The Memphis Beat
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Afinação: E A D G B ETecla: GCapotraste: Sem capotraste
As recorded by Sam The Sham & The Pharaohs
(From the 1965 Album WOOLY BULLY)
[Intro]
G
Pah-pah, pah-pah
G
Pah-pah (hey), pah-dee-ah (ho)
G
Pah-pah, pah-pah
G
Pah-pah, pah-dee-ah
[Verse 1]
G
Down to Mississippi where the water gets muddy
Forty-four schools where the kids don't study
G
They all hang around at the foot of Beale Street
N.C.
That's where they hear that Memphis Beat
[Chorus]
C
(I'm goin' to Memphis where the beat is tough
G
I'm goin' to Memphis, I can't get enough
C
Yeah, it makes you trembly, and it makes you weak
D N.C.
It gets in your blood that Memphis Beat)
[Post-Chorus]
G
Pah-pah, pah-pah
G
Pah-pah, pah-dee-ah, oh
G
Pah-pah, pah-pah
G
Pah-pah, pah-dee-ah
[Verse 2]
G
Well, they hitch-hike here from California
G
Ride on a Honda from Arizona
G
Houston, Boston, Kansas City
N.C.
New Orleans then doo-wah-diddy
[Chorus]
C
(I'm goin' to Memphis where the beat is tough
G
I'm goin' to Memphis, I can't get enough
C
Yeah, it makes you trembly, and it makes you weak
D N.C.
It gets in your blood that Memphis Beat)
[Bridge]
G
Ow (Hey)
G
(Wow)
G
Watch it now
G
(Yeah
C
Yeah, Sam)
G
Yeah
D C G
Watch it now
[Verse 3]
G
People come ridin', walkin' and swimmin'
G
Got to get a chance at the good-lookin' women
G
Walk 'em on down to the foot of Beale Street
N.C.
Dance all night to the Memphis Beat
[Chorus]
C
(I'm goin' to Memphis where the beat is tough
G
I'm goin' to Memphis, I can't get enough
C
Yeah, it makes you trembly, and it makes you weak
D N.C.
It gets in your blood that Memphis Beat)
[Outro]
G
Yeah, got to make it down here
G
(I'm goin' to Memphis, yah, yah, yah, yah, yah)
G
Even if I have to swim
G
(I'm goin' to Memphis yah, yah, yah, yah
G
I'm goin' to Memphis, now)
G
Got to see what's goin' on
G
(Memphis, Memphis, Memphis, Memphis)
G
See what they're puttin' down
How to play The Memphis Beat
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What is the starting chord?
The first identified chord is E. You can transpose without leaving the page.
Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
Yes. The chord progression works on acoustic guitar, electric guitar and keyboard. Adapt the voicings to your instrument and level.