Maybe It Was Memphis Chords by Pam Tillis
Tempo:
73.55 bpm
Chords used:
D
A
E
Bm
G
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[A]
Looking at you through a misty moonlight, Katie did [D] swing like a symphony
[A] Porch swings swaying like a Tennessee lullaby, melody [D] blowing through a willow [E] tree
What [D] was I supposed to [E] do?
[D] Standing there looking at [E] you, [G] lonely boy [A] far from home
Maybe it was Memphis, [D] maybe it was Southern Summer Night, [Bm] maybe it was you, [D] maybe it was me but we [A] sure felt right
Read about you in a Faulkner novel, met you [D] once in a Williams [A] plug
Got [D] you in a country love [A] song, summer night beauty [D] took my breath [E] away
What [D] was I supposed to [E] do?
[D] Standing there looking at [E] you, [G] lonely boy far [A] from home
Maybe it was Memphis, [D] maybe it was Southern Summer Night, [Bm] maybe it was you, maybe [D] it was me but we [A] sure felt right
Maybe it was Memphis,
[D] maybe [Bm] it was you
[D]
[A]
[D]
[A]
[D] [Bm] [D]
[A] Every night now since I've been back home I wake drifting [D] in the [A] memory
Think about you on my mother's plug porch swing, talking that way, [D] so [E] soft and warm
What was [D] I supposed to do?
[E] Standing [D] there looking at [E] you, [G] lonely boy far [A] from home
Maybe [D] it was me, [Bm] [D] but it sure [A] felt right
Maybe [D] it was you, [Bm] [D]
[A] [Bm] maybe [D] it was me, but it [A] sure felt [D] right
[A] Maybe [D]
[A] it was Memphis
[C] [D] [A] [D]
[A] [D] [A]
[D]
[A] [D]
Looking at you through a misty moonlight, Katie did [D] swing like a symphony
[A] Porch swings swaying like a Tennessee lullaby, melody [D] blowing through a willow [E] tree
What [D] was I supposed to [E] do?
[D] Standing there looking at [E] you, [G] lonely boy [A] far from home
Maybe it was Memphis, [D] maybe it was Southern Summer Night, [Bm] maybe it was you, [D] maybe it was me but we [A] sure felt right
Read about you in a Faulkner novel, met you [D] once in a Williams [A] plug
Got [D] you in a country love [A] song, summer night beauty [D] took my breath [E] away
What [D] was I supposed to [E] do?
[D] Standing there looking at [E] you, [G] lonely boy far [A] from home
Maybe it was Memphis, [D] maybe it was Southern Summer Night, [Bm] maybe it was you, maybe [D] it was me but we [A] sure felt right
Maybe it was Memphis,
[D] maybe [Bm] it was you
[D]
[A]
[D]
[A]
[D] [Bm] [D]
[A] Every night now since I've been back home I wake drifting [D] in the [A] memory
Think about you on my mother's plug porch swing, talking that way, [D] so [E] soft and warm
What was [D] I supposed to do?
[E] Standing [D] there looking at [E] you, [G] lonely boy far [A] from home
Maybe [D] it was me, [Bm] [D] but it sure [A] felt right
Maybe [D] it was you, [Bm] [D]
[A] [Bm] maybe [D] it was me, but it [A] sure felt [D] right
[A] Maybe [D]
[A] it was Memphis
[C] [D] [A] [D]
[A] [D] [A]
[D]
[A] [D]
Key:
D
A
E
Bm
G
D
A
E
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Looking at you through a misty moonlight, Katie did [D] swing like a symphony
[A] Porch swings swaying like a Tennessee lullaby, melody [D] blowing through a willow [E] tree
What [D] was I supposed to [E] do?
[D] Standing there looking at [E] you, [G] lonely boy [A] far from home
Maybe it was Memphis, _ [D] maybe it was Southern Summer Night, [Bm] maybe it was you, [D] maybe it was me but we [A] sure felt right _ _
_ _ _ Read about you in a Faulkner novel, met you [D] once in a Williams [A] plug
Got [D] you in a country love [A] song, summer night beauty [D] took my breath [E] away
What [D] was I supposed to [E] do?
[D] Standing there looking at [E] you, [G] lonely boy far [A] from home
Maybe it was Memphis, _ [D] maybe it was Southern Summer Night, [Bm] maybe it was you, maybe [D] it was me but we [A] sure felt right
Maybe it was Memphis, _ _
[D] _ _ maybe [Bm] it was you
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[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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[D] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [D] _ _
[A] _ _ _ Every night now since I've been back home I wake drifting [D] in the [A] memory
Think about you on my mother's plug porch swing, talking that way, [D] so [E] soft and warm
What was [D] I supposed to do?
[E] Standing [D] there looking at [E] you, [G] lonely boy far [A] _ _ _ from home
Maybe [D] it was _ me, [Bm] _ _ [D] but it sure [A] felt right
_ Maybe _ _ _ [D] it was you, _ _ [Bm] _ _ [D] _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [Bm] maybe [D] it was me, but it [A] sure _ _ felt [D] right _
[A] _ Maybe _ _ _ [D] _
[A] it was Memphis
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Looking at you through a misty moonlight, Katie did [D] swing like a symphony
[A] Porch swings swaying like a Tennessee lullaby, melody [D] blowing through a willow [E] tree
What [D] was I supposed to [E] do?
[D] Standing there looking at [E] you, [G] lonely boy [A] far from home
Maybe it was Memphis, _ [D] maybe it was Southern Summer Night, [Bm] maybe it was you, [D] maybe it was me but we [A] sure felt right _ _
_ _ _ Read about you in a Faulkner novel, met you [D] once in a Williams [A] plug
Got [D] you in a country love [A] song, summer night beauty [D] took my breath [E] away
What [D] was I supposed to [E] do?
[D] Standing there looking at [E] you, [G] lonely boy far [A] from home
Maybe it was Memphis, _ [D] maybe it was Southern Summer Night, [Bm] maybe it was you, maybe [D] it was me but we [A] sure felt right
Maybe it was Memphis, _ _
[D] _ _ maybe [Bm] it was you
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[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [D] _ _
[A] _ _ _ Every night now since I've been back home I wake drifting [D] in the [A] memory
Think about you on my mother's plug porch swing, talking that way, [D] so [E] soft and warm
What was [D] I supposed to do?
[E] Standing [D] there looking at [E] you, [G] lonely boy far [A] _ _ _ from home
Maybe [D] it was _ me, [Bm] _ _ [D] but it sure [A] felt right
_ Maybe _ _ _ [D] it was you, _ _ [Bm] _ _ [D] _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [Bm] maybe [D] it was me, but it [A] sure _ _ felt [D] right _
[A] _ Maybe _ _ _ [D] _
[A] it was Memphis
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