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

[Chorus]
        G                                 C               G
I could hear the old folks singin' as she bid farewell to me
      G                                 A                 D
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 sweetest story
       D                          G
To the girl I left in sunny Tennessee

[Instrumental]
G  C   D   G
G  C   D   G

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

[Chorus]
        G                                 C               G
I could hear the old folks singin' as she bid farewell to me
      G                                 A                 D
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 sweetest story
       D                          G
To the girl I left in sunny Tennessee

[Instrumental]
G  C   D   G
G  C   D   G

[Verse 3]
       G                G7            C
Then I whispered mother dear where is Mary she's not here
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all the world seemed lost and sadness came to me
        G            G7          C
For she pointed to a spot in that little old church yard lot
         D              D7         G
Where my Mary sleeps in sunny Tennessee

[Chorus]
        G                                 C               G
I could hear the old folks singin' as she bid farewell to me
      G                                 A                 D
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 sweetest story
       D                          G
To the girl I left in sunny Tennessee