Eric Church

Songwriter: Robert Hunter Jerry Garcia

Cold iron shackles and a ball and chain
Listen to the sound of the evenin' train
You know you are bound to wind up dead
If you don't get back to Tennessee, Jed

A rich man beatin' on my poor head
When you get up you better butter my bread
Well you know you, it's just like I said
You better get back to Tennessee, Jed

Tennessee, Tennessee
Ain't no place I'd rather be
Baby won't you carry me
Back to Tennessee

Yeah I drink all day and I rock all night
Yeah the law come and said if you don't get right
Oh I got a letter this morning and this is all it read
"You better get back to Tennessee, Jed"

Yeah I dropped four flights and I cracked my spine
Oh honey, come quick and bring the iodine
Yeah I catch a few winks down underneath my bed
You best 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

Yeah Tennessee, Tennessee
There ain't no place I'd rather be
Baby won't you carry me
Back to Tennessee
Yeah baby won't you carry me
Back to Tennessee

Eric Church is an American country music singer-songwriter from Granite Falls, North Carolina. After graduating from Appalachian State University with a business degree in 2000, Eric became engaged to a Spanish teacher from Lenior, NC whose father attempted to deter his musical aspirations by offering him a corporate career in Denver. After turning down her father’s offer, Church’s ex-fiance broke the engagement, giving Church motivation to move to Nashville and begin focusing solely on his music. Recollections of this turning point in Church’s life are heard throughout his lyrical portfolio (most prominently in “Those I’ve Loved”).

After a period of being overlooked by record labels and producers, Church was eventually signed to Capitol Records in 2006, making his debut with the album, Sinners Like Me. The album produced four singles on the Billboard Country Chart, “How ‘Bout You,” “Two Pink Lines,” “Guys Like Me,” and the album’s title track.

His second album, 2009’s Carolina, produced three more “Smoke a Little Smoke,” “Love Your Love the Most,” and “Hell on the Heart.”

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61 Days In Church Volume 4 (2017)

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