Back To Memphis Chords by Levon Helm

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I've been [A] struggling up [A] here, honey, I'm trying to make a living.
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But everybody wants to take it, nobody likes giving.
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I [G] wish I was back in Memphis, [D] back home with my mama. _ _ _
[Am] Hell, it's cold like [F#m] a louse, and he rides in [A] my pajamas. _ _
[E] There's no brotherly love, and no help, and no danger. _ _ _
[A] It's just a great big town full of cold-hearted [A] strangers. _ _
I've been hungry in New York, Chicago, or Nevada.
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[A] But today my grandmother [D] wrote me a letter.
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[D] She said, get on back to Memphis, get back home to your mama.
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You [A] can walk down Field [Am] Street wearing your pajamas.
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[E] There's no folks down here [A] that'll let you do [Em] just like you want to. _ _
[A] And I bond you and praise you right [Am] here on the [A] corner. _ _
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I'm not leaving any morning, going to the bus station. _ _
I got just enough money to make my destination. _ _
[D] I'm going back on the mountain, back home to mama. _ _
[C] [A] I'm gonna ride that bus down [Am] Portage, Memphis, [A] Chicago. _ _
[D] [E] Well, I'm going back to Memphis no more morning in the morning.
I [A] said, everything will be all right in the morning. _ _ _
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