Memphis chords by Owen Temple

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Verse 1
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She was seventeen,
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left Arkansas,
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moved here on her own
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After mom's boyfriend in a tornado
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tore up her home
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She brought a small dog with her
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She left behind her old clothes
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She emptied out albums and pictures
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By the side of the road
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She'd make some money,
then she would leave
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But Memphis is not what
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it used to be
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She got a job in Memphis
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Because she lied about her age
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She said she'd give it a try
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Up on the stage
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At the Platinum Plus Club
She was dancing
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Dancing to the drugs and the music
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If the body was a weapon
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She'd have learned how to use it
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So give her the money if
you want it to see
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Because Memphis is not what it
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used to be
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She made 3 ,000 a  week
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in that East Memphis club
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Till the feds  shut it down
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for running drugs
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Then the money got tight,
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but she's got a solution
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She and some other girls next summer
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Moving down to Houston
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I asked her what else in town should I see
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She said Memphis is not what it used to be
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It's not what it used to be
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And I know that oh, oh, oh, oh,
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Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
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Oh, oh, oh,
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