Tennessee Whiskey

Intro

*(slow piano swells, husky sigh)*

Mmm... yeah... Tennessee whiskey...

*(sax wails low and lonely)*

Verse

Used to spend my nights out in the rain

Pourin' down my sorrow like a freight train

One taste of you, baby, changed my game

Now I'm hooked on that fire, callin' your name

Chorus

You're my Tennessee whiskey

Smooth as silk, but you burn me so good

Tennessee whiskey

Yeah, you're as warm as the sun on a backroad

Tennessee whiskey (oh, whiskey)

Lord, you got me beggin' for more

Tennessee whiskey

Baby, you're the cure that I can't ignore

Verse

Folks say I should leave you on the shelf

But one sip of your lovin' helps itself

You wrap around my blues like a velvet hell

Turn my cryin' into a sweet, sweet spell

Pre-chorus

Oh, honey... (honey)

You light me up when the dark comes callin'

No cheap thrill, no fallin'

Chorus

You're my Tennessee whiskey

Smooth as silk, but you burn me so good

Tennessee whiskey

Yeah, you're as warm as the sun on a backroad

Tennessee whiskey (whiskey, yeah)

Lord, you got me beggin' for more

Tennessee whiskey

Baby, you're the cure that I can't ignore

Break

*(sax solo cries out – long, bending notes, gritty and soulful, piano underneath, building slow)*

Verse

Woke up this mornin', bottle by my side

Your memory lingerin', nowhere to hide

But I'd drown in your amber every single time

'Cause your kiss is the devil in a gold divine

Bridge

Mmm-hmm... don't you know

You taste like heaven, feel like home

*(ad-lib: oh, baby... yeah...)*

Ain't no substitute for your slow burn glow

Chorus

You're my Tennessee whiskey

Smooth as silk, but you burn me so good (burn me good)

Tennessee whiskey

Yeah, you're as warm as the sun on a backroad

Tennessee whiskey (Tennessee... whiskey)

Lord, you got me beggin' for more

Tennessee whiskey

Baby, you're the cure... yeah, the cure that I can't ignore

Outro

*(sax fades with voice)*

Tennessee whiskey... (whiskey)

Oh, you're my Tennessee whiskey...

*(hum: mmm-mmm... yeah... slow fade)*