Key: E major
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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We were standing by the river,
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staring into town.
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All the world was on his shoulders,
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A
the tears were raining down
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G
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Bm
All along the southern skyline
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G
City lights began to bloom
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He said if you only knew
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Em
The way that I do so
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Asus4
You would be crying too
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Em
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If you could see Memphis
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the way that I do
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Asus4
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She would look different to you
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Bbdim
Bm
Queen of the Delta, tip your tiara
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Memphis, the belle of the blues
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Streets were filled with cotton
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And music filled the air
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All the paddle boats came rollin'
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from east of everywhere
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G
Now the streets are
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filled with si lence
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and songs no one can hear
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But her memory lingers,
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Em
it slips through my fin gers
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Bm
Asus4
And into this river of tears
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Em
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If you could see Memphis
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the way that I do
Em
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Asus4
A
She would look different to you
Asus4
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Bbdim
F#
Queen of the deltas, tip your tiara
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Asus4
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Reverse the bell on the blues
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Bbdim
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Asus4
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So roll on, roll on,
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my sweet Magnolia
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How the memory lingers,
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it slips through my fingers,
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Asus4
and into this river of tears.
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If you could see Memphis
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the way that I do,
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she would look different.
Asus4
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Bbdim
Bm
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Asus4
Bm
Memphis, bell of the blues,
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Memph is,
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the bell of the blues.
Outro 1
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