Memphis blues chords by Bing Crosby
Intro 1
Bb
Eb
Cm
Eb
Bb
Verse 1
F
Bb
Folks,
I've just been down, down to
Memphis town
Eb
That's where the people smile, smile
on you all the while
Bb
Hospitality, man, it was good to me
Eb
G
I couldn't spend a dime,
Hadn't it rather's time.
C
G
C
I went out a -dancin' with a
Tennessee deer,
F
Met a man named
Handy with a band you should hear,
Bb
And while the dancers swayed,
Eb
Bb
All the fellas played real harmony.
Eb
Bb
I never will forget the
tune they call the
Memphis
Eb
Bb
Blues.
Eb
They got a fiddler there who always slickens his hair,
folks he sure does pull a mean blow.
Ab
Cm
And when the big bassoon second
Abm
Eb
s to the trombone's crew
Bb
F
It moans just like a sinner on
Bb
Eb
Gbdim
Eb
revival day
Bb
Eb
That melancholy strain,
every haunting refrain
It's like a southern sorrow song
Ab
Here comes the very part
Eb
Db
Eb
Wraps a spell around my heart
Bb
It sets me wild
Eb
To hear that lovin' tune again
Ab
Bb
Eb
Bb
The glyph is blue
Eb
Ab
Mississippi
River
Long, deep, and wide
Eb
Got myself a rowboat and I
Ab
pulled for the other side
Db
Dbm
And when I heard the music I
Eb
Ab
Bb
Ab
could lay it right down and die
Eb
Oh, you should have heard the singing
Come floating out across
Ab
Fm
Eb
Ab
the tide
F
Get on your fanciest dancing shoes an
Fm
Bb
Fdim
d ask the leader to play the blues, the
Ab
C
Gbdim
M -E -N -P -H -I -S
F
Bb
Boy, I'm in the
Eb
Memphis blues
Interlude 1
Ab
Eb
Ab
Verse 2
I'm in the
Memphis blues and blues
Thank you, Ella.
Verse 3
Thank you,
folks.
Thanks also to the
Firehouse
Five, too,
for some mighty fine blasting there.
Memphis blues
Bing crosby
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