Last Train to Memphis     4/4     The Band (Levon Helm)
Capo 2 Standard Tuning	Transcribed by Ken Lee kandvlee@shaw.ca
Intro:
              / G               /
Take the / last train to / Memphis,
D                            /
Ride the Tennessee / Eagle,
   / D                        /
A / lonesome whistle / in the night,
D                    / G
Echoes off the / River,

G           /                   /
Take the / last Train to / Memphis,
D                           /
Get the southbound / Eagle,
      / D                              /
The / King is gone, but you / still get a song,
D                                 / G
Deep in the heart of the / people.
             / G               /
Take the / last train to / Memphis,
      / D                  /
We / gonna have a / real good time,
D                            /
Memphis sits on the / top of the river,
D                                 / G
Right on the Arkanasas / line.

              / G              /
Take the / last train to / Memphis,
D                           /
Put on your dancin' / shoes,
        / D                     /
They / got a lotta good / music in Memphis,
                                     / G
Wisely "The Home of the / Blues.

Chorus:

G           /           / G        / D
Ride the / Eagle, / Get on / board,
D                    /
Ride the Eagle / all night long,
D                               / G
Next stop Graceland's / door,
             / G         /           / D         /
You can / ride the / Eagle, / Get on / board,
D                            /
Cross the Arkansas / border by midnight

D                               / G
Next stop Graceland's / door.

Break:   Two verses Guitar solo

      / G               /
The / last train to / Memphis,
D                             /
Ride the Tenneessee / Eagle,
D                                     /
Memphis in May, when we / sing and we play,
D                          / G
Party time with the / people,

              / G              /
Take the / last train to / Memphis,
D                     /
You better get / on board,
D
If you wanna see,
                / D
Where the / King comes from,
D                             / G
When he was a little / boy.

                   / G               /
You take the / last train to / Memphis,
D                           /
Ride the Tennessee / Eagle,
      / D                              /
The / King is gone, but you / still get a song
D                                / G
Deep in the heart of the / people

Chorus:

G           /           / G         / D
Ride the / Eagle, / Get on / board @ 2
G                 /
Last train to / Memphis, @ 4
G        /            / G        / D
Fly the / Eagle, / Get on / board,
G         /
Fly the / Eagle,