Memphis Blues chords by Johnny Mercer, The Pied Pipers
Intro 1
D
E
Gm
D
Ddim
A
D
C
Edim
A
Verse 1
A
Folks ive just been down,
down to memphis town,
D
Thats where people smile at
A
you all the while
Hospitality they were good to me
F#
Couldn't spend a dime,
mmm i had the grandest time
B
I went out dancing with a tennessee dear
E
Met a man named Andy with
a band you should hear
A
While the people swayed all
D
the players played real
A
D
A
Em
I'm in, I never will forget the tune
A
D
Fdim
E
they call the memphis blues.
A
They got a
Verse 2
D
Bm
D
fiddler there who always slickens his
Em
D
hair and boy he should do boys some boy
G
And when the big bassoon second
to the tromboys croon
D
A
They mourn just like a sinner
A
D
G
Em
on revival cay
A
D
That melancholy strain
That ever haunting refrain
C#
D
Is like a southern sorrow song
G
Here comes the very part that
D
wraps a spell around my heart
Verse 3
A
D
G
It sets me wild to hear that lovin tune again the memphis
Interlude 1
blues
D
G
C
Cm
G
C#dim
C
G
D
Verse 4
G
Gdim
C
The mississippi river is long deep
G
Gdim
and wide i got myself a row boat
Cm
G
Pulled it aside
C
Cdim
C
And when i heart the music oh i coulda led right
G
Gdim
C
Cm
G
down the nile
D
Oh you shoulda heard the singing
C
D
G
come floating out across the tide
Verse 5
E
Get out your fanciest dancing shoes,
A
Gdim
C#dim
G
and as the lead to play the blues
B
Fdim
E
The memphis, boy,
A
D
C
G
i mean the memphis blues
Memphis Blues
Johnny Mercer, The Pied Pipers
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