Key: E major•
Intro 1
E
Verse 1
B
E
We were standing by the river,
A
E
staring into town.
Bsus4
B
C#m
All the world was on his shoulders,
F#sus4
F#
B
the tears were raining down
Bsus4
B
A
B
C#m
All along the southern skyline
A
E
A
City lights began to bloom
Bsus4
B
Bsus4
E
He said if you only knew
A
F#m
The way that I do so
E
C#m
B
Bsus4
You would be crying too
B
F#m
E
If you could see Memphis
A
E
the way that I do
F#m
E
Bsus4
B
She would look different to you
F#m
E
Cdim
C#m
Queen of the Delta, tip your tiara
A
Bsus4
E
Memphis, the belle of the blues
Bsus4
B
E
Streets were filled with cotton
A
E
And music filled the air
Bsus4
B
C#m
All the paddle boats came rollin'
F#sus4
F#
B
F#
from east of everywhere
Bsus4
B
A
Now the streets are
B
C#m
filled with si lence
A
E
B
and songs no one can hear
A
F#m
it slips through my fin gers
E
C#m
Bsus4
And into this river of tears
B
F#m
E
If you could see Memphis
A
E
the way that I do
F#m
E
Bsus4
B
She would look different to you
Bsus4
F#m
E
Cdim
G#
Queen of the deltas, tip your tiara
C#m
A
Bsus4
E
A
F#m
E
C#m
Reverse the bell on the blues
Bsus4
B
F#m
E
Cdim
C#m
F#m
Bsus4
E
A
E
B
Bsus4
B
E
So roll on, roll on,
F#
C#m
F#
my sweet Magno lia
B
Bsus4
E
How the memory lingers,
A
F#m
it slips through my fingers,
E
C#m
B
Bsus4
and into this river of tears.
B
F#m
E
If you could see Memphis
A
E
the way that I do,
F#m
E
she would look different.
Bsus4
B
F#m
E
Cdim
C#m
A
Bsus4
E
Bsus4
C#m
Memphis, bell of the blues,
F#sus4
F#
Memph is,
F#m
B
E
B
E
the bell of the blues.
Outro 1
E
E
E
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsE B A Bsus4 C#m...
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