The Band was an influential Canadian-American rock and roll group of the 1960s and '70s, formed in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The Band included Robbie Robertson (guitar, piano, drums, harmonica); Richard Manuel (1943-1986) (piano, harmonica, drums, saxophone, organ, slide guitar); Garth Hudson (organ, piano, clavinet, accordion, synthesizer, saxophone); Rick Danko (1943-1999) (bass guitar, violin, trombone, guitar), and Levon Helm (1940-2012) (drums, mandolin, guitar, bass guitar, harmonica).
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Last Train to Memphis 4/4 The Band (Levon Helm) Capo 2 Standard Tuning Transcribed by Ken Lee [email protected] Intro: / G / Take the / last train to / Memphis, D / Ride the Tennessee / Eagle, / D / A / lonesome whistle / in the night, D / G Echoes off the / River,
G / / Take the / last Train to / Memphis, D / Get the southbound / Eagle, / D / The / King is gone, but you / still get a song, D / G Deep in the heart of the / people. / G / Take the / last train to / Memphis, / D / We / gonna have a / real good time, D / Memphis sits on the / top of the river, D / G Right on the Arkanasas / line.
/ G / Take the / last train to / Memphis, D / Put on your dancin' / shoes, / D / They / got a lotta good / music in Memphis, / G Wisely "The Home of the / Blues.
Chorus:
G / / G / D Ride the / Eagle, / Get on / board, D / Ride the Eagle / all night long, D / G Next stop Graceland's / door, / G / / D / You can / ride the / Eagle, / Get on / board, D / Cross the Arkansas / border by midnight
D / G Next stop Graceland's / door.
Break: Two verses Guitar solo
/ G / The / last train to / Memphis, D / Ride the Tenneessee / Eagle, D / Memphis in May, when we / sing and we play, D / G Party time with the / people,
/ G / Take the / last train to / Memphis, D / You better get / on board, D If you wanna see, / D Where the / King comes from, D / G When he was a little / boy.
/ G / You take the / last train to / Memphis, D / Ride the Tennessee / Eagle, / D / The / King is gone, but you / still get a song D / G Deep in the heart of the / people
Chorus:
G / / G / D Ride the / Eagle, / Get on / board @ 2 G / Last train to / Memphis, @ 4 G / / G / D Fly the / Eagle, / Get on / board, G / Fly the / Eagle,