Memphis The Blues

[Intro] A2  E  B
        A2  E  B

[First Part]

A
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 it’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                              
The way you move’s a drug and I am 
E
on a
          B
Life-long bender
   A
So rest them tired eyes and let your
E                 B
Dress fall to the ground
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We're the only onеs left who love 
E
Otis
        B
In this town

[Chorus]

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

( A2  A2  E  B )
( A2  A2  E  B )

[Second Part]

A
Cracked up skies tried on a couple 
lives
   E                 B
 To find the one that fit
A
Cold wind comin’ 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              
 Your neck, I got a chain around my
 B


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

[Chorus]

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

( C#m  C#m  E  B )
( A  A  E  B )
( A  A  E  B )
( A  A  E  B )

[Chorus]

    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