Tennee, Mama, & Desiree chords by
Danny Schmidt

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Key: Db major

Intro 1

Verse 1
C C 
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Desiree rides the highway
Am Am 
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like tomorrow's the end of the race
G G 
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With men in her rearview,
C C 
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like roadkill with grins on their face
And the road is an old friend with curves
Am Am 
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that she knows she can take
G G 
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And the wind whips her face like
a hot shower after a mistake
C C 
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F F 
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She says, "Love is for being
C C 
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reborn or for waiting to die"
G G 
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She hadn't touched it in years - - she still

Interlude 1

remembers the tears

Verse 2
C C 
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Tennee was named for a place
Am Am 
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he still never has seen
G G 
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Where the tops are all rocky and the
C C 
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pastures a little more green
And where his Mama was born and returned
Am Am 
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to when Tennee was four
G G 
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At daybreak one morning with a
kiss and a note on the door
C C 
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F F 
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It said, "I'm sorry for going,
C C 
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but the sky's just too big for me here
My heart's buried in snow,
G G 
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and I'm dying for home"

Interlude 2

Verse 3
C C 
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Tennee grew fast and grew strong
Am Am 
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and grew hungry and mean
G G 
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With his Pa in Montana where the milk
C C 
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and the honey was weened
And he grew without guidance from
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home or from heaven above
G G 
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And he drifted towards danger and
C C 
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towards strangers who might fill him with love
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But the edge got too narrow til it
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dropped like the blade of his knife
Ironic enough,
G G 
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the judge said "sentenced to life"
C C 
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G G 
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Verse 4
C C 
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Desiree left from Westby,
Am Am 
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she'd been there as long as she dared
G G 
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A week and a half,
C C 
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and til the man with the strong fingers cared
She was doin 'bout sixty when a letter
Am Am 
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flew up from the floor
G G 
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She read it, and sped up,
and tossed it for the wind to endure
C C 
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F F 
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It said, "Darlin I love you,
and darlin I'm with you
C C 
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F F 
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Though I know I won't see you again
C C 
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I'll think of you often,
G G 
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remember you dearly
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G G 
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And I hope you find peace in the

Interlude 3

end"

Verse 5
C C 
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Tennee liked the roadwork cause
Am Am 
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the air always struck him as free
G G 
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And his vision could drift from the ground
C C 
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where the guards said to be
And though the crew was always changing,
Am Am 
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they were family if just for a time
G G 
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Cause there's nothing like capture for a man
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G G 
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C C 
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to release what's inside
F F 
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And while Tennee was dreamin,
C C 
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his cellmate pulled a note from the weeds
And with a gulp and a glance,
G G 
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he slipped it into his pants
C C 
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G G 
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Verse 6
C C 
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When they got back for lockdown,
Am Am 
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Tennee's cellmate pulled a slip from the bars
G G 
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He said "I guess while we's out there,
C C 
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this letter has come from your ma"
Tennee was shakin, he sat back,
Am Am 
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said "Read it to me  - -
G G 
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School was never my thing,
C C 
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and my eyes are too tired to see"
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It said, "Darlin I love you,
and darlin I'm with you
C C 
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F F 
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Though I know I won't see you again
C C 
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I'll think of you often,
G G 
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re member you dearly
F F 
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And I hope you find peace in the end"
G G 
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Interlude 4

Verse 7
C C 
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Tennee was up as the
Am Am 
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sun first rustled the leaves
G G 
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Cause there ain't never knowing just
C C 
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the first light and the faith to believe
Peace of mind ain't security,
Am Am 
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it's learning to face the mistakes
G G 
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It's still unsettling to wonder, in jail,
C C 
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who'll be there when you wake
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You know scars don't heal pretty but
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forgiveness can soften their pain
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Like a kiss on the head,

Outro 1

from a ghost left for dead.

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