Chords for Tom T. Hall, That's How I Got To Memphis

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[A] Peter told [C#] me that this [F] thing lasts about an hour and [A] 40 minutes.
[F#] _ [C] And I want to announce [C#] now that I probably won't be [F#] here _ _ [C#] for the last 40 minutes. _ _
[A#] _ Because I just [A] brought a few songs.
[C#] And I'm going to [A] look at my lyrics once in a while because I only sing these things once a year.
[G#] And [C] I got Don [G#] Schlitz here who said that he'll [A] back me up and take over.
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_ [D] _ _ _ [C#] [A] Don and I don't see one [F#] another very often.
[C] _ I'm a great fan of his and he [B] just told me that he heard some of my [F#] songs.
_ [B] _ And [G#] Jerry [A] Sally is here, [Bm] a great [A] producer and songwriter.
[G#] _ [F] _ _ _ _ [A] _ [C#] Those are the old guys, I don't know [Bm] the young guys.
_ _ If there's [A] any famous songwriters in here, hold up your [Dm] hand.
[F#] _ _ Or your [Am] checkbooks.
_ [D] _ _ You want me to start off singing a song?
_ _ _ [A] _ _ Songs have a life [C#] of their [A] own.
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And you never know.
_ _ _ Songwriters [A#] don't know one from the other.
They write [A] three songs [A#] and [A] one of them is stardust and the other two are [D] not.
You like them all the same and [A] they're public fearsome and they decide what they like.
[A#] I was amazed that I wrote this song [A] _ and put it in an album. _
And now it's my most, [C] the song that's been [A] recorded most of all the songs I've written. _ _ _ _
And that kind of surprised me, I kind of wish I had put this thing out.
_ _ _ _ _ I just put it in an album someplace and Bobby Baird found it and recorded it.
[D] And then Buddy Miller found it and recorded it in the alternative field.
And [A] since then it's [D] been recorded all around the world.
Some [A] group in France recorded this.
You know Memphis, [Am] Tennessee is a sister city of Memphis in France. _ _ _
[F] _ And that's about all the [Dm] geography I know. _
[D#] _ [A] But I do know that.
And so they heard [F#] this song in France [A] and they got a Memphis of their own.
So it was a [G#] big hit by this rock and roll [A] band.
I've never [C#] heard the record but I got the checks.
[F#] _ _ _ [A] I'm not here to worry about it.
So here's my version of it. _ _ _
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_ If you love somebody [G] enough, _ _ [D] you'll follow wherever they go.
That's how I got to [Em] Memphis. _ _ _ _
[G] That's how I got to [D] Memphis. _ _ _ _
_ If you love somebody [G] enough, _ you'll [D] go where your heart wants to go.
That's how I got to [E] Memphis.
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That's how I got to [D] Memphis. _ _ _ _
_ Oh I [A] know if you've seen her [G] you'll tell me cause you are [D] my friend. _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] I've got to find [G] her and find out the trouble [D] she's in. _ _ _
[A] _ Well if [D] you tell me that she's [G] not here, _ I'm [D] going to follow the trail of her tears.
That's how I got to [Em] Memphis.
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That's how I got to [D] Memphis. _ _ _
_ You know she would get mad when she used to [G] say that [D] she'd come back to Memphis [A] [D] someday.
That's how I got [Em] to Memphis.
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That's how I got [D] to Memphis. _ _ _ _
_ _ Oh I haven't eaten a [Bm] bite or slept [D] for three days and nights.
That's how I got [Em] to Memphis.
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That's how I got [D] to Memphis. _ _ _
_ Well [A] I've got to find her [G] and tell her that I love [D] her so. _ _ _ _
_ Oh [A] I'll never rest till [G] I find out where she [D] had to go. _ _ _
[A] _ I want to [D] thank you for your [G] precious time.
_ [D] Forgive me if I start to cry.
[A] That's how I [Em] got to Memphis.
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That's [D] how I got to Memphis. _ _ _
That's how I got [Em] to Memphis.
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That's how [D] I got to Memphis. _ _ _ _
That's how [Em] I got to Memphis.
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That's how I got to [D] Memphis. _ _ _ _
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_ [D#] _ [A] _ _ _ [C] I was making that record and all through it I wanted to say [Em] Memphis the way Ella [A] speaks.
Memphis. _
[Am] Memphis.
[A] _ _ [C] That's how I got to Memphis.
_ _ [C#] _ [A] What could he have done with that song?
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[A] _ _ [G] _ [D] He would have said Memphis.
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[G] _ _ _ _ I had a chance to, _ [C#] I was in the army [G] in Germany and [A#] I was on [G] our side.
[A#] _ _ _ [Dm] _ [C] Just [F#] checking.
_ _ [A] And Elvis was _ living [C] in a mansion off [A] post.
I was in the [C#]
[A] army with Elvis.
_ And we [G#] lived next door.
I was [C] in quartermaster, he was in [A] engineers.
_ _ [G#] Guy came [Am] up one, we had a little [B] band over there.
We [Am] played, you know, NCO and [F#] NCO club [C] and EM club.
[Am] So _ a guy came up and said, [G#] _ I guess it [Am] was one of Elvis' military posse.
He had a [F] posse in the military too.
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[B] He said, Elvis wants you to come over to his [A] mansion tonight for a little jam session.
_ [G] _ [B] I said, wow, [A] I'm in big with Elvis.
[B] _ [A] [B] And [C] then it [G] dawned on me that [B] I had a gig [F#] that night for [A#] $25 and free [A] beer.
_ _ [Am] _ So [A] I never did [F#m] get to get in there.
[A] _ _ _ [G] _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ But if I had sang this [Am] song for him, I [C] was going to sing Memphis.
_ So [B] he'd know I was [F#] one of the posse.
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Miss Dixie and [B] I, who is [Am] here tonight, my songwriting partner, _ _ [A] _ is here.
We went to the station one night.
These guys [G] were picking, _ and we became groupies.
[A#] _ _ _ We [F] followed these guys around and listened to [A] them pick.
_ We became big [F#] fans, and we've known Peter for years.
I ran [D#] into Eric down there. _
They just thought they were wonderful.
_ Hopefully