The Tennessee Kid
The Tennessee Kid

The Tennessee Kid easy guitar chords by Steve Earle And Steve Earle & The Dukes

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E A D G B E

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Fret 2

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  • D

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    • Intro 1


    Verse 1
    On Mardi 

    Gras day 
    the Tennessee 
    kid 

    Awoke 
    in 
    a 
    puddle 

    Of his own 
    worst 
    fears 

    Haunted 
    by the 
    ghost 

    Of 
    vague 
    remembrance 

    No 
    corpor
    eal beast 
    he could 
    name 

    So 
    the kid invoked 
    Lucifer 

    himself 

    With oaths 
    most 
    grievously 
    discourteous 

    And charged 
    him submit 

    Forthwith 
    to 
    atone 

    At the crossroads 

    Celebrated 
    in 
    song 

    Come 
    on 



    Up 
    jumped 
    the dev
    il 

    In 
    the middle 
    of 
    the 
    thoroughfare 

    "Who 
    dares 
    to utter 
    my 

    most 
    secret 
    name?" 

    He 
    roared 

    But 
    the kid 
    yielded 
    not 
    so 
    much 
    as 
    an inch 

    To 
    uncertainty 

    Steadfast 
    he 
    rejoined 
    the 
    enemy 
    in 
    kind 

    "Old 
    patch 
    then, 
    satan, 
    mephistopheles, 

    Beelzebub 

    By 
    any 
    other 
    name 
    you ain't 
    nothin' 

    Like 
    a 
    rose" 

    Then 
    he girded 
    his 
    loins 
    for the 

    Ensuing 
    onslaught 

    But 
    the devil 
    only 
    shrugged 

    and the 
    kid 

    Shuddered 
    when 
    he hissed 
    he 
    said 

    Hey hey 
    hey hey 

    Hey 
    hey 
    hey 
    hey 

    Hey hey 
    hey 
    hey 

    The 
    balance 
    comes 
    due 
    someday 

    Wait 
    just 
    one 
    goddamn 

    minute 
    cried 
    the 
    kid 

    From 
    the cumberland 

    You 
    never 
    mention 
    nothin' 

    'Bout 
    no 
    kinda 
    note 

    Just 
    said 
    - sign 
    here 
    - it's 
    just 
    a soul 
    - 

    You'll 
    never 
    miss 
    it 

    I 
    ain't set 
    foot 
    in a 
    church 

    since 
    I was 
    just 

    A little 
    ol' 
    thang 

    Reckoned 
    I 
    was headed 
    straight 
    to 
    hell 

    By 
    the highway 

    No 
    matter 
    how 
    long 
    and how 
    hard 

    That 
    I 
    prayed 

    So 
    I might 
    as 
    well 
    learn 
    how 
    to 
    make 

    This 
    guitar 
    talk 

    Somebody 
    said 
    ol' 
    Bob 
    John
    son 

    Came 
    down 
    this 
    way 

    Devil 
    say 







    And 
    the monster 
    raised 
    him
    self 
    up 

    To 
    the full
    ness 
    of his 
    stature 

    Black 
    wing
    s 
    eclipsing 
    a sanguine 

    Mississippi 
    moon 

    Behold 
    behemoth 
    the 
    trampler 

    Of infidels, 

    He 
    who 
    sweep
    s away 
    nation
    s 

    With 
    a flick 
    of 
    his 
    tail 

    Theopolis, Agrrippa, Faustus, 
    Paganini 

    Lurid 
    and 
    long 
    is 
    the tale 
    of my 
    prey 

    Ques
    tion 
    not 
    the 
    ironclad 
    bond 

    Of 
    my 
    surety 

    Set 
    down 
    here 
    in 
    blood 

    In 
    your 
    very 
    own 
    hand 

    And the 
    Tennessee 
    kid 
    cast 
    an eye 

    On the 
    list 
    where 
    his mark 

    Was 
    indeed 
    clearly 
    inscribed 

    And he 
    fell 
    to his knees 

    But it was too 
    late 
    to pray 

    And 
    with 
    his very 
    last 
    breath 
    he did 
    say 

    Hey 
    hey hey 
    hey 

    Hey 
    hey 
    hey 
    hey 

    Hey 
    hey 
    hey 
    hey 

    The 
    balance 
    comes 
    due someday 

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