Skyscrapers Of Memphis chords by John Wesley Harding

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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They say that the dead live forever
Am 
And round here well they probably do
Cm 
If you stand by the gates
G 
outside Graceland
Em 
You can watch all the dead coming through
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D 
It's Necropolis and welcome to it
Am 
It's an archaeological find
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They'll be digging up
G 
this town forever
Em 
They'll be  digging up this
empty mine
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Em 

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Verse 2
A 
G 
The Indians stand on the scaffold
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They've taken the Egyptians
place
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G 
The Pharaohs and the politicians
Em 
Are planning their perfect escape
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D 
So they build a memorial tower
Am 
Like the ancient texts said that they would
C 
G 
But stories aren't told by the victims
Em 
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And that's why this story's so good

Verse 3
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Have you seen the skyscrapers
D 
in Memphis?
C 
G 
Do you see how they rise like the sun?
Em 
And the statues they look
D 
just like spacemen
C 
G 
Am 
Staring down at everyone
Em 
And there's art by the yard
D 
in the hallways
Am 
And our houses are made
D 
out of slime
G 
But the skyscrapers almost
C 
touch heaven
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Em 
Did we escape from the mud this time?

Interlude 1

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

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

Interlude 2

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

Verse 7
Em 
Have you seen the skyscrapers
D 
in Memphis
C 
G 
Do you see how they rise like the sun
Em 
And the statues they look
D 
just like spacemen
C 
Em 
Am 
Staring down on everyone
Em 
And there's art by the
D 
yard in the hallways
Am 
D 
And our houses are made out of slime
G 
But the skyscrapers they almost
C 
B 
Em 
C 
D 
touch heaven