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Memphis Tennessee by Chuck Berry






        Memphis 







Chords used in this song : 
B

e ---|-o-|---|---|---|
B ---|---|---|-x-|---|
G ---|---|---|-x-|---|
D ---|---|---|-x-|---|
A ---|-x-|---|---|---|
E ---|-o-|---|---|---| B7

e ---|-x-|---|---|---|
B ---|---|---|---|---|
G ---|-x-|---|---|---|
D -x-|---|---|---|---|
A ---|-x-|---|---|---|
E ---|-o-|---|---|---| E

e ---|---|---|---|---|
B ---|---|---|---|---|
G -x-|---|---|---|---|
D ---|-x-|---|---|---|
A ---|-x-|---|---|---|
E ---|---|---|---|---| A

e ---|---|---|---|---|
B ---|-x-|---|---|---|
G ---|-x-|---|---|---|
D ---|-x-|---|---|---|
A ---|---|---|---|---|
E ---|---|---|---|---| 
Am

e ---|---|---|---|---|
B -x-|---|---|---|---|
G ---|-x-|---|---|---|
D ---|-x-|---|---|---|
A ---|---|---|---|---|
E ---|---|---|---|---| G#m
4 fr.
e -x-|---|---|---|---|
B -x-|---|---|---|---|
G -x-|---|---|---|---|
D ---|---|-x-|---|---|
A ---|---|-x-|---|---|
E -x-|---|---|---|---|   



Tune a half step down.

Chords used:

B	B7	E(1)	A	Am	G#m	E
       (7th Fret)
eb    7	7	7	5	5	4	0
Bb	7	7	9	5	5	4	0
Gb	8	8	9	6	5	4	1
Db	9	7	9	7	7	6	2
Ab	9	9	7	7	7	6	2
Eb	7	7	7	5	5	4	0

Strum Chords with rhythm till chord change
Slide up from E to first B


    B7  B    (alternate rapidly between B and B7)
Long distance in formation, give me Memphis Tennessee
    B7  B    (alternate rapidly between B and B7)
Help me find the party trying to get in touch with me
	E(1)
She could not leave her number, but I know who placed the call
	B			  B7             A  Am   G#m     E
'Cause my uncle took the message and he wrote it on the wall

Help me, information; get in touch with my Marie
She's the only one who'd phone me here from Memphis Tennessee
Her home is on the south side, high up on a ridge
Just A half a mile from the Mississippi Bridge

Help me, information, more than that I cannot add
Only that I miss her and all the fun we had
But we were pulled apart because her mom did not agree
And tore apart our happy home in Memphis Tennessee

Last time I saw Marie she's waving me good-bye
With hurry home drops on her cheek that trickled from her eye
Marie is only six years old Information please
Try to put me through to her in Memphis Tennessee

You can play all B’s with no B7’s for the first two lines if it’s easier for you, but in
fourth line, the B7 is crucial.
Also on the fourth line: This is how I play it, its close to the record, but I know its
exact, it’s a fast slide down from the B7 to the E, and most people won’t know the
if its fast enough, sometimes I drop the A or The Am (or both) by accident, it can be 
fast if your lead guitarist likes it that way, or if your band is really swinging.



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version 2

Chords used in this song : 
D

e ---|-x-|---|---|---|
B ---|---|-x-|---|---|
G ---|-x-|---|---|---|
D ---|---|---|---|---|
A ---|---|---|---|---|
E ---|---|---|---|---| G

e ---|---|-x-|---|---|
B ---|---|---|---|---|
G ---|---|---|---|---|
D ---|---|---|---|---|
A ---|-x-|---|---|---|
E ---|---|-x-|---|---| D7

e ---|-x-|---|---|---|
B -x-|---|---|---|---|
G ---|-x-|---|---|---|
D ---|---|---|---|---|
A ---|---|---|---|---|
E ---|---|---|---|---|  




(This song was later covered by Johnny Rivers and by the Beatles in the key of F.)

G / / / 2 / / / 3 / /
     D
Long-distance information, get me Memphis, Tennessee
Help me find the party who tried to get in touch with me
    G
She could not leave her number, but I know who placed the call
                       D7                             G
'Cause my uncle took a message and he wrote it on the wall

Verse 2:
Help me, information, get in touch with my Marie
She's the only one who called me here from Memphis, Tennessee
Her home is on the south side, high upon the ridge
Just a half a mile from the Mississippi bridge

(instrumental; same pattern as verses)

Verse 3:
Help me, information, more than that I cannot add
Only that I miss her and all the fun we had
But we were pulled apart because her mom would not agree
Tore apart our happy home in Memphis, Tennessee

Verse 4:
Last time I saw Marie, she was wavin' me goodbye
With hurry-home drops on her cheeks that trickled from her eyes
Marie is only 6 years old; information please
Try to put me through to her in Memphis, Tennessee


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