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Tennessee Jed
Grateful Dead
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Cold iron shackles and a ball and chain
Listen to the whistle of the evening train
You know you bound to wind up dead
If you don't head back to Tennessee, Jed
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
You better head back to Tennessee, Jed
Tennessee, Tennessee
There ain't no place I'd rather be
Baby, won't you carry me
Back to Tennessee
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Drink all day and rock all night
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The law come to get you if you don't walk right
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Got a letter this morning, baby, and all that it read
You better head back to Tennessee, Jed
I dropped four flights and cracked my spine
Honey, come quick with the iodine
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Catch a few winks, baby, down under the bed
Then you head back to Tennessee, Jed
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Tennessee, Tennessee
There ain't no place I'd rather be
Baby, won't you carry me
Back to Tennessee
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I run into Charlie Phogg
He blacked my eye and he kicked my dog
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My dog, he turned to me and he said
Let's head back to Tennessee, Jed
I woke up a-feeling mean
I went down to play the slot machine
The wheels turned around, and the letters read
You better head back to Tennessee, Jed
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Tennessee, Tennessee
There ain't no place I'd rather be
Baby, won't you carry me
Back to Tennessee
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Tennessee, Tennessee
There ain't no place I'd rather be
Baby, won't you carry me
Back to Tennessee
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