Meet Me In Memphis(Chords)

	        Intro 
 
He's (D) holed up down on Ramrod Key in the (G) Tavenier Ho(D)tel  
(G) Livin' out his (D) loneliness like an (A) oyster in a shell  
By (D) days he pulls the trap line  
By (G) night he lives a(D)lone  
(G) Don't really feel like co(D)mpany it's just (A) him and his fridge and his (D) phone  
 
(G) Meet me in (D) Memphis (meet me in Memphis)  
(G) That's where I'll (D) be (that's where I'll be)  
(G) I'm by the river (oooh oooh) (G) please come back to (A) me  
(G) Meet me in (D) Memphis (meet me in Memphis)  
My (G) wild days are (D) through  
And (G) nothin' re(D)places (oooh oooh) (Em) (A) me next to (D) you  
 
He's (D) been there since she ran away  
(G) She said she needs some (D) space  
Oc(G)casionally she still (D) calls collect  
From some (A) god forsaken (D) place  
(D) Then one day a letter came  (G) Postmarked Tenne(D)ssee  
And the (G) envelope scent and the (D) postage spent  
Well it (A) lit up her old memor(D)y  
 
(G) Meet me in (D) Memphis (meet me in Memphis)  
(G) That's where I'll (D) be (that's where I'll be)  
(G) I'm by the river (oooh oooh) (G) please come back to (A) me  
(G) Meet me in (D) Memphis (meet me in Memphis)  
My (G) wild days are (D) through  
And (G) nothin' re(D)places (oooh oooh) (Em) (A) me next to (D) you  
 
I (Bm) know she could break my (F#m) heart again  
But (Bm) I'm gonna play and (E) I'm gonna win     
Where (A) Otis would (G) play  
(A) Da da da dock of the (G) bay  
 
(G) Meet me in (D) Memphis (meet me in Memphis)  
(G) That's where I'll (D) be (that's where I'll be)  
(G) I'm by the river (oooh oooh) (G) please come back to (A) me  
(G) Meet me in (D) Memphis (meet me in Memphis)  
My (G) wild days are (D) through  
And (G) nothin' re(D)places (oooh oooh) (Em) (A) me next to (D) you  
 

	        

Written by Jimmy Buffett/Michael Utley