Skyscrapers Of Memphis chords by
John Wesley Harding

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Key: G major

Intro 1

Verse 1
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They say that the dead live forever
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And round here well they probably do
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If you stand by the gates
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outside Graceland
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You can watch all the dead coming through
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D D 
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It's Necropolis and welcome to it
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It's an archaeological find
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They'll be digging up
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this town forever
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They'll be  digging up this
empty mine
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Em Em 
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Verse 2
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G G 
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The Indians stand on the scaffold
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They've taken the Egyptians
place
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The Pharaohs and the politicians
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Are planning their perfect escape
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D D 
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So they build a memorial tower
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Like the ancient texts said that they would
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G G 
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But stories 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
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Have you seen the skyscrapers
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in Memphis?
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Do you see how they rise like the sun?
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And the statues they look
D D 
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just like spacemen
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G G 
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Am Am 
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Staring down at everyone
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And there's art by the yard
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in the hallways
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And our houses are made
D D 
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out of slime
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But the skyscrapers almost
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touch heaven
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Em Em 
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Did we escape from the mud this time?

Interlude 1

Adim

Verse 4
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One last look round the museum
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The one where the bullets still fly
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But don't blink if you wish to see them
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Puncture the mummy's one good eye
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As the lift hits the five
figure numbers
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The relics of ages long gone
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The tomb of the unknown
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D D 
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protest singer
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A A 
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The computer of King
Tutankhamun

Verse 5
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Have you seen the skyscrapers
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in Memphis
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G G 
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Do you see how they rise like the sun
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And the statues they look
D D 
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just like spacemen
C C 
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Em Em 
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Am Am 
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Staring down on everyone
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And there's art by the
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yard in the hallways
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And our houses are
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made out of slime
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But the skyscrapers almost
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touch heaven
Em Em 
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Did we escape from the
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mud this time?

Interlude 2

Verse 6
G G 
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Am Am 
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Cm Cm 3
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D D 
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G G 
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So
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G G 
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Am Am 
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Cm Cm 3
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D D 
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G G 
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D D 
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G G 
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look at the bar- chart skyline
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And look at the graph on the wall
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G G 
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But don't you ignore the byline
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When the headline says
"Empire Falls"
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The buildings get stranger and taller
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Till we see that Sphinx up on Mars
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So prepare your most pertinent
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Em Em 
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questions
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But please don't expect any answers

Verse 7
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Have you seen the skyscrapers
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in Memphis
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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 spacemen
C C 
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Em Em 
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Am Am 
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Staring down on everyone
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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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D D 
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And our houses are made out of slime
G G 
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But the skyscrapers they almost
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B B 2
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Em Em 
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C C 
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D D 
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touch heaven

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