G5  G5  *    G5  G5  *   
{intro} 
 

G5                        G5                G5                    C5 
Looking at you through a misty moonlight, katydids sing like a symphony 
G5                          G5              G5                       C5 
Porch swing swaying like a Tenn. lullaby, melody blowing thru the willow tree 
D5            C5              D5                C5 
  What was I s'posed to do,   standing there looking at you 
D5         F5           G5    G5  *  
  Lonely boy far from home 
 

             G5        G5              C5                C5 
Maybe it was Memphis,   maybe it was southern summer nights 
             A5               C5                    G5     G5 *  
Maybe it was you, maybe it was me, but it sure felt right 
 
Read about you in a Faulkner novel, met you once in a Williams play 

Heard about you in a country love song, summer night beauty took my breath away 

What was I s'posed to do, standing there looking at you 

Lonely boy far from home 
 
Maybe it was Memphis, maybe it was southern summer nights 

Maybe it was you, maybe it was me, but it sure felt right 

Maybe it was Memphis, maybe it was southern summer nights 

Maybe it was you, maybe it was me, but it sure felt right 
 
{Guitar solo, same chords as chorus; see tab at end} 
 
Every night now since I've been back home, lie awake drifting in my memory 

Think about you on my mama's front porch swing, talking that way, so soft to me 

What was I s'posed to do, standing there looking at you 

Lonely boy so far from home 
 
Maybe it was Memphis, maybe it was southern summer nights 

Maybe it was you, maybe it was me, but it sure felt right 

Maybe it was Memphis, maybe it was southern summer nights 

Maybe it was you, maybe it was me, but it sure felt right 
 

             A5               C5               G5          G5  *  
Maybe it was you, maybe it was me, but it sure felt right 
G5    C5                      G5     G5  *  
Ohhh,   you know it sure felt right 
G5    C5           G5       G5  *  
  Oh, maybe it was Memphis 
G5  C5             G5       G5  *  
      Maybe it was Memphis 
G5  C5             G5       G5  *  
      Maybe it was Memphis 
G5  C5              G5       G5  *    G5  C5                  G5     G5  *  
     Maybe it was Memphis           But it sure felt right    {repeat/fade}