Chords for Buck Owens & His Buckaroos - "Memphis Tennessee"
Tempo:
71.75 bpm
Chords used:
D
G
C
Bm
A
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[D] The business information in Memphis, Tennessee
Helped me find a bar to try to get in touch [Bm] with me
[G] She could not leave her number, but I know a place to call
[D] My mother took the message and she wrote it [G] on the wall
I [D] was kept the operator in his Thurgood monary
She's the only one who's gone to hear from Memphis, [A] Tennessee
[G] Her home is on the south side, high up on the ridge
[D] Just a half a mile from [G] Mississippi Ridge
Alright, cowboy, here we [D] go!
[C] [D]
[C] [G]
[D] The last time I saw her, she was a-wastin' big spice
Fairly home-dropped on her feet, trickled from her eyes
[G]
We were torn apart because of her fondness for me
[D] And told of farmhouse becomes [G] Mississippi
[D] Kept me operator, pulling the tight in my head
Only that I'm too slow and not the one who has
[G]
I'm only six years old, can't go to Mississippi
[D] Helped me through the hard in Memphis, [G] Tennessee
[D] [D] [G] Oh [N] yeah!
Helped me find a bar to try to get in touch [Bm] with me
[G] She could not leave her number, but I know a place to call
[D] My mother took the message and she wrote it [G] on the wall
I [D] was kept the operator in his Thurgood monary
She's the only one who's gone to hear from Memphis, [A] Tennessee
[G] Her home is on the south side, high up on the ridge
[D] Just a half a mile from [G] Mississippi Ridge
Alright, cowboy, here we [D] go!
[C] [D]
[C] [G]
[D] The last time I saw her, she was a-wastin' big spice
Fairly home-dropped on her feet, trickled from her eyes
[G]
We were torn apart because of her fondness for me
[D] And told of farmhouse becomes [G] Mississippi
[D] Kept me operator, pulling the tight in my head
Only that I'm too slow and not the one who has
[G]
I'm only six years old, can't go to Mississippi
[D] Helped me through the hard in Memphis, [G] Tennessee
[D] [D] [G] Oh [N] yeah!
Key:
D
G
C
Bm
A
D
G
C
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] The business information in Memphis, Tennessee
Helped me find a bar to try to get in touch [Bm] with me
[G] She could not leave her number, but I know a place to call
[D] My mother took the message and she wrote it [G] on the wall
_ _ I [D] was kept the operator in his Thurgood monary
She's the only one who's gone to hear from Memphis, [A] Tennessee
[G] Her home is on the south side, high up on the ridge
[D] Just a half a mile from [G] Mississippi Ridge
_ Alright, cowboy, here we [D] go!
_ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] The last time I saw her, she was a-wastin' big spice
Fairly home-dropped on her feet, trickled from her eyes
[G]
We were torn apart because of her fondness for me
[D] And told of farmhouse becomes [G] Mississippi _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] Kept me operator, pulling the tight in my head
Only that I'm too slow and not the one who has
[G]
I'm only six years old, can't go to Mississippi
[D] Helped me through the hard in Memphis, [G] Tennessee _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ [D] _ [G] _ Oh [N] yeah!
Helped me find a bar to try to get in touch [Bm] with me
[G] She could not leave her number, but I know a place to call
[D] My mother took the message and she wrote it [G] on the wall
_ _ I [D] was kept the operator in his Thurgood monary
She's the only one who's gone to hear from Memphis, [A] Tennessee
[G] Her home is on the south side, high up on the ridge
[D] Just a half a mile from [G] Mississippi Ridge
_ Alright, cowboy, here we [D] go!
_ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] The last time I saw her, she was a-wastin' big spice
Fairly home-dropped on her feet, trickled from her eyes
[G]
We were torn apart because of her fondness for me
[D] And told of farmhouse becomes [G] Mississippi _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] Kept me operator, pulling the tight in my head
Only that I'm too slow and not the one who has
[G]
I'm only six years old, can't go to Mississippi
[D] Helped me through the hard in Memphis, [G] Tennessee _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ [D] _ [G] _ Oh [N] yeah!