Back To Memphis:The Band.
- Album - The Band Is Back - on
UMBRELLA Music in 2003.
INTRO: A D Am Gbm D A E A Gbm A
#1.
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I've been struggling up here, just trying to
make a living.
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Everybody wants to take it, nobody like giving.
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I wish I was back in Memphis, back home with
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my Mama.
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The only clothes I got now that ain't rags is
my pajamas.
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No brotherly love, no help, no danger..just a
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great big town full of cold hearted strangers.
#2.
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I went hungry in New York and Chicago was no better.
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But today, my dear mother wrote and told me in her
letter.
D E D
Said, come on back to Memphis and live here with your
Mama.
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You can walk down Beale Street, honey, wearing your
A
pajamas.
D E
You know folks down here, we let you do just like you
want to.
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And I born you and raised you right here on the corner.
INTERLUDE: A D A Gbm D Bm D Am A E A G Am A Gbm A Am A
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#3.
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I'm going to get up in the morning going to the bus
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station.
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I've got just enough money to gonna reach my destination.
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I'm going back to Memphis, back home to my mama.
D A E A
I'm going to ride that bus back home in my pyjamas.
G Em E
Yeah, going back to Memphis no moaning and groaning.
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I know everything will be all right in the morning.
OUTRO: E A Am A Am D G D Am A Am A Gbm E A E Dbm E A
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