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Skyscrapers Of Memphis chords by
John Wesley Harding
John Wesley Harding
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Key: G major•
Intro 1
Am
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D
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Am
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Cm
Cm
3

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D
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G
G

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Am
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Cm
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3

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D
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G
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Verse 1
G
G

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They say that the dead live forever
Am
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And round here well they probably do
Cm
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3

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If you stand by the gates
G
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outside Graceland
Em
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You can watch all the dead coming through
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G

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D
D

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It's Necro polis and welcome to it
Am
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It's an ar chaeological find
C
C

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They'll be dig ging up
G
G

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this town forever
Em
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They'll be digging up this

empty mine
A
A

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Em
Em

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Verse 2
A
A

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G
G

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The In dians stand on the scaffold
Am
Am

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They've taken the Egyptians

place
Cm
Cm
3

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G
G

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The Pharaohs and the politi cians
Em
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Are plan ning their perfect escape
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G

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D
D

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So they build a memorial tower
Am
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Like the ancient texts said that they would
C
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But stor ies aren't told by the victims
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A
A

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And that's why this story's so good
Verse 3
Em
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Have you seen the skyscrapers
D
D

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in Mem phis?
C
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G
G

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Do you see how they rise like the sun ?
Em
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And the statues they look
D
D

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just like space men
C
C

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G
G

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Am
Am

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Staring down at every one
Em
Em

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And there's art by the yard
D
D

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in the hall ways
Am
Am

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And our houses are made
D
D

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out of slime
G
G

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But the sky scrapers almost
C
C

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touch heav en
B
B
2

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Em
Em

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Did we escape from the mud this time?
Interlude 1
C
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D
D

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G
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Am
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Cm
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3

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Adim
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D
D

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G
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Am
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Cm
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D
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G
G

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Verse 4
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One last look round the museum
Am
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The one where the bullets still fly
Cm
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3

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G
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But don't blink if you wish to see them
Em
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Punc ture the mummy's one good eye
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As the lift hits the five

figure numbers
Am
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The relics of ages long gone
C
C

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The tomb of the unknown
G
G

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D
D

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protest singer
Em
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A
A

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The computer of King

Tutankhamun
Verse 5
Em
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Have you seen the skyscrapers
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D

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in Mem phis
C
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G
G

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Do you see how they rise like the sun
Em
Em

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And the statues they look
D
D

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just like space men
C
C

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Em
Em

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Am
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Staring down on every one
Em
Em

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And there's art by the
D
D

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yard in the hallways
Am
Am

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And our houses are
D
D

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made out of slime
G
G

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But the sky scrapers almost
C
C

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touch heav en
Em
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Did we escape from the
B
B
2

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mud this time?
Interlude 2
Em
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C
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D
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Verse 6
G
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Am
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Cm
Cm
3

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D
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G
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So
D
D

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Am
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Cm
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3

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D
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G
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D
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look at the bar- chart skyline
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And look at the graph on the wall
Cm
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G
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But don't you ignore the byline
Em
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When the head line says

"Empire Falls"
D
D

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The build ings get stranger and taller
Am
Am

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Till we see that Sphinx up on Mars
C
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So prepare your most pertinent
G
G

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Em
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questions
A
A

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But please don't expect any an swers
Verse 7
Em
Em

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Have you seen the skyscrapers
D
D

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in Mem phis
C
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G
G

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Do you see how they rise like the sun
Em
Em

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And the statues they look
D
D

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just like space men
C
C

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Em
Em

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Am
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Staring down on every one
Em
Em

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And there's art by the
D
D

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yard in the hall ways
Am
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D
D

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And our houses are made out of slime
G
G

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But the sky scrapers they almost
C
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B
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2

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Em
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C
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D
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touch heav en
Outro 1
G
G

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Did we escape from the mud this time?
Am
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Cm
Cm
3

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D
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G
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Am
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Cm
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D
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TunerE A D G B E

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ChordsAm D G Cm Em...

  • Am

  • D

  • G

  • Cm

    3

  • Em

  • C

  • A

  • B

    2

  • Adim

Capo: No capo

Transpose: 0

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Chords

  • Am

  • D

  • G

  • Cm

    3

  • Em

  • C

  • A

  • B

    2

  • Adim

Capo: No capo

Transpose: 0

0

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