John Prine – The Sins Of Memphisto (Ukulele)

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---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tabbed by: Dave S. Email: [email protected] Tuning: Standard Artist: John Prine Album: Anthology Disc 2 Year: 1993 Intro: C Chorus:
         F
From the bells of St Mary

       C
To the Count of Monte Cristo

G
Nothing can stop, nothing can stop

                    F          C 
Nothin can stop the sins of Memphisto

G
Sally used to play with her hula hoops

F
Now she tells her problems to therapy groups

G
Grampa's on the front lawn staring at a rake

F
Wondering if his marriage was a terrible mistake

G
I'm sitting on the front steps drinking orange crush

F
Wondering if it's possible if I could still blush

   C
Uh huh  Oh yeah

G
Boy on a bike with corduroy slacks

F
leeps in the river by the railroad tracks

G
He waits for the whistle on the train to scream

F
So he can close his eyes and begin to dream

   C
Uh huh  Oh yeah
(Repeat Chorus)
G
The hands on his watch spin slowly around

         F
With his mind on a bus that goes all over town

G
Looking at the babies and the factories

F
Listening to the music of Mister Squeeze

G
As if by magic or remote control

   F
He finds a piece of a puzzle that he missed in his soul

   C
Uh huh  Oh yeah
(Repeat Chorus)
G
Adam and Eve and Lucy and Ricky

F
Bit the big apple and got a little sticky

G
Esmeralda and the Hunchback of Notre Dame

F
They humped each other like they had no shame

G
They paused as they posed for a Polaroid photo

F
She whispered in his ear Exactly Odo,  Quasimoto
(Repeat Chorus)
G
Sally used to play with her hula hoops

F
Now she tells her problems to therapy groups

   C
Uh huh  Oh yeah