Chords for Set 2 - 10 Deryl Doddd - How I Got to Memphis

_ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [E] _ [G#] _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
[E] What a nice day, huh?
_ It is.
I like this overcast and cool and windy and not 100,000 degrees.
_ Last time I was here, Larry Joe Taylor and myself and _ John Gillum, is that right?
_ Was it?
Tom?
Bob?
Tom.
Sorry, Tom.
Yeah, I just met him that one time.
He doesn't remember my name, I promise you.
_ [A] But _ it was hot and Larry Joe was over there and he melted.
_ _ _ _ _ Big old splatter. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ His molecules came back together later on or whatever.
_ He reformed himself and was better than ever for the last two hours.
_ _ _ [E] But it was hot, so it's real nice being here today with y'all. _ _ _
And I had a song in mind.
Oh yeah.
[F#] _ [G#] I recorded this song in 1995.
I was up in Nashville and there's an old Tom [Em] T.
Hall song called That's How I Got to [F#] Memphis. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G#] _ _ _ _
[F#] _ _ _ _ _ [G#] _ If you love somebody [B] enough, _ [F#] you'll [F#] follow wherever they go.
That's how I got to Memphis.
_ [G#] _ _ [B] _ That's how I [F#] got to Memphis.
_ _ [G#] _ _ [F#] If you love somebody _ [B] enough, then [F#] you'll go where your heart wants to go.
That's how I got [G#m] to Memphis.
_ [G#] _ _ [B] _ That's how I got [F#] to Memphis.
_ _ _ Well, [C#] I know if you've [B] seen her, you tell me, [G#] because you are [F#] my friend.
_ _ _ _ [C#] Oh, and I've got to find her and [B] find out [G#] the trouble [F#] she's in.
_ _ [C#] _ _ If you tell me [G#] she's not here, then I'll just [F#] follow the trail of her tears.
That's how I got [G#m] to Memphis. _
[G#] _ _ [B] _ That's how I got [F#] to Memphis.
_ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G#m] _ _
_ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Well, she would get mad and she used to [B] say that she [F#] would come back to Memphis someday.
That's how I got to [G#] Memphis.
_ _ _ _ That's how I got [F#] to Memphis.
_ _ _ _ Well, I haven't eaten a bite _ or slept for three days and nights.
That's how I got [G#m] to Memphis.
_ _ [F#] Oh, that's how I got to Memphis.
_ _ _ _ _ [C#] Well, I've got to find her [F#] and tell her that I love her so.
_ _ _ Yes, [C#] and I'll never rest [G#] till I find out why she had [F#] to go.
_ _ [C#] _ _ Well, I thank you [G#] for your precious time.
_ Please [F#] forgive me if I start to cry.
That's how I got to [G#m] Memphis.
[G#] _
_ _ Oh, that's how I got [F#] to Memphis.
_ _ Yeah, that's how I [G#] got to Memphis.
_ _ [F#] _ Yeah, that's how I got to Memphis.
_ [G#m] _ _ [G#] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _
_ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G#] _ Thank you, Tom T.
[D] Hall, _ _ storyteller. _ _ _ _
Yes.
I used to cover _ Darryl Dodd covering Tom T.
Hall _ back 10 or 11 years ago.
He was 10 or 11. _ _
_ _ _ I'm old. _ _
It's not 10 or 11.
You were young.
You're still young.
[D#] When I first met you, you were 13 [F#] working the bar.
[G] _ _ _
I was not 13.
You can't work a bar until you're 18, man.
Yeah, but I was still older than that. _
_ _ I was _ 11 years ago.
I was _ 23.
_ _ [C#] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ There it was.
It's right there, that tricky number three. _ _ _ _ _
I'm glad I did.
I had to do my math because now I'm 34. _