Chords for Eli Mattson America's Got Talent Audition - Walking In Memphis

It's a journey they all hope will have been worth it.
Especially so for 26-year-old Eli [Cm] Mattson, who's hoping [F] his trip of over 2,000 miles
to the auditions [A#] could finally bring his [F] dream to life.
I've been struggling a long time.
I don't make a whole lot of money.
I've spent my 62, 74 [A#]-hour trips on the Greyhound [G] bus and a lot of [C] times not really knowing
where I was going.
Just kind of throwing darts at [A#] the map. _ _
Finding hotels, any place with [F] a piano and just asking if I could sit in and work [A#] their
tips and whatnot.
[F] I didn't even make enough to pay for my bus fare.
You really start to ask yourself after a little while, how hungry do I have to get to really
start getting somewhere? _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ [A#] I [F] felt so deeply [C] that he deserves this.
[Dm] A lot [A#]
of singers have moved me.
_ _ [C] _ And Eli [F] moves me.
I don't want a plan B.
This is really [Fm] what I want.
I gotta go [F] get it. _ _
_ [C] Tonight [F] is the biggest night of my life.
This could change things forever.
_ _ _ _ [D#] _ _
And what is your name, sir?
My name's Eli Mattson.
What are you going to sing for us today?
Walking in Memphis.
Great, man.
Well, knock us out, man.
Thanks.
Have fun.
I hope you like [N] it.
Okay. _
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[C#m] _ [F#] _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _
_ [B] I [C#] put on my [F#] blue suede shoes and [C#m] I [F#] boarded the plane.
I tossed down in the land of the [B] delt and blues, the middle of the [F#] pouring rain.
And I'm walking in Memphis.
_ [D#m] I was walking with my feet ten feet off a beam.
I'm walking in [C#] Memphis.
_ [F#] But do you really feel the way I [C#] feel?
[F#] _ _ _ _ _ [G#] _ _
_ A girl plays piano every Friday at [F#] the [D#] Hollywood.
They brought me down to see her.
And they [C#] asked me if I would [F#] do a little number.
[B] And I sang with [F#] all my might.
She said, [C#] tell me, are you a Christian child?
[D#m] I said, ma'am, I [F#] am tonight.
I was walking [D#m] in [C#] Memphis.
_ [F#] I was walking with my feet [C#] ten feet off a beam.
I was [B] walking in Memphis.
[F#] _ But do you really feel the way I feel?
_ [D#] _ _ [F#] _ _
_ _ _ [B] I [F#] put on my blue suede [D#m] shoes [B] and I _ [F#] boarded the plane.
_ [D#m] I tossed down in [C#] the land of [F#] the delt and blues.
[D#m] The middle _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] of the [C#] pouring _ [G#] _ rain.
[F#] _ _ [D#] _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _
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Thank you, thank you, thank you very much.
_ Well, the crowd still loves you, Pierce.
This show is about finding talent.
The next greatest star in America who can take their moment.
You know, I think you just took your moment.
You got talent. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G#] Eli, [A#] I cannot believe that someone like you has not been signed.
I don't get it. [G] Thank you.
_ _ _ [G#] _ _ _
_ [D#m] _ _ [Cm] But you know what?
[N] That's why we have this show.
So thank God for this show.
And thank you for being my man.
_ [F] _ _ _ [E] Billy Joel, you know why?
Because you [G#] tell a story when you sing and it comes from your [F] heart.
But you know what?
I can't wait to see what you're going to bring us back.
You got it.
_ [A#] _ _ _
[G#] _ [A#] _ _ _ _ [G#m] Yes.
Yes, [A#] baby.
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_ [F#m] _ This [D#] is what I want.
[F#] This is what I've worked so hard for.
This [B] means everything. _
Eli's made it through to Vegas week.
And finally, it [F#] looks like his journey to stardom