Misc Originals – Alyx Pierrie - Sweet Manila Memphis (Guitar)

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Chords

G C D G (x2) G Em Am D G [Verse 1]
Em                             Am                           D           D7           G
Sweet Manila Memphis took the taxi to south Texas and said Bobby sir, I don't have a home

     Em                                   Am        D7  G
She worked three jobs for Mr. Hobbs, and now she's all alone
[Chorus]
G
Life's not a game for everyone,

        D         D7
She'll never lay beneath the sun

C                         G
until her last breath is gone

G
Success is something she'll never see,

       D                  D7
Like maternal love or a redwood tree

C                             G
And, she'll do it all on her own
C D G [Verse 2]
Em                             Am
Sweet Manila Memphis took the greyhound to east Texas

        D          D7           G
For an offer, she couldn't turn down

        Em                     Am
It was higher pay, she'd only work the day

     D           D7              G
And get another job to work the night

    Em                        Am
She met a man that she called Sam

     D                 D7          G
Who could've been the love of her life
G Em Am D G
     Em
She didn't have time for Mister Sam,

     Am
She let him go and made amends

     D                 D7
For all the time they had to spend apart

     Em                  Am         D7            G
Now Manila Memphis is a broke girl with a broken heart
[Chorus]
      G
Well life's not a game for everyone,

        D         D7
She'll never lay beneath the sun

 C                        G
until her last breath is gone

   G
Success is something she'll never see,

      D               D7
Like Mister Sam or a baby's glee

 C                            G
And, she'll do it all on her own
G C D Em Am D G