Hank Flamingo - Tennessee Plates guitar chord

Tennessee Plates

Hank Flamingo

Intro

E A E B E (3x)

Verse One:

E A

Well I woke up in a hotel, didn't know what to do

E B E

I turned the TV on and wrote a letter to you

A

The news was talkin 'bout a dragnet upon the interstate

E B E A E B E

They were lookin for a Cadillac with Tennessee plates

A

Since I left California baby things have gotten worse

E B E

Seems the land of opportunity for me is just a curse

A

Tell the judge in Bakersfield, the trial'll have to wait

E B E

Down here they're lookin for a Cadillac with Tennessee plates

Chorus One:

A

It was summer in Nevada, it was cold outside

E

She was shiverin in the dark so I offered her a ride

A

Three bank jobs later, four cars hot wired

B E A E B E

We crossed the Mississippi like an oil slick fire

Verse Two:

E A

If they had known what we was up to they wouldn'tve let us in

E B E

Seems we landed in Memphis like original sin

A

Down Elvis Presley Boulevard to the Graceland gates

E B E

We were lookin for a Cadillac with Tennessee plates

E A E B E (twice)

A

Well there must have been a dozen of 'em parked in that garage

E B E

There wasn't one Lincoln and there wasn't one Dodge

A

There wasn't one Japanese model or make

E B E

Just pretty, pretty Cadillacs with Tennessee Plates

Chorus Two:

A

She saw him singin once, when she was seventeen

E

Now ever since that day she's been livin in between

A

I was never king of nothing but this wild weekend

B A E B

Anyway we wouldn't care, hell he gave 'em to his friends

Verse Three:

E

This ain't no hotel I'm writin you from

B E

It's a Tennessee prison up at Brushy Mountain

A

Your sincerely's doing five to eight

E B E

Stampin out my time makin Tennessee Plates