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Song title:      Tennessee Plates
Original Album:	 Slow Turning

Words and Music by John Hiatt and Mike Porter
Copyright © 1988 A&M Records
Published by Universal Music Publishing

Transcribed by Gavin Chart (contactus@gartfrets.net)


NOTES:
Guitar1 is an acoustic guitar playing rhythm.


INTRO:

Guitar1:
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-12--12--11--11--10--10--9---9---|-8---8---7---6---5---4---3---2---|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - |



[play:]  [x3]


Guitar1:
  E                                                 A
|-----0---------------0-----------|-----0-----------0-------0---0---|
|-----0---------------0-----------|-----0-----------2-------2---2---|
|-----1---------------1-----------|-----1-----------2-------2---2---|
|---------------------------------|-----------------2-------2---2---|
|---------2---2-----------2---2---|-2-------2---2---0-------0---0---|
|-0-------0---0---0-------0---0---|-0-------0---0-------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - |



Guitar1:
  E                                 B           E
|-----0---------------0-----------|---------------------------------|
|-----0---------------0-----------|-4---4---4-----------------------|
|-----1---------------1-----------|-4---4---4---1____---1---1---1---|
|---------------------------------|-4---4---4---2____---2---2---2---|
|---------2---2-----------2---2---|-2---2---2---2____---2---2---2---|
|-0-------0---0---0-------0---0---|-------------0____---0---0---0---|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - |



VERSE1:

Guitar1:
| E                                                 A
|-----0---------------0-----------|-----0-----------0-------0---0---|
|-----0---------------0-----------|-----0-----------2-------2---2---|
|-----1---------------1-----------|-----1-----------2-------2---2---|
|---------------------------------|-----------------2-------2---2---|
|---------2---2-----------2---2---|-2-------2---2---0-------0---0---|
|-0-------0---0---0-------0---0---|-0-------0---0-------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - |
  E                                                     A
I woke up in  a   ho -tel and I     didn't know what to do      I



Guitar1:
  E                                 B           E
|-----0---------------0-----------|---------------------------------|
|-----0---------------0-----------|-4---4---4-----------------------|
|-----1---------------1-----------|-4---4---4---1____---1---1---1---|
|---------------------------------|-4---4---4---2____---2---2---2---|
|---------2---2-----------2---2---|-2---2---2---2____---2---2---2---|
|-0-------0---0---0-------0---0---|-------------0____---0---0---0---|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - |
  E                                 B           E
  turned the TV   on  and wrote a   let-ter to  you.    The news was



Guitar1:
  E                                                 A
|-----0---------------0-----------|-----0-----------0-------0---0___|
|-----0---------------0-----------|-----0-----------2-------2---2___|
|-----1---------------1-----------|-----1-----------2-------2---2___|
|---------------------------------|-----------------2-------2---2___|
|---------2---2-----------2---2---|-2-------2---2---0-------0---0___|
|-0-------0---0---0-------0---0---|-0-------0---0-------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - |
  E                                                 A
  talkin' 'bout a drag  - net up    on  the inter - state.



Guitar1:
  A                                 E
|__---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---|---------0-----------------------|
|__---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---|---------0-----------------------|
|__---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---|---------1-------1---1---1-------|
|__---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---|-----------------2---2---2-------|
|__---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---|-2---------------2---2---2-------|
|---------------------------------|-0---------------0---0---0-------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - |
                                      E
                      Seems they were lookin' for a Ca -dil-lac with


Guitar1:
  B               E
|-------------------------0---0---|---------0---------------0-------|
|-4---4---4---------------0---0---|---------0---------------0-------|
|-4---4---4---------------1---1---|---------1---------------1-------|
|-4---4---4-----------------------|---------------------------------|
|-2---2---2-------2---------------|-2---------------2---2-----------|
|-----------------0---------------|-0---------------0---0-----------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - |
  B               E
  Ten-nes-see     plates 



Guitar1:
  E               A
|-----0---0-------0-------0---0---|---------0---------------0-------|
|-----0---0-------2-------2---2---|---------0---------------0-------|
|-----1---1-------2-------2---2---|---------1---------------1-------|
|-----------------2-------2---2---|---------------------------------|
|-2---------------0-------0---0---|-2---------------2---2-----------|
|-0-----------0-------------------|-0---------------0---0-----------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - |



                                  VERSE2:

Guitar1:
  B               E
|---------------------------------|-----0---------------0-----------|
|-4---4---4-----------------------|-----0---------------0-----------|
|-4---4---4-------1-------1---1---|-----1---------------1-----------|
|-4---4---4-------2-------2---2---|---------------------------------|
|-2---2---2-------2-------2---2---|---------2---2-----------2---2---|
|-----------------0-------0---0---|-0-------0---0---0-------0---0---|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - |
                                    E
                          Since I   left    Ca -li -fornia, ba -by,


Guitar1:
  E               A                 E
|-----0-----------0-------0---0---|-----0---------------0-----------|
|-----0-----------2-------2---2---|-----0---------------0-----------|
|-----1-----------2-------2---2---|-----1---------------1-----------|
|-----------------2-------2---2---|---------------------------------|
|-2-------2---2---0-------0---0---|---------2---2-----------2---2---|
|-0-------0---0-------------------|-0-------0---0---0-------0---0---|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - |
                     A              E
  things have gotten worse  - the   land of oppor - tun-i - ty  for 



Guitar1:
  B               E
|---------------------------------|-----0---------------0-----------|
|-4---4---4-----------------------|-----0---------------0-----------|
|-4---4---4---1____---1---1---1---|-----1---------------1-----------|
|-4---4---4---2____---2---2---2---|---------------------------------|
|-2---2---2---2____---2---2---2---|---------2---2-----------2---2---|
|-------------0____---0---0---0---|-0-------0---0---0-------0---0---|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - |
  B               E                 E
  me  is  just a  curse.  Tell that judge in Bakers-field       my



Guitar1:
  E               A
|-----0-----------0-------0---0______---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---|
|-----0-----------2-------2---2______---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---|
|-----1-----------2-------2---2______---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---|
|-----------------2-------2---2______---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---|
|-2-------2---2---0-------0---0______---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---|
|-0-------0---0-------------------|---------------------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - |
                      A
  trial will have to wait



2/4               4/4
Guitar1:
  A                 E                           B
|-0-------0-------|---------0-----------------------|
|-2-------2-------|---------0-------------------4___|
|-2-------2-------|---------1-------1---1---1---4___|
|-2-------2-------|-----------------2---2---2---4___|
|-0-------0-------|-2---------------2---2---2---2___|
|-----------------|-0---------------0---0---0-------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - |
  A                 E
  Down here they're lookin' for a   Cadillac    with 



                                    VERSE3:
Guitar1:
      B           E                         A
|-------------------------0---0---|---------0---0-----------0-------|
|__---4---4---------------0---0---|---------2---2-----------2-------|
|__---4---4---------------1---1---|---------2---2-----------2-------|
|__---4---4-----------------------|---------2---2-----------2-------|
|__---2---2-------2---------------|-0-------0---0---0---0-------0---|
|-----------------0---------------|---------------------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - |
| B               E                 A
  Tennessee       plates. It was    somewhere in Ne-va -da,



Guitar1:
| A                                 E
|-0-------0-------0---0---0---0---|-0-------0-------0---0---0---0---|
|-2-------2-------2---2---2---2---|-0-------0-------0---0---0---0---|
|-2-------2-------2---2---2---2---|-1-------1-------1---1---1---1---|
|-2-------2-------2---2---2---2---|-2-------2-------2---2---2---2---|
|-0-------0-------0---0---0---0---|-2-------2-------2---2---2---2---|
|---------------------------------|-0-------0-------0---0---0---0---|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - |
  A                                 E
  It  was cold outside.   She was   shiverin' in the dark,  so  I



Guitar1:
  E                                 A
|-0-------0-------0---0---0---0---|---------0---0-----------0-------|
|-0-------0-------0---0---0---0---|---------2---2-----------2-------|
|-1-------1-------1---1---1---1---|---------2---2-----------2-------|
|-2-------2-------2---2---2---2---|---------2---2-----------2-------|
|-2-------2-------2---2---2---2---|-0-------0---0---0---0-------0---|
|-0-------0-------0---0---0---0---|---------------------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - |
  %                                 A
  offered her a   ride        Three bank    jobs    later,      four



Guitar1:
  A                                 B
|-0-------0-------0---0---0---0---|---------------------------------|
|-2-------2-------2---2---2---2---|-4-------4-------4---4---4---4---|
|-2-------2-------2---2---2---2---|-4-------4-------4---4---4---4---|
|-2-------2-------2---2---2---2---|-4-------4-------4---4---4---4---|
|-0-------0-------0---0---0---0---|-2-------2-------2---2---2---2---|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - |
  %
  cars    hot  -  wired,      we    crossed the Mississippi like an



Guitar1:
  B                                 E
|---------------------------------|-0-------0---------------0-------|
|-4-------4-------4---4---4---4---|-0-------0---------------0-------|
|-4-------4-------4---4---4---4---|-1-------1---------------1-------|
|-4-------4-------4---4---4---4---|-2-------------------------------|
|-2-------2-------2---2---2---2---|-2---------------2-----------2---|
|---------------------------------|-0-----------0---0-----------0---|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - |
  B
  oil     slick   fire_____ 



Guitar1:
  E               A
|-----0-----------0-------0---0---|-0-------0---------------0-------|
|-----0-----------2-------2---2---|-0-------0---------------0-------|
|-----1-----------2-------2---2---|-1-------1---------------1-------|
|-----------------2-------2---2---|-2-------------------------------|
|-2-------2---2---0-------0---0---|-2---------------2-----------2---|
|-0-------0---0-------------------|-0-----------0---0-----------0---|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - |



Guitar1:
  B               E
|-----------------0-------0---0---|---------------------------------|
|-4---4---4-------0-------0---0---|---------------------------------|
|-4---4---4-------1-------1---1---|---------------------------------|
|-4---4---4-------2-------2---2---|---------------------------------|
|-2---2---2-------2-------2---2---|---------------------------------|
|-----------------0-------0---0---|---------------------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - |

                                                            If  they'd


VERSE4:

Guitar1:
  E                                                 A
|-----0---------------0-----------|-----0-----------0-------0---0---|
|-----0---------------0-----------|-----0-----------2-------2---2---|
|-----1---------------1-----------|-----1-----------2-------2---2---|
|---------------------------------|-----------------2-------2---2---|
|---------2---2-----------2---2---|-2-------2---2---0-------0---0---|
|-0-------0---0---0-------0---0---|-0-------0---0-------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - |
  E                                                   A
  known what we was up    to, they  wouldn't'a let us in    when we



Guitar1:
  E                                 B           E
|-----0---------------0-----------|---------------------------------|
|-----0---------------0-----------|-4---4---4-----------------------|
|-----1---------------1-----------|-4---4---4---1____---1---1---1---|
|---------------------------------|-4---4---4---2____---2---2---2---|
|---------2---2-----------2---2---|-2---2---2---2____---2---2---2---|
|-0-------0---0---0-------0---0---|-------------0____---0---0---0---|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - |
  E                                 B               E
  landed      in  Mem-phis like o - riginal         sin.        Up



Guitar1:
  E                                                 A
|-----0---------------0-----------|-----0-----------0-------0---0---|
|-----0---------------0-----------|-----0-----------2-------2---2---|
|-----1---------------1-----------|-----1-----------2-------2---2---|
|---------------------------------|-----------------2-------2---2---|
|---------2---2-----------2---2---|-2-------2---2---0-------0---0---|
|-0-------0---0---0-------0---0---|-0-------0---0-------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - |
  E                                                         A
  Elvis   Presley Bou-le -vard      to  the Grace - land    gates



Guitar1:
  E                                 B               E
|-----0---------------0-----------|-------------------------0---0---|
|-----0---------------0-----------|-4---4---4---------------0---0---|
|-----1---------------1-----------|-4---4---4-------1-------1---1---|
|---------------------------------|-4---4---4-------2---------------|
|---------2---2-----------2---2---|-2---2---2-------2---------------|
|-0-------0---0---0-------0---0---|-----------------0---------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - |
          | E                         | B         E
See we were lookin' for a Cadillac with Tennessee plates 



Guitar1:
                                    A
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------2---2-----------2---2---|
|---------------------------------|---------2---2-----------2---2---|
|---------------------------------|-2-------2---2---2-------2---2---|
|---------------------------------|-0-------0---0---0-------0---0---|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - |



Guitar1:
  A                                         E
|---------------------------------|---------0---------------0-------|
|---------2---2-----------2---2---|---------0---------------0-------|
|---------2---2-----------2---2---|---------1---------------1-------|
|-2-------2---2---2-------2---2---|-2---------------------------2---|
|-0-------0---0---0-------0---0---|-0---------------2---2-------2---|
|---------------------------------|-----------------0---0-------0---|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - |


2/4               4/4
Guitar1:
  B
|-----------------|---------------------------------|
|-4---4---4-------|---------------------------------|
|-4---4---4-------|---------------------------------|
|-4---4---4-------|---------------------------------|
|-2---2---2-------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------|---------------------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - |



VERSE5:
Notes:
Play as for VERSE1.

Chords:
E   022100
A   x02220
B   x24442


          | E                                             | A
Well, there must have been a dozen of them parked in that garage

        | E                          | B          E
And there wasn't one Lincoln and there wasn't one Dodge

        | E                          | A
And there wasn't one Japanese model or make

   | E                           | B       | E
Just pretty, pretty Cadillacs with Tennessee plates



VERSE6:
Notes:
Play as for VERSE1.

Chords:
E   022100
A   x02220
B   x24442


  | A
She saw him singing once when she was seventeen

  | E
And ever since that day she's been living in between

    | A
I was never king of nothin' but this wild weekend

 | B
Anyway he wouldn't care, he gave them to his friends



INSTRUMENTAL:

[play: 4/4| E | A | E | B E |]



VERSE7:
Chords:
E   022100
A   x02220
B   x24442


        | E                | %                | %
Well this ain't no hotel I'm writin' you from /

       | %                    | %             | %
It's the Tennessee prison up at Brushy Mountain

    | E                             | A | % | % | %
Where yours sincerely's doin' five to eight / 

|    E        N.C.
Just stampin' out my time makin' Tennessee plates



OUTRO:

Guitar1:
| A               D                 A
|-----0---0-------2-------2---2---|---------0---0-----------0---0---|
|-----2---2-------3-------3---3---|---------2---2-----------2---2---|
|-----2---2-------2-------2---2---|---------2---2-----------2---2---|
|-----2---2-------0-------0---0---|-2-------2---2---2-------2---2---|
|-0-----------0-------------------|-0---------------0---------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - |



Guitar1:
  E               A
|-----------------0-------0---0---|---------0---0-----------0---0---|
|-----------------2-------2---2---|---------2---2-----------2---2---|
|-1---1---1-------2-------2---2---|---------2---2-----------2---2---|
|-2---2---2-------2-------2---2---|-2-------2---2---2-------2---2---|
|-2---2---2-------0-------0---0---|-0---------------0---------------|
|-0---0---0-----------------------|---------------------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - |



Guitar1:
  A                                 E
|-----0---0-------2-------2---2---|-0-------------------------------|
|-----2---2-------3-------3---3---|-0-------------------------------|
|-----2---2-------2-------2---2---|-1-------------------------------|
|-----2---2-------0-------0---0---|-2-------------------------------|
|-0-----------0-------------------|-2-------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-0-------------------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - |



Guitar1:
          B       E
|-----------------0---------------|
|---------4-------0---------------|
|---------4-------1---------------|
|---------4-------2---------------|
|---------2-------2---------------|
|-----------------0---------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - |