Biography:
Started by the frontmen of two different bands from Chicago, Illinois; The Memphis Rose is a band consisting of Dance Cooper of The Downtown Struts and Ben Hjelmstad of The Geriatrics. Setting out to play real Traditional Country from the 1940's-1950's but with hints of Rock 'n' Roll, Punk, and Soul thrown in. Their debut album, "Ma... Don't Wait Up For Me" was mostly written and entirely recorded in June-July '08 about moving out West and bringing love with them, or in the others case.
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Studio Version of Song on Youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhbsDNBLSOc
Artist: The Memphis Rose
Song: Teenage Nightmare Pt. II
Song selected from the 2008 LP, “Ma...Don’t Wait Up for Me”
Rhythm Guitar chords, standard tuning, no capo
[Verse 1]
A
This place is falling short and I'm too tall
A
My trouble are growing large and I’m too small
E
Well i'm shacking where i stand
E
Bleeding from my nose onto my hand
A
Well i dropped out of school to play on this guitar
A
And i quit my job to play on this guitar
E
Since then i hit the road
E
Aiint stopping till I hit my own grave stone
[Chorus 1]
D A
Cause i must go
E A
And it must be Mother's Day cause i ain't home
D A
So ma, Don’t wait up for me
E
Cause i won't be back
A
No i won’t be back this century
[Verse 2]
A
Well I left my back in Chicago
A
That I look for in the crowd of all my shows
E
But i never see her face
E
Listening to this old guitar and bass
A
I blew my cash now all I got is time
A
To think of life, and all i've left behind
E
I got no place, A teenage nightmare
E
Always sleeps alone
[Chorus 2]
B E Bm
D A
Cause i must go
E
And it must be Mother's Day
A
cause i ain't home
D A F#
So ma, Don’t wait up for me
D
Cause i won't be back
E
No i won’t be home
D A
Cause I must go
E
And it must be Mother’s day
A
Cause i ain’t home
D
So ma, Don’t wait up for me
A E
Cause i won’t be back
A
No i won’t be back this century
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhbsDNBLSOc
Artist: The Memphis Rose
Song: Teenage Nightmare Pt. II
Song selected from the 2008 LP, “Ma...Don’t Wait Up for Me”
Rhythm Guitar chords, standard tuning, no capo
[Verse 1]
A
This place is falling short and I'm too tall
A
My trouble are growing large and I’m too small
E
Well i'm shacking where i stand
E
Bleeding from my nose onto my hand
A
Well i dropped out of school to play on this guitar
A
And i quit my job to play on this guitar
E
Since then i hit the road
E
Aiint stopping till I hit my own grave stone
[Chorus 1]
D A
Cause i must go
E A
And it must be Mother's Day cause i ain't home
D A
So ma, Don’t wait up for me
E
Cause i won't be back
A
No i won’t be back this century
[Verse 2]
A
Well I left my back in Chicago
A
That I look for in the crowd of all my shows
E
But i never see her face
E
Listening to this old guitar and bass
A
I blew my cash now all I got is time
A
To think of life, and all i've left behind
E
I got no place, A teenage nightmare
E
Always sleeps alone
[Chorus 2]
B E Bm
D A
Cause i must go
E
And it must be Mother's Day
A
cause i ain't home
D A F#
So ma, Don’t wait up for me
D
Cause i won't be back
E
No i won’t be home
D A
Cause I must go
E
And it must be Mother’s day
A
Cause i ain’t home
D
So ma, Don’t wait up for me
A E
Cause i won’t be back
A
No i won’t be back this century
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