Carl Perkins - Tennessee (Sun Records 1957)
[Verse 1]
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Now there are folks who like to brag about where they came from
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But when they start that stuff I let 'em be
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But it makes me feel like I wanna brag some
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To know that I come from the state of Tennessee
[Chorus]
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Let's give old Tennessee credit for music
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As they play it up in Nashville everyday
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Let's give old Tennessee credit for music
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As they play it in that old Hillbilly way
[Verse 2]
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Mister Red Foley came from Kentucky
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Now Ernest Tubb down in Texas don't you see
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But if all you folks out there can remember
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Mister Eddy Arnold came from Tennessee
[Verse 3]
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They make bombs they say that can blow up our world dear
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Well a country boy like me I will agree
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But if all you folks out there will remember
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They made the first atomic bomb in Tennessee
