MEMPHIS TENNESSEE

by Chuck Berry

B-Side Single: Back In the USA (1959)



Tune Down 1/2 step: Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb


INTRO:
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VERSES:
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 1. Long distance in formation, give me Memphis Tennessee
 2. Help me, information, get in touch with my Marie
 3. Help me, information, more than that I cannot add
 4. Last time I saw Marie she's waving me good-bye

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  Help me find the party trying to get in touch with me
  She's the only one who'd phone me here from Memphis Tennessee
  Only that I miss her and all the fun we had
  With hurry home drops on her cheek that trickled from her eye

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  She could not leave her number, but I know who placed the call
  Her home is on the south side, high up on a ridge
  But we were pulled apart because her mom did not agree
  Marie is only six years old Information please

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  'Cause my uncle took the message and he wrote it on the wall
   Just a half a mile from the Mississippi Bridge
   And tore apart our happy home in Memphis Tennessee
   Try to put me through to her in Memphis Tennessee

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