Chords for Marc Cohn - Walking in Memphis - Charlotte 1-17-2008

_ [Bb] I still hope that.
_ Such an interesting irony [Ab] the fact that you want to hear that one [Gm] again because on some level I've been playing it again and again and again [F] _ for about 16 years.
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[F] _ _ _ _ When [C] you come close you come back to hear [Bb] it which is lovely [F] too.
That's what it's all about.
You know [A] there is no more record [Dm] business, I don't know if you [Bb] know that. _
[F] This is it.
Playing live.
But you know what, I think that's what it's all supposed to be [Dm] about anyway.
It [Bb] used to be [Fm] you would play a show just [Bb] to promote your record but now really just putting out records to promote our [Dm] shows.
So we're glad [Bb] you're here.
Thanks for coming.
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[F] _ Yeah [D] I got a first class [Fm] ticket, but I'm as blue as [Cm] a boardroom.
[Am] _ [F] Then I'm walking [A] to Memphis, _ _ walking with my feet, [G] ten feet off a [Am] beam. _
_ Walking [F] in [A] Memphis, _ _
_ [F] do I really [G] feel the way I [D] feel?
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_ [D] saw the ghosts of Elvis _ on Union Avenue.
I followed them up to the gates of Graceland.
Then I watched them walk right through.
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There's a security [G] guard I could see.
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They're just [D] floating around this [A] tomb.
_ [F] There's a pretty [G] little thing waiting [A] for a king.
It's down in the jungle. _
_ [F] Walking in [G] Memphis, _ _ I [F] was walking with my feet, ten [G] feet off a beam.
[A] _ [F] Walking in [G] Memphis, _ _
_ [Am] do [F] I really [G] feel the way [C] I feel?
Do _ I _ _ really feel it? _ _ _ _
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They got catfish on [Gm] the table. _ _ _
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They got some gospel, [G] _ gospel in the air.
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They said they were my fortune. _ _
_ [C] They were my fortune.
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And his _ _ eyes [F] are still on God.
His eyes [Gm] are still on [C] God.
And I know he watches me.
_ And I [Cm] know he watches me.
_ And I _ _ know [C] that he's watching me. _ _ _ _
I'm a [E] lover of grief. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ He's a glad to _ _ [F] see me. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ When you [Gb] have my God.
When you have my God.
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_ [C] Have my [Gb] God. _ _
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[A] _ _ _ _ [Eb] Boy, I'm gonna pray.
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[G] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [F] _ _
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_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [A] A million [Cm] blades pain.
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[G] _ [Fm] Every five dollars.
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_ _ [Cm] _ _ [B] _ _ [A] Down [G] in Hollywood, [F] they brought me [G] down. _ _
Down [C] to see [Bm] her.
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_ [G] _ _ _ _ And they asked me _ [F] if I would _
[G] do any [A] number.
And [F] I said, [G] out of [A] my mouth.
She [F] said, tell me are [C] you a Christian [A] child?
And I said, _ _ that's right, I was walking in [F] Memphis.
[G] _ _ _ _ [Am] I was walking with my feet, [G] ten feet off a beam.
[Am] _ Walking [F] in _ [G] _ _ Memphis.
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Do you [G] feel where I feel?
[Am] _
[F] Walking in [G] Memphis.
_ _ [Am] I was walking with my feet, ten [G] feet off a [Am] beam. _ _
[F] Walking in [G] Memphis.
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Do you [G] feel where [F] I [G] feel?
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_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [G] Put on [Cm] my blue [F] suede shoes.
[G] I boarded a plane.
_ [F] _ Touchdown [D] in the land of the desert [F] blues.
In the [D] middle of the pond [C] and rain.
[Am] _ _ I [F] touched down in [G] the land of _ _ _ [C] the desert.
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[Am] The desert blues. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Right [F] in the middle of _ [C] the _ [G] pond and rain.
In the middle of _ the pond _ _ _ _
_ _ [Fm] and [C] rain.
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_ _ Thank [N] _ _ _ _
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_ _ you, my love. _ _ _
One more time for the band. _ _ _ _
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