Marc Cohn (born July 5, 1959 in Cleveland, Ohio) is a Grammy-award winning American singer-songwriter, best known for his song "Walking in Memphis" (often misattributed to Bruce Springsteen or Michael Bolton) from his self-titled 1991 album Marc Cohn.
According to the Walking In Memphis Songfacts, Cohn was discovered by Carly Simon in the mid-'80s when he was with a 14-piece band called The Supreme Court. Atlantic Records signed him in 1989, but
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Marc Cohn Walking in Memphis tabbed by: Joed (gocaps99)
this is the guitar version. the first part is many piano but there the same chords
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[F]Put [G]on my [C]blue suede [Am]shoes and I[F] board[G]ed the pl[C]ane[Am] [F]Touched down in the [G]land of the [C]Delta [Am]Blues [F]In the middle of the [G]pouring [C]rain [Am] [F] W[G].C. [C]Handy, [Am][F]won't you look down [G]over [C]me? [Am] [F]Yeah, I got a [G]first cl[C]ass ticket [Am] But I'm a[F]s blue as a [G]boy can b[C]e...
[Chorus]
Then I'm wal[Am]king in Mem[F]phis, [G] [C] [Am]I was walking with my [F]feet ten [G]feet off [C]Beale, [Am]Walking in Mem[F]phis, [G] [C] [Am]But do I really [F]feel the [G]way I feel? [Gsus] [C/G]
[Verse]
[F]Saw the [G]ghost of [C]Elvis[Am] on[F] [G]Union ave[C]nue[Am], [F]Followed him [G]up to the [C]gates of [Am]Graceland Then I [F]watched him [G]walk right [C]through[Am] Now, se[F]curity they [G]did not [C]see him[Am] They just[F] hovered a[G]round his[C] tomb[Am]. But there's a [F]pretty little [G]thing [C]waiting for the [Am]King [F]Down in the [G]jungle [C]room
[Chorus]
Then I'm wal[Am]king in Mem[F]phis, [G] [C] [Am]I was walking with my [F]feet ten [G]feet off [C]Beale, [Am]Walking in Mem[F]phis, [G] [C] [Am]But do I really [F]feel the [G]way I feel? [Gsus] [C/G]
[Bridge]
[Csus] [C] [Csus] [C] They got Catfish on the table They've got[Csus] gospel in the [C]air [Csus] [C] And Reverend Green [E7]be glad to [F]see you When you hav[F#dim]en't got a [G7]prayer [C/G] [C] But boy you got a prayer in Mem[F]phis...[G] [C] [Am]
[Verse]
[F]Now, Muriel [G]plays pi[C]ano[Am] [F]every [G]friday at the [C]Holly[Am]wood [F]And they [G]brought me down to [C]see her[Am] [F]And they [G]asked me if I[C] would[Am] [F]Do A [G]little [C]number[Am] And I[F] sang with [G]all my [C]might[Am] She said "[F]Tell me, are [G]you a [C]Christian, [Am]child?" And I said "[F]Ma'am, I [G]am ton[C]ight."
[Chorus]
Then I'm wal[Am]king in Mem[F]phis, [G] [C] [Am]I was walking with my [F]feet ten [G]feet off [C]Beale, [Am]Walking in Mem[F]phis, [G] [C] [Am]But do I really [F]feel the [G]way I feel? [Gsus] [C/G]
[Outro Verse]
[F]Put [G]on my [C]blue suede [Am]shoes and I [F]board[G]ed the plane [C] [Am] [F]Touched down in the [G]land of the [C]Delta [Am]Blues [F]In the middle of the [G]pouring [C]rain [Am]
[F]Touched down in the [G]land of the [C]Delta [Am]Blues [F]In the middle of the [G]pouring [C]rain [Am]