Tennessee Jed
The Grateful Dead * Track #3 On Dave’s Picks Vol. 3
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Tennessee Jed by The Grateful Dead
Release Date
Performed by
The Grateful DeadProduced by
The Grateful DeadWrited by
Jerry Garcia & Robert HunterAbout
Tennessee Jed was the title character of a radio show that ran from 1945 to 1947. “Jed” – the Dead song – was the result of an inebriated night in Barcelona. It is the musical equivalent of a tall tale, the legend of an eternally resilient displaced wonderer so buffeted by outrageous slings and arro...
Tennessee Jed Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Cold iron shackles, ball and chain
Listen to the whistle of the evening train
You know you bound to wind up dead
If you don't head back to Tennessee, Jed
[Verse 2]
Rich man step on my poor head
When you get up, you better butter my bread
Well, you know it's like I said
You better head back to Tennessee, Jed
[Chorus]
Tennessee, Tennessee
There ain't no place I'd rather be
Baby, won't you carry me?
Back to Tennessee
[Instrumental Bridge]
[Verse 3]
Drink all day and rock all night
Law come to get you if you don't walk right
Got a letter this morning and it, all it read:
"You better head back to Tennessee, Jed"
[Verse 4]
I dropped four flights and cracked my spine
Honey, come quick with the iodine
Catch a few winks down under the bed
Then head back to Tennessee, Jed
[Chorus]
Tennessee, Tennessee
There ain't no place I'd rather be
Baby, won't you carry me?
Back to Tennessee
[Instrumental Bridge]
[Verse 5]
I run into Charlie Phogg
He blacked my eye and he kicked my dog
My dog, he turned to me and he said:
"Let's head back to Tennessee, Jed"
[Verse 6]
I woke up a-feeling mean
Went down to play the slot machine
The wheels turned 'round and the letters read:
"Better head back to Tennessee, Jed"
[Chorus]
Tennessee, Tennessee
There ain't no place I'd rather be
Baby, won't you carry me?
Back to Tennessee
[Instrumental Bridge]
[Guitar Solo]
[Chorus]
Tennessee, Tennessee
There ain't no place I'd rather be
Baby, won't you carry me?
Back to Tennessee
Tennessee Jed Q&A
Who wrote Tennessee Jed's ?
Tennessee Jed was written by Jerry Garcia & Robert Hunter.
Who produced Tennessee Jed's ?
Tennessee Jed was produced by The Grateful Dead.
When did The Grateful Dead release Tennessee Jed?
The Grateful Dead released Tennessee Jed on Sun Nov 05 1972.
What did The Grateful Dead say about "Tennessee Jed"?
Hunter, in A Box of Rain, says:
“Tennessee Jed” originated in Barcelona, Spain. Topped up on vino tinto, I composed it aloud to the sound of a jaw harp twanged between echoing building faces by someone strolling half a block ahead of me in the late summer twilight.