Cold iron shackles and 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      A rich man step on my poor head   When you get back you better butter my bread   Well, you know that it's just like I said   You better hurry on back to Tennessee Jed      Tennessee, Tennessee, there ain't no place I'd rather be   Baby won't you carry me back to Tennessee?      Drank all day and rock all night   A law come to get you if you don't walk right   Got a letter this morning baby, you know what it read   You better hurry on back to Tennessee Jed      I dropped four flights and cracked my spine   Honey, come quick bring the iodine   Gonna catch a few winks baby, hop onto that bed   Then I head on 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 old Charlie Fog   But he blackened my eye and he kicked my dog   My dog turned to me and he said   Let's head on back to Tennessee Jed      I woke up next morning, I was feelin' mean   I went down to play on the slot machine   The wheels they turned around and the letters read   You better hurry on back to Tennessee Jed      Tennessee, Tennessee, there ain't no place I'd rather be   Baby won't you carry me back to Tennessee?      Tennessee, Tennessee, there ain't no place I'd rather be   Baby won't you carry me back to Tennessee?   Baby won't you carry me back to Tennessee?