Memphis Blues chords by Firehouse Five Plus Two

SimplifiedA · D · Bm · E · F# …

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A
D
Bm
E
F#
B
G
Gm
C
Cdim
Ebdim
Em
Edim
F#m
Fdim

Intro 1

Verse 1
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 (D major) Folks,
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E 
A 
 (A major)  (E major)  (A major) I've just been down,
down to Memphis town
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D 
 (E major) That's  (D major) where the people smile,
smile on you all the while
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 (A major) Hospitality, man, it was good to me
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Bm 
I  (D major) couldn't spend a dime,  (B minor) 
F# 
 (F sharp major) had the grandest time
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F# 
I  (B major) went out a  (F sharp major) -dancin'
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with  (B major) a  Tennessee deer
E 
Met  (E major) a man named Handy
with a band you should hear
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And  (A major) while the dancers swayed,
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D 
all the fellas played  (D major) real har (A major) mony  (D major) 
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I never will  (A major) forget the tune
Bm 
they call the  (B minor) Memphis Blues
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Bm 
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A 
 (D major)  (B minor)  (D major)  (A major) 
D 
They got a  (D major) fiddler there
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D 
who  (B minor) always  (D major) slickens his hair
Folks, he sure does pull a mean blow
G 
And when  (G major) the big bassoon
Bm 
G 
Gm 
F# 
Bm 
D 
 (B minor) second (G major) s  (G minor) to   (F sharp major) the trom (B minor) bone's  (D major) croon
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E 
It moans just like  (A major) a  sinner on  (E major) 
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D 
Bm 
E 
D 
 (D major) Re (A major) viv (D major) al Day  (B minor)  (E major)  (D major) 
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D 
That  (A major) melan (D major) choly strain,
every haunting refrain
It's like a southern sorrow song
G 
Here  (G major) comes the very part
F# 
D 
That  (F sharp major) wraps the spell  (D major) around my heart
A 
It set (A major) s me wild
Bm 
D 
To hear that lov (B minor) in' tun (D major) e again
Bm 
D 
A 
The  (B minor) river (D major) 's blue  (A major) 
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G 
 (D major) Mis (G major) sissippi River
Long, deep, and wide
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Got myself a row (D major) boat
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and I  (G major) pulled for the other side
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An (C major) d  when I heard the music
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Ebdim 
G 
 (Cdim) I       (E flatdim) could    lay  (G major) it right down and die
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D 
Ah, you  (A major) should have heard  (D major) the singing
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Em 
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Come floating out across the tide  (G major)  (E minor)  (G major) 
E 
Get  (E major) on your fanciest pants and shoes
Em 
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An (E minor) d ask the  (A major) leader
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Edim 
 (E minor) to  play  (Edim) the    blues
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F#m 
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Fdim 
E 
The  (G major) M  -E -M  (F sharp minor)  (B major) -P  (Fdim) -H     -I -S,  (E major) 
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D 
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Em 
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G 
 (A major) I mean the  (D major) Memphis blues  (G major)  (E minor)  (D major)  (G major) 
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