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Thats How I Got To Memphis by Tom T. Hall - Guitar Chords
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Written by: Tom T. Hall
Perfomed 1996/1997 by: Deryl Dodd
Transcribed by: Keith Reding
This song is an old remake originally written by Tom T. Hall in 1968.
It is much easier to play if you play each chord up + step.
[Intro]
I don't have an easy way of notating the tabs but the intro licks are
not difficult.
G#m | B | F# | F#
[Verse]
F# B
If you love somebody enough
F#
You'll follow where ever they go
G#m | B
That's how I got to Memphis
F#
That's how I got to Memphis
F# B
If you love somebody enough
F#
You'll go where your heart wants to go
G#m | B
That's how I got to Memphis
F#
That's how I got to Memphis
C#
I know if you've seen her
B F#
you'll tell me `cause you are my friend
C# B
Now I've got to find her and find out the trouble
F# C#
she's in ----- in.
F# B
Well if you tell me that she's not here,
F#
I'll just follow the trail of her tears
G#m | B
That's how I got to Memphis
F#
That's how I got to Memphis
[Instrumental]
F# | B | F#| F# | G#m | B | F#| F#
[Verse]
F# B
She would get mad and she used to say
F#
she would come back to Memphis some day
G#m | B
That's how I got to Memphis
F#
That's how I got to Memphis
F# B
Mmmmm I haven't eaten a bite
F#
or slept for 3 days and nights
G#m | B
That's how I got to Memphis
F#
That's how I got to Memphis
C# B F#
Oh I've got to find her and tell her that I l ove her so
C# B F# C#
And I'll never rest until I find out why she had to go --- ooo
F# B
Well thank you for your precious time,
F#
forgive me if I start to cry
G#m | B
That's how I got to Memphis
F#
That's how I got to Memphis
G#m | B
That's how I got to Memphis
[Sustain previous chord]
That's how I got to Memphis
Repeat intro for ending
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