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Memphis Lives in Me
David Bryan and Joe DiPietro
| Chord Guide | |||
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231 E: 022100 |
T431
F#m7: 244200 |
T431
G#m7: 466400 |
123
A: x02220 |
|
134 B: x24400 |
1432
C#m: x4665x |
3111
B/D: x6444x |
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Intro:
/ E - F#m7 - / G#m7 - A - / E - B - / E - - - /
/ E - F#m7 - / G#m7 - A - / E - B - / E - F#m7 G#m7 /
A E
There's a town that I call home
C#m (½) A (½) E
Where all the streets are paved with soul
A B
Down on Beale there's a honky-tonk bar, Hear the wail of a blues guitar
C#m D (2)
Have a beer and drop a dime in the blind man's jar
E (½) F#m7 (½) G#m7 (½) A (½)
The blues sing softly in the air like a Sunday morning prayer
E (½) B (½) E
Just one more drink and you'll see God everywhere
E (½) F#m7 (½) G#m7 (½) A (½)
Like a sad old melody tears you up but sets you free
E (½) B (½)
That's how Memphis lives in me
/ E - F#m7 - / G#m7 - A B /
C#m
There comes a time when muddy waters run rough
B/D#
There comes a point when a man has had enough
E / A - - G#m7 /
Like a friend who always stands by me
F#m7 (½) G#m7 (½) A (½) B (2)
Memphis knows me, Memphis shows me, How this life just has to be
E (½) F#m7 (½) G#m7 (½) A (½)
I couldn't even try to run away, say goodbye
E (½) B (½) E
Here I was born and here is where I'll die
E (½) F#m7 (½) G#m7 (½) A (½)
I'm just a man from Tennessee, I can't be what I can't be
E (½) B (½) E
All I know is Memphis lives in me
E (½) F#m7 (½) G#m7 (½) A (½)
Just a man from Tennessee, can't be what I can't be
E (½) B (½)
All I know is Memphis lives
E (½) B (½)
All I know is Memphis lives
E (½) B (rubato)
All I know is Memphis lives in me
/ E - F#m7 - / G#m7 - A - / E - B - /
End on E
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.
