Johnny Rivers – Memphis (Guitar)

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Johnny Rivers 1964 (Chuck Berry Memphis, Tennessee 1959) * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memphis,_Tennessee_(song) [Intro]
e|-0-0-0-----------0-0-0----------0-0-0------------------|
B|-5-3-0-0---0-----5-3-0-0---0----5-3-0-0---0------------|
G|-------0h2-0-----------0h2-0----------0h2-0------------|
D|-------------2---------------2--------------2--2-2-----|
A|-----------------------------------------------2-2-----|
E|-----------------------------------------------0-0-----|
E
     B7
Long distance information, give me Memphis Tennessee
Help me find a party that tried to get in touch with me
    E                              E7                  E
She could not leave a number but I know who placed the call

          B7                                          E
'Cause my uncle took a message and he wrote it on the wall

B7
Help me, information, get in touch with my Marie
She's the only one who'd call me here from Memphis Tennessee
    E                          E7          E  
Her home is on the south side, high upon a ridge

B7                          B           E
Just a half a mile from the Mississippi bridge
B7 E E7 E B7 B E
     B7
Last time I saw Marie she was wavin' me goodbye
With "hurry-home" drops on her cheek that trickled from her eye
    E                                E7           E
But we were pulled apart because her mom did not agree

    B7                           B             E
And tore apart our happy home in Memphis Tennessee

B7
Help me, information, more than that I cannot add
Only that I miss her and all the fun we had
  E                          E7          E
Marie is only six years old, information please

B7                              B             E
Try to put me through to her in Memphis Tennessee
E B7 B E * Alternates: Capo II B7 = A7 E = D E7 = D7 B = A Open (These chords are not in the original key) B7 = A7 E = D E7 = D7 B = A Set8