Tupelo Mississippi Flash chords by Jerry Reed

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Verse 1
G 
I'm  (G major) gonna tell you a story
D 
that's  (D major) all about
G 
This job I  (G major) had one time as a talent scout,
hmm.
I had a hard day at the office and the
D 
 (D major) boss wasn't in town
G 
The day this hired legged gui (G major) tar picker
just happened to come around.
Well, he walks in my office with
C 
a great big grin,  (C major) 
D 
 (D major) And folks that's where
G 
my story  (G major) really begins.
He said, 'Son my name is
C 
 (C major) Boregard Rippy.
I come to you from Tupelo Mississippi.
D 
 (D major) I write songs that'll sing like a bird,
G 
I play lick (G major) s  on my guitar like
you ain't never heard.
But I'm down on my luck and
things are just a little slack.
C 
I gotta quarter  (C major) in my pocket
and a shirt on my back.
D 
But  (D major) you buy me some supper and give
me a place I can sleep
G 
He said 'I'll sing  (G major) you some songs
D 
G 
that'll  (D major) rock your  (G major) head to sleep.
C 
D 
I got talent  (C major) boy. Said back  (D major) home they call me
G 
D 
Ab 
the Tupelo Mississippi Flash  (G major)  (D major)  (A flat major) 
E 
Well I knew I was in a  (E major) room
Ab 
Db 
with some  (A flat major) kind of a nut  (D flat major) 
When he pulled out that pack
of used cigarette butts.
Eb 
So  (E flat major) that's when I told him
'We can't use you today'
Ab 
So I  (A flat major) handed the boy a dollar
and sent him on his way
Well the boss got back and
we both had a laugh
Db 
 (D flat major) When I told him 'bout the
Tupelo Mississippi Flash
Eb 
And  (E flat major) pretty soon I had the story
circling around
Ab 
E 
About this  (A flat major) Missis (E major) sippi nut
Ab 
that we  (A flat major) had in our town.
Db 
I said, 'watch  (D flat major) him everybody,
the boy's squirrelly!
Eb 
He walks around call (E flat major) ing  himself the Tupelo
Ab 
Db 
D 
A 
D 
A 
Mississippi  (A flat major)  (D flat major)  (D major)  (A major)  (D major)  (A major) 
Flash.'
Well it happened one day while
D 
I was driving to my  (D major) home
I just happened to have
G 
D 
my car radio  (G major) on.  (D major) 
E 
When I  (E major) heard the jockey raving
Em 
E 
about a brand new  (E minor) smash  (E major) 
D 
A 
 (D major) By a  (A major) kid called the Tupelo
Mississippi Flash
D 
 (D major) I almost wrecked my automobile
E 
I went  (E major) through a red light
A 
I hit the traffic  (A major) cop....Why??
Well my story's got an ending
and it's short and sweet
D 
 (D major) The boss man he fired me and
left me out in the street
E 
But I got  (E major) a new job now and
Em 
E 
I'm as learnin'  (E minor) real fast  (E major) 
D 
D 
A 
I'm  (D major) drivin' the bus  (D major)  (A major) for
D 
A 
the Tupelo Mis (D major) sissippi  (A major) Flash
D 
An (D major) d  his Cadillac I'm
driving that for him too
E 
And  (E major) that yacht he's got.
A 
And is there a plane??  (A major) 
D 
Well  (D major) chauffeur, chauffeur I hear him say
E 
Tupelo Missis (E major) sippi,