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    Cold iron shackles, ball and chain
    Listen to the whistle of the evenin' train
    You know you bound to wind up dead
    If you don't head back to Tennessee Jed
    Rich man step on my poor head
    When you get back you better butter my bread
    Well, do you know it's like I said
    You better head back to Tennessee Jed
    Tennessee, Tennessee, there ain't no place I'd rather be
    Baby won't you carry me back to Tennessee
    Drink all day and rock all night
    The law come to get you if you don't walk right
    Got a letter this morning, baby all it read
    You better head back to Tennessee Jed
    I dropped four flights and cracked my spine
    Honey, come quick with the iodine
    Catch a few winks, baby, under the bed
    Then you head back to Tennessee Jed
    Tennessee, Tennessee, there ain't no place I'd rather be
    Baby won't you carry me back to Tennessee
    I run into Charlie Fog
    Blacked my eye and he kicked my dog
    My doggie turned to me and he said
    Let's head back to Tennessee Jed
    I woke up a felin' mean
    Went down to play the slot machine
    The wheels turned around, and the letters read
    You better head back to Tennessee Jed
    Tennessee, Tennessee, there ain't no place I'd rather be
    Baby won't you carry me back to Tennessee

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