Back to Memphis chords by Chuck Berry

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Intro 1

Verse 1
D 
I've been struggling  (D major) up here, child,
trying to make a living
Everybody wants to take,
nobody like giving
G 
I wish  (G major) I  was in Memphis back
home there with my Mama
D 
The only  (D major) clothes I got left that
ain't rags is my pajamas
A 
No  (A major) brotherly love, no help, no danger
D 
Just a great  (D major) big town full of

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Verse 2
cold hearted strangers
D 
 (D major) 
I went hungry in New York
and Chicago was no better
But today, my dear mother wrote
and told me in her letter
G 
Son, come  (G major) back to Memphis and
live here with your Mama
D 
You can walk  (D major) down Beale Street,
honey, wearing your pajamas
A 
You know home  (A major) folks here,
we let do just what you want to
D 
And I born  (D major) you and raised you right

Interlude 1

here on the corner

Verse 3
D 
I'm going to  (D major) leave here in the morning
and walk down to the station
I've got just enough money
to pay my transportation
G 
I'm go (G major) ing back to Memphis,
back home with my Mama
D 
If I have to  (D major) ride that bus
barefooted in pajamas
A 
Back  (A major) home in Memphis,
no moaning and groaning
D 
I know everything  (D major) will be