G
On one morning bright and clear
       C
My old folks and I drew near
       D7                         G
Just a village down in sunny Tennessee

I'd been speeding on the train
           C
That would bring me back again
        D7                        G
To that girl I left in sunny Tennessee


[Chorus]
                                         C               G
I could hear those voices singing as she bid farewell to me
                         Em            A7                D7
Far across the fields of cotton my old homestead I could see
       G                             C               G
As the moon rose in its glory then I told my saddest story
        D7                        G
Of that girl I left in sunny Tennessee


[Verse 2]
                                  C
Now the train drew up at last old familiar scene's had passed
      D7                              G
And I kissed my mother at the station door
                                               C
Then kind friends that gathered round tears on every face I found
        D7                                   G
There I missed the one that I'd been waiting for


[Chorus]
                                         C               G
I could hear those voices singing as she bid farewell to me
                         Em            A7                D7
Far across the fields of cotton my old homestead I could see
       G                             C               G
As the moon rose in its glory then I told my saddest story
        D7                        G
Of that girl I left in sunny Tennessee


[Verse 3]
       D7                             G
I just whispered mother dear where is Mary she's not here
                              A7              D7
All the world seemed dark and sadness came to me
         G                           C
She just pointed to the spot in that little church yard lot
         D7                              G
Where my sweetheart sleeps in sunny Tennessee


[Chorus]
                                         C               G
I could hear those voices singing as she bid farewell to me
                         Em            A7                D7
Far across the fields of cotton my old homestead I could see
       G                             C               G
As the moon rose in its glory then I told my saddest story
        D7                        G
Of that girl I left in sunny Tennessee