Sam The Sham & The Pharaohs – The Memphis Beat (Guitar)
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As recorded by Sam The Sham & The Pharaohs
(From the 1965 Album WOOLY BULLY)
[Intro]
G Pah-pah, pah-pah G Pah-pah (hey), pah-dee-ah (ho) G Pah-pah, pah-pah G Pah-pah, pah-dee-ah
[Verse 1]
G
Down to Mississippi where the water gets muddyForty-four schools where the kids don't study
G
They all hang around at the foot of Beale StreetN.C.
That's where they hear that Memphis Beat
[Chorus]
C (I'm goin' to Memphis where the beat is tough G I'm goin' to Memphis, I can't get enough C Yeah, it makes you trembly, and it makes you weak D N.C. It gets in your blood that Memphis Beat)
[Post-Chorus]
G Pah-pah, pah-pah G Pah-pah, pah-dee-ah, oh G Pah-pah, pah-pah G Pah-pah, pah-dee-ah
[Verse 2]
G Well, they hitch-hike here from California G Ride on a Honda from Arizona G Houston, Boston, Kansas City
N.C.
New Orleans then doo-wah-diddy
[Chorus]
C (I'm goin' to Memphis where the beat is tough G I'm goin' to Memphis, I can't get enough C Yeah, it makes you trembly, and it makes you weak D N.C. It gets in your blood that Memphis Beat)
[Bridge]
G Ow (Hey) G (Wow) G Watch it now G (Yeah C Yeah, Sam) G Yeah D C G Watch it now
[Verse 3]
G People come ridin', walkin' and swimmin' G Got to get a chance at the good-lookin' women G Walk 'em on down to the foot of Beale Street
N.C.
Dance all night to the Memphis Beat
[Chorus]
C (I'm goin' to Memphis where the beat is tough G I'm goin' to Memphis, I can't get enough C Yeah, it makes you trembly, and it makes you weak D N.C. It gets in your blood that Memphis Beat)
[Outro]
G Yeah, got to make it down here G (I'm goin' to Memphis, yah, yah, yah, yah, yah) G Even if I have to swim G (I'm goin' to Memphis yah, yah, yah, yah G I'm goin' to Memphis, now) G Got to see what's goin' on G (Memphis, Memphis, Memphis, Memphis) G See what they're puttin' down