WALKING IN MEMPHIS Marc Cohn Cher
| F5 ~ G5 / ^C5 | / ~ A5 / ^F5 | / ~ G5 / ^C5 | / ~ A5 / ^F5 |
G5 C5 A5 F5 G5 C5 A5 F5
| / Put^on n my ^blue.| e suede ^shoes ss and^I | / board^ed ^the plane e | / ~ / Touched ^down.|
G5 C5 A5 F5 G5 C5 A5 F5
| nn in^the land of^the | Del ta^Blues ss ~ In=the | middle^of the^pour ing ^rain | nn ~ // ~ |
G5 C5 A5 F5 G5 C5 A5 F5
| ~ double U C ^Han | dy ~ ~ / wont^you | ^look down ov er ^me | ee ~ ~ / ~ ^Yeah.|
G5 C5 A5 F5 G5 C5
| h^Ive got^a first t ^class.| s^tick et ~ ^but I'm^as | blue as=a^boy y can ^be | 2/4 / then^I'm |
Am F G C Am F G C
| Walking in^Mem | phis s s / ~ ~ | / ~ ^was walking with^my | ^feet ten feet^off^of Beale |
Am F G C Am F G
| / ~ ~ Walking in^Mem.| m phis s / ~ ~ | / ~ ^but do^I really | feel the^way y I ^feel.|
F5 G-4 F5 C Dm F5 G-4 F5 C Dm F5 G-4 F5
1. | ll / / / | / ~ ~ / ~ ~ | / Saw^the ghost of^El | vis ~ ~ / ~ ~ | ~ ^on U ^nion Av e |
C Dm F5 G-4 F5 C Dm F5
| nue / followed him^up | / to^the gates of^Grace | land ~ ~ / ~ then=I |
G-4 F5 C Dm C F5 G-4
| watched him^walk k right ^through.| hh ~ ~ / Now^se | curity^they did^not t see ^him |
C Am F5 G-4 C Am F5 G-4
| // ~^they just | ~ hov ^ered round d^his | tomb bb ~ ^but theres^a | prêtty lit^tle thing ~ ^wait |
C Am F5
| ^ing for ^the King / | down^in^the jungle ^room / | 2/4 / then^Im | CHORUS
C7-4 C7 C7-4 C7 C7-4 C7 C7-4 C7
2. | ll /// | //// | //// | // ~ ^They've e^got | ~ cat ^fish on the^ta | ble ee // | //// | // ~ ^they've e^got |
C7-4 C7 C7-4 C E7
| gos pel in the^air.| rr rr // | //// | / ~ ^and Rever end^Gre.| en ~ ^be glad to | see you / when you.|
Cdim G7
| u^have nt^got tt t^a | prayer rr rr rr.| rr rr rr ~ ^But | boy^you got^a prayer in^Mem |
F5 G5 C5 A5 F5 G5 C5 A5 F5
| phis ~ // ~ | / ~ // ~ | / ~ // ~ | / ~ // ^now |
G5 C5 A5 F5 G5 C5 A5 F5
| Muri el^plays s^pi an^o | / ~ ~ Ev ry^Fri | day at^the Holly wood.| dd ~ ~ / and^they |
G5 C5 A5 F5 G5 C5 A5
| brought me^down nn n^to | see her / ~ And=they | asked me^if I ^I ^would | dd ~ ~ // |
F G7-4 C Am F G7-4 C Am
| ~ ^well do^a little num | ber ~ ~ / ~ And=I.| I^sang g^with all l^my | might ~ / ^She said |
F G C Am7 F5 C
| ~ ^Tell me^are you a^Chris | tian child and^I said | ~ Mam ^I am mm | 2/4 tonight / | CHORUS
G5 C5 A5 F5 G5 C5 A5 F5
3. | ll ~ ~ / ~ ~ | / ~ ~ / ~ ~ | / ~ ~ / ~ ~ | / ~ ~ / ~ ~ |
G5 C5 A5 F5 G5 C5 A5 F5
| / Put^on n my ^blue.| e suede ^shoes ss and^I | / board^ed ^the plane e | / ~ / Touched ^down.|
G5 C Am F G F5 G5 C5
| nn in^the land of^the | Del ta^Blues ss ~ In=the | middle of^the pouring / | rain nn nn nn |
| / ~ ^A5 / F5 | / ~ G5 / ^C5 | / ~ A5 / ^F5 | / ~ G5 / ^C5 | / ~ A5 / ^F5 | // G-4 G | C /// ||
About this song:
Walking In Memphis is performed by Cher and written by Marc Cohn.
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