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Walking In Memphis by Marc Cohn - Guitar Chords
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Version 1 Version 2 Version 4
Artist: Marc Cohn
Song: Walking In Memphis
Album: Marc Cohn (1990)
URL: -en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walking_in_Memphis
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Tuning: Standard
Time: 132 BPM
Tempo: Presto
[Chords]
EADGBe EADGBe
F 133211
G 355433
C X32010 or X35553
Am XX2210 or X57765
G7sus4 330011 or 333033
C/G 332010 or 335553
F2 XX3011
C7 X32310 or X35353
C7sus4 X35311 or 333363
E7 020100
F7 131211
F#dim7 234242
Am7 X02010
G7 320001 or 363433
Csus4 X33011 or X33563
[Intro] Piano riff over.
|F G C Am|
|F G C Am|
[Verse 1]
F G C Am
Put on my blue suede shoes,
F G C Am
And I board-ed the plane.
F G C Am
Touched down in the land of the Delta Blues,
F G C Am
In the middle of the pouring rain.
F G C Am F G C Am
W.__C. Handy, won't you look down over me,
F G C Am
Yeah I got a first class ticket.
F G C
But I'm as blue as a boy can be.
[Chorus 1]
Am F G C
Then I'm walking in Memphis,
Am F G C
Walking with my feet ten feet off of Beale.
Am F G C
Walking in Mem—phis,
Am F G G7sus4 C/G
But do I really feel the way I feel?
[Verse 2]
G7sus4 C/G
Saw the ghost of El—vis,
G7sus4 C/G
On Union Ave—nue.
G7sus4 C/G
Followed him up to the gates of Grace—land,
G7sus4 C/G
Then I watched him walk right through.
F2 G7sus4 C
Now se—curity they did not see him,
Am F2 G7sus4 C
They just hovered 'round his tomb.
Am F2 G7sus4
But there's a pretty little thing,
C Am
Wait—ing for the King.
F N.C.
Down in the Jungle Room,
[Chorus 2]
C F G C
When I was walking in Mem—phis,
Am F G C
I was Walking with my feet ten feet off of Beale.
Am F G C
Walking in Mem—phis
Am F G C7sus4
But do I really feel the way I feel?
[Instrumental]
|C7sus4 C7|
|C7sus4 C7|
[Bridge]
C7sus4 C7 C7sus4 C7
They've got catfish on the table
C7sus4 C7 C7sus4 C7
They've got gospel in the air
E7 F7
And Reverend Green__ be glad to see you
F#dim7 G7 C/G G7
When you haven't got a prayer
N.C. F G C
But boy you've got a prayer in Mem—phis
[Verse 3]
F G C Am
Now, Muriel plays piano
F G C Am
Every Friday at the Holly-wood
F G C Am
And they brought me down to see her
F G C Am
And they asked me if I would
F2 G7sus4 C Am7
Do a little num-ber
F G C Am7
And I sang with all my might
F2 G C Am7
And she said, "Tell me are you a Christian child?"
F2 N.C. C
And I said,"Ma'am I am to-night"
[Chorus 3]
Am F G C
Walking in Mem—phis, (Walking in Memphis)
Am F G C
I was walking with my feet ten feet off of Beale. (Walk, walk, walk)
Am F G C
Walking in Mem—phis, (Walking in Memphis)
Am F C Dm C
But do I really feel the way I feel? (Walk, walk, walk)
Am F G C
Walking in Mem—phis, (Walking in Memphis)
Am F G C
I was Walking with my feet ten feet off of Beale. (Walk, walk, walk)
Am F G Csus4
But do I really feel the way I feel?
[Instrumental]
|F G C Am|
|F G C Am|
[Outro]
F G C Am
Put on my blue suede shoes,
F G C Am
And I boarded the plane.
F G C Am
Touched down in the land of the Delta Blues,
F G C Am
In the middle of the pouring rain.
F G C Am
Touched down in the land of the Delta Blues,
F G F
In the middle of the pour—ing rain.
[Coda]
| G C Am|
|F G C Am|
|F G C Am|
|F G C |
[End]
NOTES:
1. “I went to Graceland, I heard Al Green preach the gospel, I saw W. C. Handy's statue. But the song is
about more than just a place, it's about a kind of spiritual awakening, one of those trips where you're
different when you leave." - Marc Cohn
-en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walking_in_Memphis
2. I have shown what I believe, are the best alternative chords, where possible. If you find the chord
changes too difficult, I would recommend the ’simplify chords’ button. :-R
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