Memphis The Blues(Chords)

	        
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Verse 1:

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Rain started fallin' on the roof that 
                E              B 
Mornin', it was early summertime 
          A 
We fogged up the rear window of my '67 
E                    B 
Three-hundred, in-line 
   A 
My lungs have been hurtin' and itâ??s 
                    E 
Likely my liver has taken a lickin' 
  B 
Too 
     A 
Them Beale Street boys are handy with a 
E                  B 
Clap on four and two 
    A 
The thrill is gone so slow and easy 
E                 B 
Won't you love me tender? 
    A                              E 
The way you moveâ??s a drug and I am on a 
          B 
Life-long bender 
   A 
So rest them tired eyes and let your 
E                 B 
Dress fall to the ground 
          A                       E 
We're the only onеs left who love Otis 
        B 
In this town 



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I need you like Mеmphis the blues 
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I need you like Memphis the blues
 

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Verse 2:

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Cracked up skies tried on a couple lives 
   E                 B 
 To find the one that fit 
A 
Cold wind cominâ?? and the heat quit 
                 E              B 
Runnin', but you keep my candle lit 
A 
Pictures on the wall say it all with the 
        E                       B 
 Kind-a-conviction make a river burn 
          A 
You got a skeleton key on a chain around 
                    E               B 
 Your neck, I got a chain around my 

Heart 
A 
Church bells ringing in the air down the 
               E                    B 
 Hill from the house where you were born 
       A 
I said baby don't you think we aught to 
                         E 
Live a little bit before Gabriel blows 
   B 
His horn 



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I need you like Memphis the blues 
    A           B           E     
I need you like Memphis the blues
 

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    A           B           E    
I need you like Memphis the blues 
    A           B           E    
I need you like Memphis the blues 
    A           B           E  
I need you like Memphis the blues 
    A           B           E 
I need you like Memphis the blues