Music & Lyrics: Tom T. Hall
Adaptation: Claude Moine
Album: La même tribu vol.2 (2018)
You can also play with capo 2, transpose -2 And at the tonality change capo 3, transpose -3
[Intro]
F#m A E E
[Verse 1]
E A
If you love somebody enough
E B C#m
You'll follow wherever they go
F#m
That's how I got to Memphis
A E E
That's how I got to Memphis
[Verse 2]
E A
If you love somebody enough
E B C#m
You'll go where your heart wants to go
F#m
That's how I got to Memphis
A E E
That's how I got to Memphis
[Chorus]
B A E E
I know if you'd seen her you'd tell me 'cause you are my friend
B A E
I've got to find her and find out the trouble she's in
[Verse 3]
B E A
If you tell me that she's not here
E B C#m
I'll follow the trail of her tears
F#m
That's how I got to Memphis
A E B E
Oh that's how I got to Memphis
[Verse 4]
E A
She would get mad and she used to say
E B C#m
That she'd come back to Memphis someday
F#m
That's how I got to Memphis
A E E
That's how I got to Memphis
[Instrumental]
F#m A E E
[Chorus]
B
Je viens vers elle
A E E
Elle m'attend dans sa robe blanche
B A E
L'amour en province ressemble un peu à un dimanche
[Instrumental] Tonality change
C Dm
[Verse 5]
F Bb
I haven't eaten a bite
F C Dm
Or slept three days and nights
Gm
That's how I got to Memphis
Bb F F
That's how I got to Memphis
[Verse 6]
F Bb
Thank you for your precious time
F C Dm
Forgive me if I start to cry
Gm
That's how I got to Memphis
Bb F
That's how I got to Memphis
[Outro]
F Gm
That's how I got to Memphis
Bb F
That's how I got to Memphis
F Gm
That's how I got to Memphis
Bb F
That's how I got to Memphis
Gm Bb
That's how I got to Memphis, oh I miss her so
F F
I got to Memphis, yeah