Strong Enough

Alan Jackson

CountryMedium for beginners9 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

 
              C  G  C  G 
INTRO 
 
 
     C                G               C 
Well I just took your picture off the table, 
    F                                C 
And I just took your picture off the wall. 
  F                          C 
I hide from you anywhere I'm able, 
                              G                C 
But there's one place I can't hide from you at all. 
 
 
 
F                             C 
Tennessee, you don't make the whisky, 
G           G7                 C    C7 
California, you don't make the wine. 
F                        C   
Mexico, you don't make tequila, 
                 G              C     G 
Strong enough to get her off my mind. 
 
 
 
C                 G                  C 
 Memories seem to know just where to find me, 
    F                           C 
And lately they're all that I recall. 
    F                              C 
And everything in this old house reminds me 
                      G             C  
Of the love I had and how I lost it all. 
 
 
 
F                             C 
Tennessee, you don't make the whisky, 
G           G7                   C   C7 
California, you don't make the wine. 
F                        C   
Mexico, you don't make tequila, 
                 G              C     G 
Strong enough to get her off my mind. 
 
 
 
D               A                D  
 Days go by and I still feel the sorrow, 
    G                                   D 
And time don't make a difference in the pain. 
     G                         D 
Just sittin' here waitin' on tomorrow 
                       A            D 
Will drive me crazy if I don't go insane. 
 
 
 
G                             D 
Tennessee, you don't make the whisky, 
A           A7                 D    D7 
California, you don't make the wine. 
G                        D   
Mexico, you don't make tequila, 
                 A              D    
Strong enough to get her off my mind. 
                 A              D 
Strong enough to get her off my mind. 
                 A              G    D 
Strong enough to get her off my mind.

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Chord set

C · G · F · G7 · C7 · D · A · A7 · D7

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.