Song Name: | Walking In Memphis | By: | Marc Cohn |
Posted By: | aussie | Difficulty: | Beginner |
Key: | C | Genre: | General |
Harp Type: | Diatonic | ||
Created: | 2008-12-31 00:12:49 | Modified: | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 |
Song: |
1. 7 -7 7 -7 7 -8 7 -6 7 -7 7 Put on my blue suede shoes and I boarded the 7 plane 8 7 -6 6 7 -6 6 -8 7 7 Touched down in the land of the Delta Blues -6 -6 7 7 7 7 7 -7 7 In the middle of the pouring rain 8-8-8 7 7 6 -6 7 7 7 7-7 7 W C handy, won`t you look down over me? 8 -8 -8 7 8 -8 -8 7 -6 7 7 Yeah, I`ve got a first class ticket but I`m as 8 -8 7 7 -7 7 blue as a boy can be CHORUS 8 8 8 -9 8 -8 7 Then I`m Walking In Memphis 6 8 -9 8 -8 -8 7 7 7 -6 Was walking with my feet ten feet off of 7 6 Beale 8 -9 8 -8 7 Walking In Memphis 5 8 -8 -8-8 -8 -8 -8 7 7 But do I really feel the way I feel? 2. -6 7 7 -7 7 6 6 8-8 -8 7 7 Saw the ghost of Elvis on Union Avenue -6 7 7 8 -8 7 -8 7 7 6 Followed him up to the gates of Graceland -6 7 7 7 7 -7 7 Then I watched him walk right through -6 7 8-8-8 -8 -8 7 7 6 Now security, they did not see him -6 7 8 -8 -8 -6 7 They just hovered `round his tomb -5 -6 7 8-8 -8 7 -8 7 But there`s a pretty little thing 9 8 8 -8 -8 7 8 -8 -8 -8 7 7 Waiting for the King down in the Jungle Room REPEAT CHORUS 3. -6 7 b8-8 -8 -8 7-6 6 They`ve got catfish on the table -6 7 8-9 8 -8 -8 7 They`ve got gospel in the air 5 -6 7 7 8 -8 6 -9 8 -8 7 -6 And Reverend Green be glad to see you when 7 b8-8 -8 7 8 -8 8 9 9 9 you haven`t got a prayer~~~~~~~~~ 6 6 6 6 6 -6 7 7 4 But boy you`ve got a prayer in Memphis 6 8 -8-8 -8 7 7 6 -6 7 8 -8 -8 7 Now Muriel plays piano ev`ry Friday at the -8 7 7 Hollywood -6 7 8 -8 -8 -6 7 -8 -6 And they brought me down to see her and 7 7 7 -7 7 Asked me if I would, -5 9 8 8-8 8 6 -6 7 8 -8 -8 Well do a little number and I sang with all -6 7 my might. -6 7 8 8 8 -9 8 -8 7 7 She said �Tell me are you a Christian child?� 7 -8 -6 9 8 8 -8 7 7 7 And I said �Ma`am I am~~~~~~ to-night� REPEAT CHORUS (Then repeat verse 1.) |