The Memphis Blues (Remastered 2001) chords by Eartha Kitt, Shorty Rogers
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Verse 1
Folk (D major) s, (E minor) (Fdim) (D major) (E flat major) (Dsus4) (G major) (C major)
(Bdim)
(B flat minor) (B flatdim) (A major) (D major) I've just been down,
down to Memphis town
(G major) That's where (B major) the people (C major) smile, (C sharpdim)
(G major) smile on (C major) you all (G major) the (B flat major) while (D major)
(C major) Hospital (D major) ity, they (A major) were good (B major) to (Cdim) me
I (B major) couldn't spend a dime
and had the grandest time
I (E major) went out a (A major) -dancing
(B flatdim) with a (B major) Tennessee (E major) deer
They had a (A major) fella there named Handy
with a band you should hear
And (F sharp major) while the (G major) dancer (A major) s gently (D major) swayed,
all the band boys played (G major) real harmony (A major)
(G major) I never (D major) will forget the (B flat major) tune
that (Edim) Handy called (E flat major) the Memphis
(C major) Blues (G major) (C minor) (C major) (Gdim)
They (G major) got a (C major) fiddler there
that always licks his hair
(A minor) And (B major) folks, (Cdim) he sure (C major) does pull some (G minor) bow
(B flat major) And when the (F major) beat was soon
second (Adim) (Cdim) s (A flat major) to the (G major) trom
bone's (C major) croon (F major) (E flatdim)
(C major) The (F major) (Edim) moon, it (E flat major) moans (A flat major) just (G major) like a (A flat major) sinner on Re (G major) viv (C major) al Day
Interlude 1
(F major) (C major) (A minor) (G major)
(C major) (C sharpdim) (C major)
(G major) (D major) (E flatdim) (D major) (E flat major)
(D major) (G major) (D major)
(C major) (D major) (G major) (D major) (G major) (C major) (D major) (Edim) (C major)
(E flat major) (C major) (G major) (C major) (G major) (B flat major) (A minor) (D major)
(C major) (Edim) (D major) (G major) (F major) (Edim) (A major) (A flat major)
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Verse 2
Hear (G major) me, people, hear me,
people, (C major) hear me, (G major) I pray
(D major) I'm (G major) gonna take a million lessons
(D major) till I learn (G major) how to play
Because I (C major) seem to hear it yet
(Edim) Simply (C major) can't forget
that (G major) blues refrain
There's (D major) nothing like the handy band
That (C major) played the Memphis
blues (D major) so grand (G major) (C major) (G major)
That melan (C major) choly strain
That ever -haunting refrain
(A minor) Is (C major) like a morning sorrow song
Here comes the (F major) very part (Adim)
(Cdim) That wraps a spell around (G major) my heart (C major)
I can't for (G major) get the tun (B flat major) e
That (D major) Handy (F sharpdim) called the (F major) Memphis
(C major) blues (A flat major) (Cdim) (A flat major)
(Cdim) I (C major) can't forget the (G major) tune
That (A flat major) Handy called the Memphis (Gsus4)
The (G major) map is blue
(C major) (Cdim) (C major)
The Memphis Blues (Remastered 2001)
Eartha Kitt, Shorty Rogers
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