Memphis Chords by Red Shahan

[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Running down the hallway [Cm] of an [Eb] airport in LA
[Abm] Trying [Eb] to keep the wind from another plane
He said he's leaving this time for Memphis
And he won't be coming home
[Eb] You, your sister [Bb] and your [Eb] mom, you're on your own
_ And I thought, why?
[Ebm] _ Why, [Bb] why [Ab] this time?
_ [Eb] As the wind caught wings in the January sky
_ _ _ [F] _ [Cm] _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ _ Got children of my own
[Cm] And I raised them the best I could
[Ab] To never [Eb] leave behind all the love
When they ask about their granddad
[Cm] I don't lie to them one bit
[Ab] That's the only thing [Bb] I've [Eb] ever learned from him
I said [Ab] his bones are getting older
[Eb] And his eyes can barely see
[Ab] The damage he's done to [Bb] my family with me
He left [Ab] the apple of his eye
[Eb] And where I don't know this
[Ab] And trust me that we tried
[Eb] We looked all over Memphis
Got _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ a phone call from my mom
[Cm] You better come quick to LA
[Ab] She's standing next [Bb] to your [Eb] dad as he passes away
With the family gathered around
[Cm] And she's in her [Ab] house
Mama finally [Eb] said what she deserved to say
She [Ab] said your bones have done grown old
[Eb] And your eyes can finally see
[Ab] The damage you've done [Bb] to my family with me
[Ab] You left the apple of your eye
[Eb] And where I don't know this
[Ab] And trust me that we tried
We [Eb] looked all over Memphis
And where I don't _ _ _ know this
And trust me that we tried
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