Can't Go Back To Memphis chords by Randy Bachman

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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Lowdown  (E minor) 
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 (A major) deal (E minor) ings in Memphis,
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 (A major) a  (E minor) card game in a back room
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I was looking at  (A major)  (E minor) my  last dollar,
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hoping Lady Luck  (A major) would  (E minor) come by soon
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They raised  (A major) the betting limit,
the cards were flying fast
I bet away my future,
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I'd already lost  (A minor) my past
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Now  (E minor) I can't go back to Memphis
I can't go back to Memphis
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I can (A major) 't go  (D major) back to  (A major) Memphis
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Can't go back to  (E minor) Mem phis
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Too  (B major) many people want to
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 (A major) even out the score
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And I  (G major) can't go back to Memphis no  (E minor) more
I hung out on the east side
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Until I heard my reputation was in doubt  (A major) 
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 (E minor) It  was starting to look like a bad ride
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It looked like time for getting out  (A major) 
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 (E minor) I sen (A major) t  the man a message
that said I was gonna split
He sent a message back that said
I don't let nobody quit
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Now  (E minor) I can't go back to Memphis  (A major) 
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 (E minor) I played out every game  (A major) 
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 (E minor) I  (A major) can't go back to Memphis
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 (A minor) Every (A major) body  (E minor) knows  (A major) my  (E minor) name  (A major)  (E minor) 
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Too  (B major) many people wanna
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 (A major) even out the score
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And I  (G major) can't go back to  (A major) Memphis no more  (E minor) 
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I tried my best to beat the system,
but the system would
be back in my place.
They maintained a delicate balance,
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where no one got nobody's face.
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I was  (A major) trying to make a dollar,
just surviving in the streets.
I fought the gangs, I fought the law,
but they both had me beat.
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Now  (E minor) I can't go back to Memphis
I can't go back to Memphis
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I  (A major) can't go back to Memphis
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Can (E minor) 't  go  (A major) back to  (E minor) Mem phis  (A major)  (E minor) 
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Too  (B major) many people want
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 (A major) to even out the score
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And I  (G major) can't go back to
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 (A major) Memphis no more  (E minor) 
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Rock!  (A major)  (E minor)  (A major)  (E minor)  (A major)  (E minor)  (A major)  (E minor)  (A major)  (E minor)  (A major) 
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 (B minor)  (A minor)  (G major)  (A major)  (E minor) I can't go  (A major) back to  (E minor) Mem phis,
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I  (A major)  (E minor) can't go back to Memphis  (A major)  (E minor) 
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I  (A major) can't go back to Memphis,
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I  (E minor) can't go back to Memphis  (A major)  (E minor) 
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Too  (B major) many people want to
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 (A major) even out the score
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And I  (G major) can't go back to  (A major) Mem
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phis no more  (E minor)  (E minor)  (E minor) 
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 (A major) I   (E minor) can't go back to Memphis  (A major)  (E minor) 
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You  (E minor) 