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Intro F G C Am F G C Am
(verse 1)
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Put on my blue suede shoes and I boarded the plane,
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Touched down in the land of the Delta Blues,
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In the middle of the pouring rain,
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W.C. Handy, won't you look down over me,
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Yeah, I got a first class ticket,
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But I'm as blue as a boy can be,
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Then I'm walking in Memphis,
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I was walking with my feet ten feet off Beale,
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Walking in Memphis,
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But do I really feel the way I feel,
(verse 2)
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Saw the ghost of Elvis, on Union avenue,
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Followed him up to the gates of Graceland,
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Then I watched him walk right through,
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Now, security they did not see him,
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They just hovered around his tomb,
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But there's a pretty little thing waiting for the King,
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Down in the jungle room,
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Then I'm walking in Memphis,
Am F G Am
I was walking with my feet ten feet off Beale,
Am F G C
Walking in Memphis,
Am F G F C F C
But do I really feel the way I feel,
(bridge)
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They've got catfish on the table,
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They've got gospel in the air,
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And Reverend Green, be glad to see you,
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When you haven't got a prayer,
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You got a prayer in Memphis,
(verse 3)
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Now, Muriel plays the piano, every Friday at the Hollywood,
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And they brought me down to see her,
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And they asked me if I would,
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Do a little number,
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And I sang with all my might,
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She said Tell me, are you a Christian
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And I said Ma'am, I am tonight,
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Then I'm walking in Memphis,
Am F G Am
I was walking with my feet ten feet off Beale,
Am F G C
Walking in Memphis,
Am F C G C
But do I really feel the way I feel,
F G C
Oh I'm walking in Memphis,
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Walking with my feet ten feet off Beale,
Am F G C
Oh walking in Memphis,
Am F G C
But do I really feel the way I feel,
F G C
Walking in Memphis,
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Oh
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Written by Marc Cohn