G
I'd been speeding on a train
           C
That would take me home again
        D7                        G
To that girl I left in sunny Tennessee
 
 
[Chorus]
G                                G7
You could hear the children singing
        C              G
As she bid farewell to me
                             E
Far across those fields of cotton
           A7             D7
My old homestead I could see
       G                    G7
As the moon rose in its glory
         C              G
Then I told my saddest story
        D7                        G
To that girl I left in sunny Tennessee
 
 
[Solo]
G C A7 D7 G C D7 G
 
 
[Verse 2]
 G
As that train drew up at last
        C
Old familiar scenes had passed
             A7                    D7
I kissed my mother at the station door
             G
True kind friends gathered round
           C
Smiles on every face I found
        D7                                   G
But I missed the one that I'd been searching for
 
 
[Verse 3]
 G
I just whispered mother dear,
           C
“Where is Mary she's not here?”
                A7                      D7
The world grew dark and sadness came to me
         G
She just pointed to the spot
                  C
In that little church yard lot
       D7                     G
Where Mary sleeps in sunny Tennessee
 
 
[Chorus]
G                                G7
You could hear the children singing
        C              G
As she bid farewell to me
                           E
Far across the fields of cotton
           A7             D7
My old homestead I could see
       G                   G7
As the moon rose in its glory
        C                G
Then I told my saddest story
        D7                        G
Of that girl I left in sunny Tennessee
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