Chords for Marc Cohn - Walking in memphis (with lyrics)
Tempo:
130.4 bpm
Chords used:
F
C
Am
G
Cm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Key:
F
C
Am
G
Cm
F
C
Am
[F] [Cm] [Am] .
[F] [Am] .
[F] [Am] Put on my blue suede [F] shoes and I [C] boarded the plane.
[Am] .
[F] [Cm] Touchdown in the land of the [Am] Delta [F] Blues in the [Am] middle of the pouring rain.
[F] [G] [C] WC handy [Am] .
[F] won't you look [G] down [C] over [Am] me?
.
[F] Yeah, I [C] got a first-class ticket, [F] but I'm as blue as [C] a boy can be [Am] then I'm walking [F] in Memphis.
[G] [C] [F] It's walking with my feet ten [G] feet [C] off a beam.
[Am] .
[F] walking in [G] Memphis.
[C] [Am] But do [F] really [G] feel the way I [C] feel .
saw [Am] [F] [G] the ghost [C] of [Am] Elvis [F] on [C] Union Avenue.
[D] [F] Followed him [C] up to the gates of Braceton.
[F] And I [C] watched him walk right [Am] through.
Now [F] security they [C] did not see him.
[F] They just [C] heard around this [D] too.
[Am] [F] There's a [C] pretty little thing waiting [Am] for the king [F] [Am] down in the jungle room.
[C] When I was walking in [F] Memphis, [G] .
[C] I [Am] was walking with [F] my feet [G] ten feet off [C] a beam.
[Am] walking in [F] [G] Memphis .
[C] [Am] Do really [F] [G] feel the way [C] I feel .
.
They've got catfish on the table .
.
They've got gospel in the air .
Reverend [E] green be [F] glad to see you.
[F#m] When you haven't got [G] [G] a prayer.
Boy, you got a [F] prayer in [G] Memphis.
[C] [Am] .
[F] [Gm] [C] [Am] .
[F] [G] Muriel plays [C] piano.
[Am] .
[F] every [G] Friday at the [C] Hollywood.
[Am] .
[F] And they [G] brought me [C] down the [Am] senior [F] and they [C] asked me if I [Am] would.
[F] [G] [C] [Am] And .
[F] I [G] say with [C] all my [Am] might she [F] said [G] tell me are [C] you a Christian [Am] child and [F] I said.
I am [C] tonight.
Walking [F] [G] [C] with [Am] .
[F] my [G] feet ten feet off a [C] beam [F] walking in.
[G] [C] I [Am] .
[F] [Em] [C] [Am] [C] .
[Am] was walking with my [F] feet [G] ten feet off a [C] beam [F] I [G] feel.
[C] [Am] .
[F] [G] [C] .
[Am] [F] [C] .
[F] [C] Put on my blue [Am] suede shoes [F] and I [G] boarded the [C] plane.
[F] Touch down [G] in [C] land of the Delta blues [F] in the middle of the [G].
[C] pouring [Am] rain.
[F] Touch down [G] in [C] land of the Delta [Am] blues .
In [F] the middle of the [G].
pouring Rain.
[F] [Cm] [Am] [F] .
[Am] [F] .
[C] [Am] [F] .
[C] .
.
[F] [Am] .
[F] [Am] Put on my blue suede [F] shoes and I [C] boarded the plane.
[Am] .
[F] [Cm] Touchdown in the land of the [Am] Delta [F] Blues in the [Am] middle of the pouring rain.
[F] [G] [C] WC handy [Am] .
[F] won't you look [G] down [C] over [Am] me?
.
[F] Yeah, I [C] got a first-class ticket, [F] but I'm as blue as [C] a boy can be [Am] then I'm walking [F] in Memphis.
[G] [C] [F] It's walking with my feet ten [G] feet [C] off a beam.
[Am] .
[F] walking in [G] Memphis.
[C] [Am] But do [F] really [G] feel the way I [C] feel .
saw [Am] [F] [G] the ghost [C] of [Am] Elvis [F] on [C] Union Avenue.
[D] [F] Followed him [C] up to the gates of Braceton.
[F] And I [C] watched him walk right [Am] through.
Now [F] security they [C] did not see him.
[F] They just [C] heard around this [D] too.
[Am] [F] There's a [C] pretty little thing waiting [Am] for the king [F] [Am] down in the jungle room.
[C] When I was walking in [F] Memphis, [G] .
[C] I [Am] was walking with [F] my feet [G] ten feet off [C] a beam.
[Am] walking in [F] [G] Memphis .
[C] [Am] Do really [F] [G] feel the way [C] I feel .
.
They've got catfish on the table .
.
They've got gospel in the air .
Reverend [E] green be [F] glad to see you.
[F#m] When you haven't got [G] [G] a prayer.
Boy, you got a [F] prayer in [G] Memphis.
[C] [Am] .
[F] [Gm] [C] [Am] .
[F] [G] Muriel plays [C] piano.
[Am] .
[F] every [G] Friday at the [C] Hollywood.
[Am] .
[F] And they [G] brought me [C] down the [Am] senior [F] and they [C] asked me if I [Am] would.
[F] [G] [C] [Am] And .
[F] I [G] say with [C] all my [Am] might she [F] said [G] tell me are [C] you a Christian [Am] child and [F] I said.
I am [C] tonight.
Walking [F] [G] [C] with [Am] .
[F] my [G] feet ten feet off a [C] beam [F] walking in.
[G] [C] I [Am] .
[F] [Em] [C] [Am] [C] .
[Am] was walking with my [F] feet [G] ten feet off a [C] beam [F] I [G] feel.
[C] [Am] .
[F] [G] [C] .
[Am] [F] [C] .
[F] [C] Put on my blue [Am] suede shoes [F] and I [G] boarded the [C] plane.
[F] Touch down [G] in [C] land of the Delta blues [F] in the middle of the [G].
[C] pouring [Am] rain.
[F] Touch down [G] in [C] land of the Delta [Am] blues .
In [F] the middle of the [G].
pouring Rain.
[F] [Cm] [Am] [F] .
[Am] [F] .
[C] [Am] [F] .
[C] .
.
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