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Walking in Memphis - by Marc Cohn

[Intro 1]

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[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…

[Chorus ]

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Then I'm walking in Memphis

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I was walking with my feet ten feet off of 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 Ave nue

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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

[Chorus]

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[Bridge ] play slow with soft spoken words

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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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But boy you've got a prayer in Memphis \ \ \

[Verse 3]

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Now Muriel plays piano

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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 child?"

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And I said "Ma'am I am tonight"

[Chorus] x2

[Final Verse] softly

C D G Em C D G Em

Put on my blue suede shoes And I boarded the plane

C D G Em

Touched down in the land of the Delta Blues

C D G Em

In the middle of the pouring rain

C D G Em

Touched down in the land of the Delta Blues

C D G

In the middle of the pouring rain

C D G Em C D G Em C D G

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