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Walking In Memphis
Marc Cohn
1991
Marc Cohn

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Joe D (Gocaps99)
Alex Cowley (AlexCowley)

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=== HOWDY ======================================================================
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Hey, this is my first tab (even though the majority of it isn't mine, I've ju
st
rearranged it into a more readable format), so sorry if some things are a lit
tle
weird, please don't be too harsh!
Walking in Memphis is a beautiful song, and even though it's arranged on pian
o
it works really well with a solo acoustic or as part of a band.
This is the way I play the song. I learned it off Joe D (Gocaps)'s tab, and
modified it a little in relation to some little changes chord-wise, lyrics-wi
se
and just a bit of tidying up to make the tab a little more readable.
I hope you can make some good use of this tab, please let me know if you use
it
and maybe rate it as well! Thankyou folks, have fun and keep jammin'!
=== VERSE ONE ==================================================================
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F G
C
Am
Put on my blue suede shoes
F
G
C
Am
And I boarded the plane
F
G
C
Am
Touched down in the land of the Delta Blues
F
G
C Am
In the middle of the pouring rain
F G C
Am F
G
C Am
W.C. Handy -- won't you look down over me
F
G
C
Am
Yeah I got a first class ticket
F
G
C
But I'm as blue as a boy can be
=== CHORUS (Same throughout the song) ==========================================
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C
Am
F
G
C
Then I'm walking in Memphis
Am
F
G
C
Walking with my feet ten feet off of Beale

Am
F
G
C
Walking in Memphis
Am
F
G
Gsus
But do I really feel the way I feel?
=== VERSE TWO ==================================================================
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F
G
C
Am
Saw the ghost of Elvis
F G
C Am
On Union Avenue
F
G
C
Am
Followed him up to the gates of Graceland
F
G
C
Am
Then I watched him walk right through
F
G
C
Am
Now security they did not see him
F
G
C Am
They just hovered 'round his tomb
F
G
C
Am
But there's a pretty little thing, Waiting for the King
NC.
Down in the Jungle Room
=== CHORUS (Same throughout the song) ==========================================
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C
Am
F
G
Then I'm walking in Memphis
Am
F
G
Walking with my feet ten feet off of
Am
F
G
Walking in Memphis
Am
F
G
But do I really feel the way I feel?

C
C
Beale
C
Gsus

=== Bridge =====================================================================

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[INSTRUMENTAL INTRO] - Csus4 / C / Csus4 / C
Csus4
C
Csus4
They've got catfish on the table
Csus4
C
Csus4
They've got gospel in the air
E7
F
And Reverend Green be glad to see you
F#dim
G7
C/G
When you haven't got a prayer
NC.
F
But boy you've got a prayer in Memphis

C
C

C
G C Am

=== VERSE THREE ================================================================

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F
G
C
Am
Now Muriel plays piano
F
G
C
Am
Every Friday at the Hollywood
F
G
C
Am
And they brought me down to see her
F
G
C
Am
And they asked me if I would
F
G
C
Am
Do a little number
F
G
C
Am
And I sang with all my might
F
G
C
Am
And she said, "Tell me are you a Christian child?"
N.C.
And I said "Ma'am I am tonight"
=== CHORUS (Same throughout the song) ==========================================
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C
Am
F
G
Then I'm walking in Memphis
Am
F
G
Walking with my feet ten feet off of
Am
F
G
Walking in Memphis
Am
F
G
But do I really feel the way I feel?

C
C
Beale
C
Gsus

=== Final Verse ================================================================

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F G
C
Am
Put on my blue suede shoes
F
G
C
Am
And I boarded the plane
F
G
C
Touched down in the land of the Delta
F
G
C Am
In the middle of the pouring rain
F
G
C
Touched down in the land of the Delta
F
G
C Am
In the middle of the pouring rain

Am
Blues
Am
Blues