Sunny Tennessee

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[Verse 1]
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On a morning bright and clear, to 
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my old home I did fare
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Just a village down in sunny 
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Tennessee
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I was speeding on a train that 
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would bring me back again
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To that girl I left in sunny 
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Tennessee

[Chorus]
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I could hear the old folks singin' 
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as she bid farewell to me
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Far across the fields of cotton, my
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 old homestead I could see
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As the moon rose in its glory, then
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 I told my sweetest story
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To the girl I left in sunny 
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Tennessee

[Instrumental]
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[Verse 2]
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The old train drew up at last all 
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the familar scenes had passed
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And I kissed my mother at the 
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station door
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All the crowds that gathered round 
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tears on every face I found
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But I missed the one that I'd been 
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longing for

[Chorus]
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I could hear the old folks singin' 
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as she bid farewell to me
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Far across the fields of cotton, my
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 old homestead I could see
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As the moon rose in its glory, then
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 I told my sweetest story
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To the girl I left in sunny 
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Tennessee

[Instrumental]
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[Verse 3]
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Then I whispered mother dear where
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 is Mary she's not here
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all the world seemed lost and 
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sadness came to me
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For she pointed to a spot in that 
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little old church yard lot
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Where my Mary sleeps in sunny 
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Tennessee

[Chorus]
        G                          
I could hear the old folks singin' 
       C               G
as she bid farewell to me
      G                            
Far across the fields of cotton, my
     A                 D
 old homestead I could see
       G                           
As the moon rose in its glory, then
   C                G
 I told my sweetest story
       D                   
To the girl I left in sunny 
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Tennessee