Tennessee Plates by John Hiatt Chords

Tennessee Plates

by John Hiatt

on Slow Turning (1988)

Tempo: 153 (bpm)

Chords & Roman Numerals

I	D
IV	G
V	A
b VII	C

Change Key

currently: D

No Capo E (Original Key)
E A B D Capo 1 Eb
Eb Ab Bb Db Capo 2 D
D G A C Capo 3 Db
Db Gb Ab Cb Capo 4 C
C F G Bb Capo 5 B
B E F# A Capo 6 Bb
Bb Eb F Ab Capo 7 A
A D E G Capo 8 Ab
Ab Db Eb Gb Capo 9 G
G C D F Capo 10 Gb
Gb Cb Db Fb Capo 11 F
F Bb C Eb

D

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- $4
  - - N.C.
- - - N.C.
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    - G
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- - - A FOUR_MAJOR
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    - G
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- - - A FOUR_MAJOR
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  - - I
D

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- - - D FLAT_SEVEN_MAJOR
  - - woke
    - up
    - in
    - a
    - ho-
    - tel,
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    - G
  - - didn't
    - know
    - what
    - do
    - I
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  - - turned
    - the
    - T
    - V
    - on
    - and
    - wrote
    - a
- - - A FOUR_MAJOR
    - D FLAT_SEVEN_MAJOR
  - - let-
    - ter
    - to
    - you.
    - The
    - news
    - was
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  - - talk-
    - in'
    - 'bout
    - a
    - drag-
    - net
    - up
- @4
  - - D FLAT_SEVEN_MAJOR
  - - on
    - the
    - in-
    - ter-
- $4
  - - G
  - - state;
- - - G
  - - seems
    - they
    - were
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  - - look-
    - in'
    - for
    - a
    - Ca-
    - dil-
    - lac
    - with
- @4
  - - A FOUR_MAJOR
  - - Ten-
    - nes-
    - see
- $4
  - - D FLAT_SEVEN_MAJOR
  - - plates.
- - - D FLAT_SEVEN_MAJOR
    - G
- - - D FLAT_SEVEN_MAJOR
- - - A FOUR_MAJOR
    - D FLAT_SEVEN_MAJOR
  - - Well,
    - since
    - I
D

Ionian

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- - - D FLAT_SEVEN_MAJOR
  - - left
    - Cal-
    - i-
    - forn-
    - ia,
    - ba-
    - by
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    - G
  - - things
    - have
    - got-
    - ten
    - worse
    - It
    - seems the
- - - D FLAT_SEVEN_MAJOR
  - - land
    - of
    - op-
    - por-
    - tun-
    - i-
    - ty
    - for
- - - A FOUR_MAJOR
    - D FLAT_SEVEN_MAJOR
  - - me
    - is
    - just
    - a
    - curse.
    - Tell
    - that
- - - D FLAT_SEVEN_MAJOR
  - - judge
    - in
    - Bak-
    - ers-
    - field
    - that
    - my
- @4
  - - D FLAT_SEVEN_MAJOR
  - - trial
    - will
    - have
    - to
    - wait;
- $4
  - - G
- - - G
  - - Down
    - here
    - they're
- - - D FLAT_SEVEN_MAJOR
  - - look-
    - in'
    - for
    - a
    - Cad-
    - i-
    - lac
    - with
- - - A FOUR_MAJOR
  - - Tenn-
    - e-
    - ssee
    - plates
    - It
    - was
D

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- - - G
  - - some-
    - where
    - in
    - Ne-
    - vad-
    - a
    - it
    - was
- - - G
  - - cold
    - out-
    - side,
    - She
    - was
- - - D FLAT_SEVEN_MAJOR
  - - shiv-
    - 'ring
    - in
    - the
    - dark
    - so
    - I
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  - - of-
    - fered
    - her
    - a
    - ride.
    - Three
- - - G
  - - bank
    - jobs
    - lat-
    - er,
    - four
- - - G
  - - cars
    - hot-
    - wired,
    - we
- - - A FOUR_MAJOR
  - - crossed
    - the
    - Mis-
    - sis-
    - sip-
    - pi
    - like
    - an
- - - A FOUR_MAJOR
  - - oil
    - slick
    - fi-
    - re.
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    - G
- - - D FLAT_SEVEN_MAJOR
- - - A FOUR_MAJOR
    - D FLAT_SEVEN_MAJOR
  - - Now
    - if
    - they'd
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  - - known
    - what
    - we
    - were
    - up
    - to
    - they
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    - G
  - - wouldn't
    - a
    - let
    - us
    - in
    - When
    - we
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  - - land-
    - ed
    - in
    - Mem-
    - phis
    - like
    - o-
- - - A FOUR_MAJOR
    - D FLAT_SEVEN_MAJOR
  - - rig-
    - inal
    - sin.
    - Up
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  - - El-
    - vis
    - Pres-
    - ley
    - Boul-
    - e-
    - vard
    - to the
- @4
  - - D FLAT_SEVEN_MAJOR
  - - Grace-
    - land
- $4
  - - G
  - - gates.
- - - G
  - - See,
    - we
    - were
- - - D FLAT_SEVEN_MAJOR
  - - look-
    - in'
    - for
    - a
    - Cad-
    - i-
    - llac
    - with
- @4
  - - A FOUR_MAJOR
  - - Tenn-
    - e-
    - ssee
- $4
  - - D FLAT_SEVEN_MAJOR
  - - plates.
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    - G
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- - - A FOUR_MAJOR
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    - G
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- - - A FOUR_MAJOR
    - D FLAT_SEVEN_MAJOR
  - - Well,
    - there
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- - - D FLAT_SEVEN_MAJOR
  - - must
    - have
    - been
    - a
    - doz-
    - en
    - of
    - them
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    - G
  - - parked
    - in
    - that
    - gar-
    - age
    - There
- - - D FLAT_SEVEN_MAJOR
  - - wasn't
    - one
    - Lincoln
    - and
    - there
- - - A FOUR_MAJOR
    - D FLAT_SEVEN_MAJOR
  - - wasn't
    - one
    - Dodge.
    - And
    - there
- - - D FLAT_SEVEN_MAJOR
  - - wasn't
    - one
    - Jap-
    - an-
    - ese
- @4
  - - D FLAT_SEVEN_MAJOR
  - - mo-
    - del
    - or
- $4
  - - G
  - - make
- - - G
  - - Just
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  - - pret-
    - ty
    - pret-
    - ty
    - Cad-
    - i-
    - llacs
    - with
- - - A FOUR_MAJOR
  - - Tenn-
    - e-
    - ssee
    - plates
    - Well,
    - she
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- - - G
  - - saw
    - him
    - sing-
    - in'
    - once
    - when
- - - G
  - - she
    - was
    - sev-
    - en-
    - teen,
    - and
- - - D FLAT_SEVEN_MAJOR
  - - ev-
    - er
    - since
    - that
    - day
    - she's
    - been
- - - D FLAT_SEVEN_MAJOR
  - - liv-
    - in'
    - in
    - be-
    - tween.
    - I
    - was
- - - G
  - - ne-
    - ver
    - king
    - of
    - noth-
    - ing
    - but
    - this
- - - G
  - - wild
    - week-
    - end.
    - An-
    - y
- - - A FOUR_MAJOR
  - - way,
    - he
    - would-
    - n't
    - care;
    - hell,
    - he
- - - A FOUR_MAJOR
  - - gave
    - 'em
    - to
    - his
    - friends.
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Ionian

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- - - G
- - - G
- - - D FLAT_SEVEN_MAJOR
- @4
  - - A FOUR_MAJOR
  - - This
- $4
  - - D FLAT_SEVEN_MAJOR
  - - ain't
    - no
    - ho-
    - tel
    - I'm
- - - D FLAT_SEVEN_MAJOR
  - - writ-
    - ing
    - you
    - from.
- - - D FLAT_SEVEN_MAJOR
- - - D FLAT_SEVEN_MAJOR
  - - Now
    - it's
    - the
- - - D FLAT_SEVEN_MAJOR
  - - Ten-
    - nes-
    - see
    - pris-
    - on
    - up
    - at
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  - - Brush-
    - y
    - Moun-
    - tain,
- - - D FLAT_SEVEN_MAJOR
- - - D FLAT_SEVEN_MAJOR
  - - where
- - - D FLAT_SEVEN_MAJOR
  - - yours
    - sin-
    - cere-
    - ly's
    - do-
    - in'
- @4
  - - D FLAT_SEVEN_MAJOR
  - - five
    - to
- $4
  - - G
  - - eight,
- - - G
- - - G
- - - G
  - - just
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  - - stamp-
    - in'
    - out
    - my
    - time
    - mak-
    - in'
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  - - Ten-
    - nes-
    - see
    - plates.
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- - - G
    - C
- - - G
- - - D FLAT_SEVEN_MAJOR
    - G
- - - G
- - - G
    - C
- - - D FLAT_SEVEN_MAJOR
- - - A FOUR_MAJOR
    - D FLAT_SEVEN_MAJOR

Tennessee Plates

John Hiatt

Tennessee Plates

Chords & Roman Numerals

Change Key currently: D

Change Key

currently: D