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Name: ( Walking In Memphis
Artist: ) Marc Cohn
Year: ( 1991
Album: ) Marc Cohn
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Original Tab by: ) Joe D (Gocaps99)
Adittions/Corrections by: ( Alex Cowley (AlexCowley)
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=== HOWDY =============================================================================
Hey, this is my first tab (even though the majority of it isn't mine, I've just
rearranged it into a more readable format), so sorry if some things are a little
weird, please don't be too harsh!
Walking in Memphis is a beautiful song, and even though it's arranged on piano
it works really well with a solo acoustic or as part of a band.
This is the way I play the song. I learned it off Joe D (Gocaps)'s tab, and
modified it a little in relation to some little changes chord-wise, lyrics-wise
and just a bit of tidying up to make the tab a little more readable.
I hope you can make some good use of this tab, please let me know if you use it
and maybe rate it as well! Thankyou folks, have fun and keep jammin'!
=== VERSE ONE =========================================================================
F G C Am
Put on my blue suede shoes
F G C Am
And I boarded the plane
F G C Am
Touched down in the land of the Delta Blues
F G C Am
In the middle of the pouring rain
F G C Am F G C Am
W.C. Handy -- won't you look down over me
F G C Am
Yeah I got a first class ticket
F G C
But I'm as blue as a boy can be
=== CHORUS (Same throughout the song) =================================================
C Am F G C
Then I'm walking in Memphis
Am F G C
Walking with my feet ten feet off of Beale
Am F G C
Walking in Memphis
Am F G Gsus4
But do I really feel the way I feel?
=== VERSE TWO =========================================================================
F G C Am
Saw the ghost of Elvis
F G C Am
On Union Avenue
F G C Am
Followed him up to the gates of Graceland
F G C Am
Then I watched him walk right through
F G C Am
Now security they did not see him
F G C Am
They just hovered 'round his tomb
F G C Am
But there's a pretty little thing, Waiting for the King
NC.
Down in the Jungle Room
=== CHORUS (Same throughout the song) =================================================
C Am F G C
Then I'm walking in Memphis
Am F G C
Walking with my feet ten feet off of Beale
Am F G C
Walking in Memphis
Am F G Gsus4
But do I really feel the way I feel?
=== Bridge ============================================================================
[INSTRUMENTAL INTRO] - Csus4 / C / Csus4 / C
Csus4 C Csus4 C
They've got catfish on the table
Csus4 C Csus4 C
They've got gospel in the air
E7 F
And Reverend Green be glad to see you
F#dim G7 C/G C
When you haven't got a prayer
NC. F G C Am
But boy you've got a prayer in Memphis
=== VERSE THREE ======================================================================
F G C Am
Now Muriel plays piano
F G C Am
Every Friday at the Hollywood
F G C Am
And they brought me down to see her
F G C Am
And they asked me if I would
F G C Am
Do a little number
F G C Am
And I sang with all my might
F G C Am
And she said, "Tell me are you a Christian child?"
N.C.
And I said "Ma'am I am tonight"
=== CHORUS (Same throughout the song) =================================================
C Am F G C
Then I'm walking in Memphis
Am F G C
Walking with my feet ten feet off of Beale
Am F G C
Walking in Memphis
Am F G Gsus4
But do I really feel the way I feel?
=== Final Verse =======================================================================
F G C Am
Put on my blue suede shoes
F G C Am
And I boarded the plane
F G C Am
Touched down in the land of the Delta Blues
F G C Am
In the middle of the pouring rain
F G C Am
Touched down in the land of the Delta Blues
F G C Am
In the middle of the pouring rain
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