[Intro]
A A
[Verse]
A
Looking at you through a misty moonlight
D
Katydid sing like a symphony
A
Porch swing swaying like a Tennessee lullaby
D
Melody blowing through the willow tree
[Pre Chorus]
E D
What was I s'posed to do
E D
Standing there lookin’ at you?
E G A
lonely boy far from home
[Chorus]
A
Maybe it was Memphis
D
Maybe it was southern summer nights
Bm7 D
Maybe it was you, maybe it was me
A A A
But it sure felt right
[Verse]
A
Read about you in a Faulkner novel
D
Met you once in a Williams' play
A
Heard about you in a country love song
D
Summer night beauty took my breath away
[Pre Chorus]
E D
What was I s'posed to do
E D
Standing there lookin’ at you?
E G A
Lonely boy far from home
[Chorus]
A
Maybe it was Memphis
D
Maybe it was southern summer nights
Bm7 D
Maybe it was you, maybe it was me
A
But it sure felt right
[Chorus]
A
Maybe it was Memphis
D
Maybe it was southern summer nights
Bm7 D
Maybe it was you, maybe it was me
A
But it sure felt right
[Instrumental]
A A A
D D D D
A A A A
D D Bm7 D A
(let ring)
[Verse]
A
Every night now since I been back home
D
I lie awake drifting in my memory
A
Think about you on your mama's front porch swing
D
Talking that way, so soft to me
[Pre Chorus]
E D
What was I s'posed to do
E D
Standing there lookin‘ at you?
E A
Lonely boy far from home
[Chorus]
A
Maybe it was Memphis
D
Maybe it was southern summer nights
Bm7
Maybe it was you, maybe it was me
A
But it sure felt right
[Chorus]
A
Maybe it was Memphis
D
Maybe it was southern summer nights
Bm7 D
Maybe it was you, maybe it was me
A
But it sure felt right
[Chorus]
A
Maybe it was Memphis
D
Maybe it was southern summer nights
Bm7 D
Maybe it was you, maybe it was me
A A
But it sure felt right
[Bridge]
A A A
Oh You know it sure felt right
D/A A A A
Oh Maybe it was Memphis
D/A A A A
Maybe it was Memphis
D/A A A A
Maybe it was Memphis
[Outro]
A D A A A
Maybe it was Memphis
D A A A
But it sure felt right
A D A A A
Maybe it was Memphis
D A A A
But it sure felt right
D A
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