Memphis, Tennessee
Johnny Rivers, Chuck Berry, The Beatles, Bernd Speir, George Thorogood, Carl Perkins
Jerry Lee Lewis, Sam Kershaw, The Hollies, Elvis Presley

11 measure lead in...

 RRr  6     6   6  R 6-5 -5--> -4   -4   5    6   6     6 -5 -4---> RRR
|   Long | distance informa | tion give me | Memphis, Tennessee. |      |
    6   6   6   -5  -5-->-5  -4    -4   5    6   6   6    -5  -4---> R  5
| Help me find the par | ty that tried to | get in touch with me. |    She |
    6    6    6   5  6---> 4    4  5     6   6    6     5    6----> Rr    5    5
| could not leave a num | ber, but I | know who placed the call, |     'cause my |
   6 6    6  5    -5 -5 R -4 -4   5    R 5  5  -4   4----> RRR   RRRR   RRRR   RRRR
| uncle took a | message and he wrote | it on the wall. |      |      |      |      |

    6   6  6 -5-5--> -4   -4  5   6     6   6 -5 -4---> Rr  -4    5
| Help me informa | tion get in touch with my Marie, |     She's the |
   6 6  6   -6     6--->-5  -4    5     6   6     6 -5 -4---> R  6
| only one who'd call | me here from | Memphis, Tennessee. |    Her |
    6   6  6  5    6---->5 -4 R    6  6 r 6  5    6----->  6  6   6  5    -5   -4   -4
| home is on the south | side, | high up on the ridge, | just a half-a-| mile from the |
    5  5 5 -4    4-----> RRR
| Mississippi bridge. |      |

Instrumental here...  (22 measures - get a drink o' water...)

   6     6  -5   -5 -4 -4  -4  5     6  6   6  -5  -4---> Rr   5      6 6    6     -6
| Last time I | saw Marie she was | wavin' me goodbye, |     with | "hurry home" drops |
   6  -5   -4    5      6   6    6   -5  -4----> RR  5     6   6     6   -6 6--->
| on her cheek that | trickled from her eyes. |     But | we were pulled apart |
-> 4  4    5     6   6   6  5  6----> RR  5      6  6  6   5    -5 -5  -4  -4
| because her | Mom did not agree. |     And | tore apart our | happy home in |
   5   5 R  5 -4  4----> RRR   RRRR   RRRR   RRRR
| Memphis, Tennessee. |      |      |      |      |

    6   6  6 -5-5--> -4    -4    5      6  6  6 -5   -4---> 6 6   6  -6  6   r 5 R 5
| Help me informa | tion, more than | that I cannot add, | only that I miss | her and |
   6   6   6  -5  -4---> R 6    6   6 6 -6    6    6   5 -4 R  -6 -6-6 -5    -6  5 RR
| all the fun we had. |   Ma | rie is only | six years old,  | information | please  |
   6   6  6   5      -5   -5  -4 -4    5   5    5  -4 4----> RRR
| Try to put me | through to her in | Memphis, Tennessee. |      |    10 measure lead out

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