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The Sins Of Memphisto

Biography:

John Prine (born October 10, 1946 in Maywood, Illinois-died April 7, 2020 in Nashville, Tennessee) was an American country/folk singer-songwriter who has achieved widespread critical (and some commercial) success since the early 1970s.

The son of William Prine and Verna Hamm, his grandfather had played guitar with Merle Travis and he started playing guitar himself at 14 years old. He was a postman for 5 years and spent a couple of years in the army before starting his musical career in the Chicago area.

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The Sins of Memphisto - John Prine
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Tabbed by: Dave S.
Email: [email protected]

Tuning: Standard

Artist: John Prine
Album: Anthology Disc 2
Year: 1993

Intro:
C

Chorus:
F
From the bells of St Mary
C
To the Count of Monte Cristo
G
Nothing can stop, nothing can stop
F C
Nothin can stop the sins of Memphisto

G
Sally used to play with her hula hoops
F
Now she tells her problems to therapy groups
G
Grampa's on the front lawn staring at a rake
F
Wondering if his marriage was a terrible mistake
G
I'm sitting on the front steps drinking orange crush
F
Wondering if it's possible if I could still blush
C
Uh huh Oh yeah

G
Boy on a bike with corduroy slacks
F
leeps in the river by the railroad tracks
G
He waits for the whistle on the train to scream
F
So he can close his eyes and begin to dream
C
Uh huh Oh yeah

(Repeat Chorus)

G
The hands on his watch spin slowly around
F
With his mind on a bus that goes all over town
G
Looking at the babies and the factories
F
Listening to the music of Mister Squeeze
G
As if by magic or remote control
F
He finds a piece of a puzzle that he missed in his soul
C
Uh huh Oh yeah

(Repeat Chorus)

G
Adam and Eve and Lucy and Ricky
F
Bit the big apple and got a little sticky
G
Esmeralda and the Hunchback of Notre Dame
F
They humped each other like they had no shame
G
They paused as they posed for a Polaroid photo
F
She whispered in his ear Exactly Odo, Quasimoto

(Repeat Chorus)

G
Sally used to play with her hula hoops
F
Now she tells her problems to therapy groups
C
Uh huh Oh yeah