The Sins Of Memphisto Chords by John Prine

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[F] From the bells of St.
Mary _ [C] to the count of Monte Cristo, _ _
[G] nothing can stop, nothing can
stop, nothing can stop [F] the sins _ _ _ _ of [Cm] Memphis.
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_ _ _ _ [G] Sally used to play with her hula hoops, [F] now she tells her problems to therapy groups.
[G] Grandpa's on the front lawn staring at a rake, [F] wondering if his marriage was a terrible mistake.
[G] I'm sitting on the front steps drinking orange Kresh, [F] wondering if it's possible for me to
still blush, [C] uh huh, _ _ _ _ _ _ oh yeah. _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] A boy on a bike with corduroy slacks, [F] sleeps in the river by the railroad tracks, [G] waits
for the whistle on the train to scream, [F] so he could close his eyes and begin to dream,
[C] uh huh, _ _
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_ _ _ [F] From the bells of St.
Mary to [C] the count of Monte Cristo, _ _ [G] nothing can stop, nothing can
stop, nothing can stop [F] the sins _ of _ _ [C] Memphis.
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[G] The hands on his watch spin slowly around, [F] with his mind on a bus that goes all over town.
[G] Looking at the babies in the factories, _
[F] listening to the music of Mr.
Queens, [G] as if by magic
or remote control he [F] finds a piece of a puzzle that he missed in his soul, [C] uh huh, _ _ _ _ _ _ oh yeah. _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] From the bells of St.
Mary to [C] the count of Monte Cristo, _ _
[G] nothing can stop, nothing can
stop, nothing can stop [F] the sins _ of _ _ [Cm] Memphis.
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_ _ _ _ [G] And a man, even Lucy and Ricky, [F] bit the big apple and got a little sticky, [G] Esmeralda and
the hunchback of Notre Dame, [F] they humped each other like they had no shame.
[G] They paused as they posed for a Polaroid photo, [F] she whispered in his ear, _ _ _ exactly Ota, _ _
_ _ _ [C] Quasimodo. _ _ _
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_ _ _ [F] From the bells of St.
Mary _ [C] to the count of Monte Cristo, _ _ [G] nothing can stop, nothing can
stop, nothing can stop [F] the sins _ _ _ _ of [Cm] Memphis.
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[G] Sally used to play with her hula hoops, [F] now she tells her problems to therapy groups,
[C] uh huh, _ _ _ _ _ _ oh yeah. _ _ _ _ _ _
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