Walking In Memphis
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Intro
F G C Am 2x
[Verso 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.
[Refrão]
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 Memphis,
Am F G G7sus4 C/G
But do I really feel the way I feel?
[Verso 2]
G7sus4 C/G
Saw the ghost of Elvis,
G7sus4 C/G
On Union Avenue.
G7sus4 C/G
Followed him up to the gates of Graceland,
G7sus4 C/G
Then I watched him walk right through.
F9 G7sus4 C
Now se—curity they did not see him,
Am F9 G7sus4 C
They just hovered 'round his tomb.
Am F9 G7sus4
But there's a pretty little thing,
C Am
Waiting for the King.
F N.C.
Down in the Jungle Room,
[Refrão] (2)
C F G C
When I was walking in Memphis,
Am F G Am/C
I was Walking with my feet ten feet off of Beale.
Am F G C
Walking in Memphis
Am F G C7sus4
But do I really feel the way I feel?
C7sus4 (C7)
[Ponte]
C7sus4 C7sus4
They've got catfish on the table
C7sus4 C7sus4
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 Memphis
[Verso 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
F9 G7sus4 C Am7
Do a little num-ber
F G C Am7
And I sang with all my might
F9 G C Am7
And she said, "Tell me are you a Christian child?"
F9 N.C. C
And I said,"Ma'am I am to-night"
[Refrão] (3)
Am F G C
Walking in Memphis, (Walking in Memphis)
Am F G Am
I was walking with my feet ten feet off of Beale. (Walk, walk, walk)
Am F G C
Walking in Memphis, (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 Memphis, (Walking in Memphis)
Am F G Am
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?
F G C Am 2x
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 pouring rain.
Coda
F G C Am 3x
F G C...
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