Rose Of Memphis chords by Rodney Crowell

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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I drove all  (D major) the way from Storyville on a midnight Memphis run
From Bourbon Street to Beale Street
straight up Highway 61
I was tuned in on radio maybe
ten miles out of town
When I heard the rose of Memphis boys
that's when I left the ground
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I can't  (G major) go back to Storyville way
down there by the sea
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Till I can  (D major) say I got the rose of
Memphis coming home with me
She wrapped her song around my
heart just like the Kudzu vine
That keeps on growing after dark
straight up some lonesome pine
I've got to find that woman now
cause my life ain't complete
Man there ain't nobody out there
got the rose of Memphis beat
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I  (G major) can't go back to New Orleans
that ol' crescent city town
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Till I can  (D major) say I got the rose of Memphis

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Verse 2

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Rose of Memphis I love the

rose of Memphis

Rose of Memphis I love the rose of Memphis

Interlude 1

Verse 3
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I love  (D major) the rose of Memphis
man she sings just like a bird
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I swear she makes  (Dsus4) the sweetest
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 (D major) sound I think I ever heard
She was born down by the river
that ol' river's in her soul
Man they can't nobody touch her
when the rose is on a roll
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I can't  (G major) get go back to Louisiana
by the Gulf of Mexico
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Till I can  (D major) say I've got the rose of
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Memph (G major) is coming  (D major) home to show