Key: C
Introduction:
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Cold iron shackles, ball and chain.
Drink all day and rock all night.
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Listen to the whistle of the evenin' train.
The law come to get you if you don't walk right.
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You know you bound to wind up dead
My doggie turned to me and he said.
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if you don't head back to Tennessee Jed.
"You better head back to Tennessee Jed."
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Rich man step on my poor head.
I dropped four flights and cracked my spine.
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When you get back, you better butter my bread.
Honey, come quick with the iodine.
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you better head back to Tennessee Jed.
Then you head back to Tennessee Jed.
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Tennessee, Tennessee, there ain't no place I'd rather be.
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Baby won't you carry me
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back to Tennessee.