Bing introduces Memphis Blues chords by Bing Crosby

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A
D
Bm
F#
B
E
G
Gm
Fdim
C
Cm
Em
Edim

Verse 1
A 
D 
Bm 
D 
A 
 (A major)  (D major)  (B minor)  (D major)  (A major) Folks I've just been down,
down to Memphis town,
D 
 (D major) That's where the people smile,
smile on you all the while.
A 
 (A major) Hospitality, they were good to me.
D 
F# 
 (D major) I couldn't spend a dime,  (F sharp major) 
and had the grandest time.
B 
F# 
B 
 (B major) I  went out a  (F sharp major) dancing with  (B major) a Tennessee dear,
E 
 (E major) They had a fellow there named Handy
with a band you should hear
A 
 (A major) And while the folks gently swayed,
D 
A 
D 
all the band folks played  (D major) Real  (A major) harmony.  (D major) 
A 
I never  (A major) will forget the tune
that Handy called the Memphis Blues.
D 
A 
 (D major) Oh yes, them Blues.  (A major) 
D 
They've got a  (D major) fiddler there that always

Verse 2
D 
 (D major) 
slickens his hair
And folks he sure do pull some bow.
G 
Bm 
And when  (G major) the big Bassoon  (B minor) 
G 
Gm 
D 
 (G major) second (G minor) s to  (D major) the Trombones croon.
A 
E 
A 
D 
It moans  (A major) just like a sinner  (E major)  (A major) on Revival  (D major) Day,
on Revival Day.
Fdim 
D 
 (Fdim) Oh       (D major) 

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Verse 3
A 
D 
 (A major) that melody  (D major) 
sure appealed to me.
G 
Just like a mountain  (G major) stream rippling
D 
C 
D 
 (D major)  (C major)  (D major) on it seemed.
A 
D 
G 
D 
 (A major) Then it slowly died, with a gentle  (D major)  (G major)  (D major) sigh
A 
G 
Soft  (A major)  (G major) as the breeze that whines
D 
high in the summer  (D major) pines.
G 
Hear  (G major) me people,
C 
hear me people, hear I  (C major) pray,
Cm 
D 
G 
I'm going to take  (C minor)  (D major) a   (G major) million
D 
 (D major) lesson's  'til I learn how to play
G 
Em 
D 
G 
E 
Because  (G major) I   (E minor) seem  (D major) to hear it  (G major)  (E major) yet,
Em 
simply can't forget  (E minor) 
A 
Edim 
 (A major) That  (Edim) blue refrain.

Verse 4
G 
B 
Fdim 
There's nothing like  (G major) the Handy  (B major) Band that  (Fdim) played
E 
A 
D 
G 
 (E major)  (A major) the  (D major) Memphis  (G major) Blues so grand.
Oh play them Blues.
D 
G 
That mel (D major) ancholy  (G major) 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.