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Memphis Tennessee – The Beatles
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Written by: Chuck Berry
Recorded 1963
From: "Live at the BBC" (1994)
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
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Basic Riff
C
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|----------------|
B|----------------|
G|--------------5-|
D|------------/7--|
A|3-3-3-3-3-3-----|
E|----------------|
[Turnaround]
F
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|---13--13---13--13--------|
B|---13--13---13--13-15-----|
G/14-14--14---14--14-14-----|
D|--------------------------|
A|--------------------------|
E|--------------------------|
[Solo]
C Part
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|--8---86-6-6-6-|--8---86-------|
B/10-/10-8-8-8-8-/10-/10-8-------|
G|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|
F Part
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|--10--10--8-8-8-|--10-108-------|
B|----------------|----------------|
G/10-/10-8-8-8-8-/10-/10-8-------|
D|----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|
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[Intro]
| C | % | % | % |
[Verse]
C
Long distance information
C
Give me Memphis, Tennessee
C
Try to find the party
C
Trying to get in touch with me
F
She would not leave her number
F
But I know who placed the call
C Bb
Cos my uncle took the message
C | F | % |
And he wrote it on the wall (= Turnaround)
[Verse]
C
Help me, information
C
Get in touch with my Marie
C
She's the only one who'd phone me here
C
From Memphis, Tennessee
F
Her home is on the south side
F
Just beyond the ridge
C Bb
Just a half a mile
C | F | % |
From the Mississippi Bridge (= Turnaround)
[Verse]
C
Help me, information
C
More than that I cannot add
C
Only that I miss her
C
And all the fun we had
F
We were pulled apart
F
Because her mom would not agree
C Bb
Help me get in touch with her
C | F | % |
In Memphis, Tennessee (= Turnaround)
[Solo]
| C | % | % | % |
| F | % | C Bb | C |
(2/4)
| F | % | % |
[Verse]
C
The last time I saw Marie
C
She was waving me goodbye
C
With hurry homedrops on her cheek
C
That trickled from her eyes
F
Marie is only six years old
F
Information please
C Bb
Help me get in touch with her
C | F | % |
In Memphis, Tennessee (= Turnaround)
[Outro]
| F | % | % |
(repeat and fade)