DOWN IN NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE (CHICK-A-LING-BONE)
(Bob Hilliard / David Mann)


Dinah Shore (& The Mellomen) - 1950



Chick-a-ling-bone, come with me
Down to Nashville, Tennessee
(Chick-a-ling-bone, come with me)
(Down to Nashville, Tennessee)

You'll find your kind of real home cookin'
Why keep lookin', come with me
Down to Nashville, Tennessee

Chick-a-ling-bone, come with me
Down to Nashville, Tennessee

The gals (The gals) are pals (are pals)
They're always ready to go steady
Make your plea, down in Nashville, Tennessee

Chick-a-ling-bone, make your plea
Down in Nashville, Tennessee

Oh, what a town (What a town)
There's never a frown (Not a frown)
The place even glows when the Sun goes down

Dreams do come true, so you'll be wealthy
Plant your healthy family tree
Down in Nashville, tennessee

Chick-a-ling-bone, plant your tree
Down in Nashville, Tennessee
(Chick-a-ling-bone, come with me)
(Down to Nashville, Tennessee)

(Instrumental Break)

Down to Nashville, Tennessee
Chick-a-ling-bone, come with me
Down to Nashville, Tennessee

(Instrumental Break)

Down in Nashville, Tennessee
Chick-a-ling-bone, make your plea
Down in Nashville, Tennessee

(Oh, what a town) That's my hometown
(Never a frown) Grand Old Opry town
(The place even glows when the Sun goes down)

Don't get upset if roads lead nowhere
Turn and go where you should be
Down in Nashville, Tennessee

Chick-a-ling-bone, you should be
Down in Nashville, Tennessee
Chick-a-ling-bone, come with me
Down to Nashville, Tennessee
Chick-a-ling-bone, come with me
Down to Nashville, Tennessee



(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - August 2018)