• Song:

    Last Train From Memphis

  • Artist:

    The Band

Last Train to Memphis     4/4     The Band (Levon Helm)
Capo 2 Standard Tuning	Transcribed by Ken Lee kandvlee@shaw.ca
Intro:
              / G (320003@1)             /
Take the / last train to / Memphis,
D (xx0232@1)                          /
Ride the Tennessee / Eagle,
   / D (xx0232@1)                      /
A / lonesome whistle / in the night,
D (xx0232@1)                  / GEchoes (320003@1)off the / River,

G (320003@1)         /                   /
Take the / last Train to / Memphis,
D (xx0232@1)                         /
Get the southbound / Eagle,
      / D (xx0232@1)                            /
The / King is gone, but you / still get a song,
D (xx0232@1)                               / GDeep (320003@1)in the heart of the / people.
             / G (320003@1)             /
Take the / last train to / Memphis,
      / D (xx0232@1)                /
We / gonna have a / real good time,
D (xx0232@1)                          /
Memphis sits on the / top of the river,
D (xx0232@1)                               / GRight (320003@1)on the Arkanasas / line.

              / G (320003@1)            /
Take the / last train to / Memphis,
D (xx0232@1)                         /
Put on your dancin' / shoes,
        / D (xx0232@1)                   /
They / got a lotta good / music in Memphis,
                                     / GWisely (320003@1)"The Home of the / Blues.

Chorus:

G (320003@1)         /           / G (320003@1)      / DRide (xx0232@1)the / Eagle, / Get on / board,
D (xx0232@1)                  /
Ride the Eagle / all night long,
D (xx0232@1)                             / GNext (320003@1)stop Graceland's / door,
             / G (320003@1)       /           / D (xx0232@1)       /
You can / ride the / Eagle, / Get on / board,
D (xx0232@1)                          /
Cross the Arkansas / border by midnight

D (xx0232@1)                             / GNext (320003@1)stop Graceland's / door.

Break:   Two verses Guitar solo

      / G (320003@1)             /
The / last train to / Memphis,
D (xx0232@1)                           /
Ride the Tenneessee / Eagle,
D (xx0232@1)                                   /
Memphis in May, when we / sing and we play,
D (xx0232@1)                        / GParty (320003@1)time with the / people,

              / G (320003@1)            /
Take the / last train to / Memphis,
D (xx0232@1)                   /
You better get / on board,
DIf (xx0232@1)you wanna see,
                / DWhere (xx0232@1)the / King comes from,
D (xx0232@1)                           / GWhen (320003@1)he was a little / boy.

                   / G (320003@1)             /
You take the / last train to / Memphis,
D (xx0232@1)                         /
Ride the Tennessee / Eagle,
      / D (xx0232@1)                            /
The / King is gone, but you / still get a song
D (xx0232@1)                              / GDeep (320003@1)in the heart of the / people

Chorus:

G (320003@1)         /           / G (320003@1)       / DRide (xx0232@1)the / Eagle, / Get on / board @ 2
G (320003@1)               /
Last train to / Memphis, @ 4
G (320003@1)      /            / G (320003@1)      / DFly (xx0232@1)the / Eagle, / Get on / board,
G (320003@1)       /
Fly the / Eagle,

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