Chords:
{title: Walking in Memphis – Marc Cohn}
{key:C}
{artist:Marc Cohn}
Marc Cohn: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2b2Y3tK6SA0
{c: thanks for update to Geoff Hattersley}
Strum each chord 4 times. DUDU Strum pattern. Then keep the strumming pattern all the way through, unless where indicated!
[F] [G] [C] [Am] [F] [G] [C] [Am]
[F] Put on [G] my [C] blue suede [Am] shoes, and [F] I [G] boarded the plane [Am]
[Am] Touched [F] down in the [G] land of the [C] Delta [Am] Blues
[F] In the middle of the [G] pouring [C] rain [Am]
[F] W.[G] C. [C] Handy, [Am] won't you [F] look down [G] over [C] me [Am]
[F] Yeah, I [G] got a first class [C] ticket [Am] But I'm as [F] blue as a [G] boy can be [C]
Chorus
[C] Then I'm walking in [F] Memphis [G] [C] [Am]
Was walking with my [F] feet, ten [G] feet off of [C] Beale [Am]
Walking in [F] Memphis [G]
[C] [Am] But do I really [F] feel the [G] way I [C] feel [Am]
[F] Saw the [G] ghost of [C] Elvis [Am] on [F] Union [G] Avenue [C] [Am]
Followed him [F] up to the [G] gates of [C] Graceland [Am]
Then I [F] watched him [G] walk right [C] through [Am]
Now [F] security they [G] did not see [C] him [Am]
They just [F] hovered [G] 'round his [C] tomb
[Am] But there's a [F] pretty little [G] thing, [C] waiting for the king [Am]
[F] Down [NC] in the Jungle Room
[NC] Then I'm walking in [F] Memphis [G] [C] [Am]
Was walking with my [F] feet, ten [G] feet off of [C] Beale [Am]
Walking in [F] Memphis [G]
[C] [Am] But do I really [F] feel the[G] way I [C] feel [Am]
They've got [F] catfish on the [C] table, they've got [F] gospel in the [C] air
And Reverend [Am] Green, be glad to [F] see you
[NC] When you haven't got a [G]* prayer
[NC] Boy, you got a prayer in [F] Memphis
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[G] [C] [Am] [F] [G] [C] [Am]
[F] Now Muriel [G] plays [C] piano [Am] every [F] Friday at the [G] Hollywood [C] [Am]
And they [F] brought me [G] down to [C] see [Am] her and they [F] asked me [G] if I [C] would [Am]
[F] Do a [G] little [C] number [Am] and I [F] sang with [G] all [C] my might [Am]
She [F] said, "Tell me [G] you’re a [C] Christian [Am] child?"
And I said, "[F]* [NC] Ma'am, I am tonight"
[NC] Then I'm walking in [F] Memphis [G] [C] [Am]
Was walking with my [F] feet, ten [G] feet off of [C] Beale [Am]
Walking in [F] Memphis [G]
[C] [Am] But do I really [F] feel the [G] way I [C] feel [Am]
[F] Put [G] on my [C] blue suede [Am] shoes, and [F] I [G] boarded the [C] plane [Am]
Touched [F] down in the [G] land of the [C] Delta [Am] Blues
In the [F] middle of the [G] pouring rain [C] [Am]
Touched down [F] in the [G] land of the [C] Delta [Am] Blues
(Slow down) In the [F] middle of the [G] pouring rain [C](1 strum)
[F] [G] [C] [Am] [F] [G] [C] [Am] [C]*
