verse 1 Talk about troubles, I tell you I got 'em shovellin' sand on the Mississipi bottom Yeah yeah yeah, yeah yeah yeah I killed me a man in Shelby County, they turned me in for the government bounty Yeah yeah yeah, yeah yeah yeah Tennessee owns my soul, that little Georgia gal just wouldn't listen She tried to run away with Stoney Lee I caught him and I put him six feet under I wonder if he misses me? Tennessee owns my soul verse 2 Rottin' in a cell I try to forget her, wishin' like hell I'd never ever met her Yeah yeah yeah, yeah yeah yeah Gotta get away, gotta see my baby, gotta leave tonight, she's drivin' me crazy Yeah yeah yeah, yeah yeah yeah Tennessee owns my soul, that little Georgia gal just wouldn't listen She tried to run away with Stoney Lee I caught him and I put him six feet under I wonder if he misses me? Tennessee owns my soul verse 3 I make it to the top of the twenty foot wall, the guard - I'm hit, and I think I'm gonna fall Yeah yeah yeah, yeah yeah yeah Laying on a broken back and cryin', everything's goin' black and I'm dyin' Yeah yeah yeah, yeah yeah yeah Tennessee owns my soul, Tennessee owns my soul