Tennessee Homesick Blues Song Lyrics and Chords by Dolly Parton
Tennessee Homesick Blues
Written byRecorded by Dolly Parton
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New York City ain't no kind of place
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country girl with a friendly face
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smile people look at you
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funny they
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take it
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wrong
The greenest state in the land of the free
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home of the Grand Ole Opry
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calling me back to my
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Smoky
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Mountain
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home
I wish I had my old fishing pole
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sitting on the banks of the fishing hole
Eating
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green apples and
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waiting for the
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fish to
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bite
Life ain't as simple as it used to be
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the big apple took a bite out of me
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Lord I'm so Tennessee
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homesick
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that I could
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die
But I ain't been home in I
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don't know
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when
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had it all to do
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over
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Tonight I'd sleep in
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my old
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feather
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bed
What I wouldn't give for a
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little bitty
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taste
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Mama's homemade
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chocolate
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blues running
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through my
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head
Mama you can fluff my feather bed
Just as
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soon as I can I'm gonna head
Back
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to the Tennessee
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hills and it
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better be
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soon
Daddy you can load the rifles up
We're gonna
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load them dogs on the pickup truck
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head off to Calhoun
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County and
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catch us a
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coon
But I ain't been home in I
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don't know
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when
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had it all to do
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over
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Tonight I'd sleep in
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my old
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feather
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bed
Eating grits and gravy
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and country
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ham
Go to
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church on Sunday with
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dinner on the grounds
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blues are running
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through my
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head
And I ain't been home in I
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don't know
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when
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had it all to do
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over
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Tonight I'd sleep in
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my old
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feather
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Lord have mercy on
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a country
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girl
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Trying to make a living in a
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rhinestone
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It's hard to be a diamond in a
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rhine
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stone
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world
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Tennessee homesick
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blues running through my
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head
I've got those
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Tennessee homesick
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blues running through my
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head
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blues
FAQ
Who sang the the song Tennessee Homesick Blues?
- The song Tennessee Homesick Blues was sang by Dolly Parton.
Who is Dolly Parton?
- Dolly Rebecca Parton (born January 19, 1946) is an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, actress, author, businesswoman, and humanitarian, known primarily for her work in country music. After achieving success as a songwriter for others, Parton made her album debut in 1967 with Hello, I'm Dolly, which led to success during the remainder of the 1960s (both as a solo artist and with a series of duet albums with Porter Wagoner), before her sales and chart peak came during the 1970s and continued into the 1980s. Parton's albums in the 1990s did not sell as well, but she achieved commercial success again in the new millennium and has released albums on various independent labels since 2000, including her own label, Dolly Records. She has sold more than 100 million records worldwide.
Parton's music includes Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA)-certified gold, platinum and multi-platinum awards. She has had 25 songs reach no. 1 on the Billboard country music charts, a record for a female artist (tied with Reba McEntire). She has 44 career Top 10 country albums, a record for any artist, and she has 110 career-charted singles over the past 40 years. She has garnered 11 Grammy Awards and 50 nominations, including the Lifetime Achievement Award ten Country Music Association Awards, including Entertainer of the Year and is one of only seven female artists to win the Country Music Association's Entertainer of the Year Award five Academy of Country Music Awards, also including Entertainer of the Year four People's Choice Awards and three American Music Awards.
In 1999, Parton was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. She has composed over 3,000 songs, including "I Will Always Love You" (a two-time U.S. country chart-topper, as well as an international pop hit for Whitney Houston), "Jolene", "Coat of Many Colors", and "9 to 5". She is also in a select group to have received at least one nomination from the Academy Awards, Grammy Awards, Tony Awards, and Emmy Awards. As an actress, she has starred in films such as 9 to 5 (1980) and The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982), for which she earned Golden Globe nominations for Best Actress, as well as Rhinestone (1984), Steel Magnolias (1989), Straight Talk (1992) and Joyful Noise (2012).
