Key: Eb major•
Verse 1
Bb
Eb
Cm
Eb
Bb
Folks I've just been down,
down to Memphis town,
smile on you all the while.
Eb
G
I couldn't spend a dime,
and had the grandest time.
C
G
C
I went out a dancing with a Tennessee dear,
with a band you should hear
Eb
Bb
Eb
all the band folks played Real har mony.
that Handy called the Memphis Blues.
Eb
Bb
Oh yes, them Blues.
Verse 2
Eb
slickens his hair
And folks he sure do pull some bow.
Ab
Cm
And when the big Bassoon
Ab
Abm
Eb
seconds to the Trombones croon.
Bb
F
Bb
Eb
It moans just like a sinner on Revival Day,
on Revival Day.
Gbdim
Eb
Oh
Verse 3
Bb
Eb
that melody
sure appealed to me.
Eb
Db
Eb
on it seemed.
Bb
Eb
Ab
Eb
Then it slowly died, with a gentle sigh
Bb
Ab
Soft as the breeze that whines
Dbm
Eb
Ab
I'm going to take a million
Ab
Fm
Eb
Ab
F
Because I seem to hear it yet,
Bb
Fdim
That blue refrain.
Verse 4
Ab
C
Gbdim
There's nothing like the Handy Band that played
F
Bb
Eb
Ab
the Memphis Blues so grand.
Oh play them Blues.
Eb
Ab
That melancholy strain, that
ever haunting refrain
Is like a sweet old sorrow song.
Here comes the very part
that wraps a spell around my heart.
It sets me wild to hear that loving tune
a gain, the Memphis Blues.
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsBb Eb Cm G C...
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