Key: D
Introduction:
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You might call it sad confusion. You might even call it off.
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But once you called me more than just your friend.
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Now there's more to what I'm thinkin' than the Mississippi Line.
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And Tennessee is not the state I'm in.
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You call me up at midnight to explain your whereabouts.
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I should've seen your love was comin to an end.
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And as you call from longer distances, I began to have my doubts.
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Still Tennessee is not the state I'm in.
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No, Tennessee is not the state I'm in. Satisfied is not the way I've been.
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I can feel my world turning as I watch the bottle spin
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Still Tennessee is not the state I'm in.
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Well, I could stand out on that highway trying to make that Nashville scene.
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But I think I've stretched my luck a little thin.
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So I walk the streets of Memphis, but I'll have you understand
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That Tennessee is not the state I'm in
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No, Tennessee is not the state I'm in and down to Earth is not the place I been.
D G5 D/F# Em Em7
I can feel my world turning as I watch the bottle spin
A G5 D
Still Tennessee is not the state I'm in.
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No, Tennessee is not the state I'm in.