Tennessee Plates — John Hiatt
Chords and lyrics for Tennessee Plates by John Hiatt (key of E).
Verse 1
John Hiatt - Tennessee Plates
Intro
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[E]I woke up in a hotel and I didn't know what to [A]do
[E]I turned the TV on and wrote a [B]letter to [E]you
The news was [E]talkin' 'bout a dragnet up on the [A]interstate
Said they were [E]lookin' for a Cadillac with [B]Tennessee [E]plates
[E] [E] [E] [A] [E] [E] [B] [E]
Since I [E]left California baby, things have gotten [A]worse
Seems [E]the land of opportunity for me is [B]just a [E]curse
Tell [E]that judge in Bakersfield that my trial will have to [A]wait
Down here [E]they're lookin' for a Cadillac with [B]Tennessee [E]plates
It was [A]somewhere in Nevada, it was cold outside
She was [E]shiverin' in the dark, so I offered her a ride
Three [A]bank jobs later, four cars hot wired
We [B]crossed the Mississippi like an oil slick fire
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If [E]they'd known what we was up to they wouldn't 'a let us [A]in
When we [E]landed in Memphis like [B]original [E]sin
Up [E]Elvis Presley Boulevard to the Graceland [A]gates
See we were [E]lookin' for a Cadillac with [B]Tennessee [E]plates
[E] [E] [E] [A] [E] [E] [B] [E]
Well, there [E]must have been a dozen of them parked in that [A]garage
[E]And there wasn't one Lincoln and there [B]wasn't one [E]Dodge
And [E]there wasn't one Japanese model or [A]make
Just [E]pretty, pretty Cadillacs with [B]Tennessee [E]plates
She [A]saw him singing once when she was seventeen
And ever[E] since that day she's been living in between
I was [A]never king of nothin' but this wild weekend
Anyway [B]he wouldn't care, hell he gave them to his friends + INSTR. A E (B
[E)]
Well, [E]this ain't no hotel I'm writin' you from / [E]It's the Tennessee prison
up at Brushy Mountain
E A (build up) E (stop)
Where yours sincerely's doin' five to eight … / Stampin' out my time makin'
[A][E][A][E]Tennessee [B][E]plates
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