Tom T. Hall – Thats How I Got To Memphis (Guitar)

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[Intro] F#m A E [Verse 1]
       E              A
If you love somebody enough,

       E
You’ll follow them wherever they go.

                    F#m      A
That’s how I got to Memphis.

                    E
That’s how I got to Memphis.
[Verse 2]
       E              A
If you love somebody enough,

       E
You’ll go where your heart wants to go.

                    F#m      A
That’s how I got to Memphis.

                    E
That’s how I got to Memphis.
[Chorus]
  B7                            A
I know if you’ve seen her you’d tell me

                  E
'cause you are my friend.

B7                       A
I’ve got to find her and find out

                  E    B7
the trouble she’s in.
[Verse 3]
       E                       A
If you tell me that she’s not here,

     E
I’ll follow the trail of her tears.

                    F#m      A
That’s how I got to Memphis.

                    E
That’s how I got to Memphis.
[Interlude] F#m A E [Verse 4]
          E                       A
She would get mad and she used to say,

           E
That she’d come back to Memphis someday.

                    F#m      A
That’s how I got to Memphis.

                    E
That’s how I got to Memphis.
[Verse 5]
E                 A
I haven’t eaten a bite,

   E
or slept for three days or nights.

                    F#m      A
That’s how I got to Memphis.

                    E
That’s how I got to Memphis.
[Chorus]
B7                       A
I’ve got to find her and tell her

                E
that I love her so.

B7                     A
I’ll never rest till I find out

               E    B7
why she had to go.
[Verse 6]
E                           A
Thank you for your precious time.

   E
Forgive me if I start to cry.

                    F#m      A
That’s how I got to Memphis.

                    E
That’s how I got to Memphis.
[Outro]
                    F#m      A
That’s how I got to Memphis.

                    E
That’s how I got to Memphis.

                    F#m      A
That’s how I got to Memphis.

                    E
That’s how I got to Memphis.

                    F#m      A
That’s how I got to Memphis.
(fade out)