Tennessee Lyrics - Carl Perkins

Now there are folks who like to brag about where they came from 

But when they start that stuff, I let 'em be 

But it makes me feel like I wanna brag some 

To know that I come from the state of Tennessee 

Let's give old Tennessee credit for music 

As they play it up in Nashville every day 

Let's give old Tennessee credit for music 

As they play it in that old Hillbilly way 

Mister Red Foley came from Kentucky 

Now, Ernest Tubb down in Texas, don't you see 

But if all you folks out there can remember 

Mister Eddy Arnold came from Tennessee 

Let's give old Tennessee credit for music 

As they play it up in Nashville everyday 

Let's give old Tennessee credit for music 

As they play it in that old hillbilly way 

They make bombs they say, that can blow up our world, dear 

Well a country boy like me, I will agree 

But if all you folks out there can remember 

They made the first atomic bomb in Tennessee 

Let's give old Tennessee credit for music 

As they play it up in Nashville everyday 

Let's give old Tennessee credit for music 

As they play it in that old hillbilly way 

Let's give old Tennessee credit for music 

As they play it up in Nashville everyday 

Let's give old Tennessee credit for music 

As they play it in that old hillbilly way