The Beatles – Memphis Tennessee (Guitar Solo)

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--------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Written by: Chuck Berry Recorded 1963 From: "Live at the BBC" (1994) Tabbed by: maguri Tuning: Standard --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Basic Riff
  C
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +

e|----------------|
B|----------------|
G|--------------5-|
D|------------/7--|
A|3-3-3-3-3-3-----|
E|----------------|
[Turnaround]
  F
  1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +

e|---13--13---13--13--------|
B|---13--13---13--13-15-----|
G/14-14--14---14--14-14-----|
D|--------------------------|
A|--------------------------|
E|--------------------------|

[Solo]
  C Part
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  
e|--8---8\6-6-6-6-|--8---8\6-------|
B/10-/10-\8-8-8-8-/10-/10-\8-------|
G|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|

  F Part
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  
e|--10--10--8-8-8-|--10-10\8-------|
B|----------------|----------------|
G/10-/10-\8-8-8-8-/10-/10-\8-------|
D|----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|
--------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Intro] | C | % | % | % | [Verse]
     C
Long distance information

        C
Give me Memphis, Tennessee

C
Try to find the party

          C
Trying to get in touch with me

    F
She would not leave her number

      F
But I know who placed the call

       C              Bb
Cos my uncle took the message

       C              |  F  |  %  |
And he wrote it on the wall (= Turnaround)
[Verse]
C
Help me, information

       C
Get in touch with my Marie

          C
She's the only one who'd phone me here

     C
From Memphis, Tennessee

    F
Her home is on the south side

F
Just beyond the ridge

C             Bb
Just a half a mile

         C           |  F  |  %  |
From the Mississippi Bridge (= Turnaround)
[Verse]
C
Help me, information

          C
More than that I cannot add

C
Only that I miss her

    C
And all the fun we had

F
We were pulled apart

            F
Because her mom would not agree

C              Bb
Help me get in touch with her

   C             |  F  |  %  |
In Memphis, Tennessee (= Turnaround)
[Solo] | C | % | % | % |
| F | % | C Bb | C |
               (2/4)
| F | % | % | [Verse]
    C
The last time I saw Marie

        C
She was waving me goodbye

     C
With hurry homedrops on her cheek

     C
That trickled from her eyes

  F
Marie is only six years old

F
Information please

C              Bb
Help me get in touch with her

   C             |  F  |  %  |
In Memphis, Tennessee (= Turnaround)
[Outro]
| F | % | % |
(repeat and fade)