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Memphis Lives in Me
David Bryan and Joe DiPietro
This is a simplified version of the song that I created for an 8-year-old student. It's played on just the 6th string, in the key of E. Instead of chord names, only the 6th string fret number is provided.
Playing a bass line on the 6th string is the easiest way to play a song on guitar--perfect for total beginners or kids who want to sing and play at the same time.
Intro:
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There's a town that I call home
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Where all the streets are paved with soul
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Down on Beale there's a honky-tonk bar, Hear the wail of a blues guitar
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Have a beer and drop a dime in the blind man's jar
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The blues sing softly in the air like a Sunday morning prayer
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Just one more drink and you'll see God everywhere
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Like a sad old melody tears you up but sets you free
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That's how Memphis lives in me
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There comes a time when muddy waters run rough
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There comes a point when a man has had enough
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Like a friend who always stands by me
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Memphis knows me, Memphis shows me, How this life just has to be
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I couldn't even try to run away, say goodbye
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Here I was born and here is where I'll die
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I'm just a man from Tennessee, I can't be what I can't be
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All I know is Memphis lives in me
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Just a man from Tennessee, can't be what I can't be
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All I know is Memphis lives
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All I know is Memphis lives
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All I know is Memphis lives in me
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This file is the author's own work and represents his interpretation of this song. It's intended solely for private study, scholarship or research.
