[Intro]
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[Verse]
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She drew out all her money from the Southern Trust
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And put her little boy on a Greyhound Bus
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Leaving Memphis with a guitar in his hand
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On a one-way ticket to the promised land
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Hey little girl with the red dress on
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There's party tonight down in Memphis town
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I'll be going down there if you need a ride
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The man on the radio says Elvis Presley's died
[Interlude]
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[Verse]
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We drove down into Memphis, the sky was hard and black
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Up over the ridge came a white Cadillac
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They'd drawn out all his money and they laid him in the back
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A woman cried from the roadside "Ah he's gone, he's gone"
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They found him slumped up against the drain
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With a whole lot of trouble running through his veins
[Chorus]
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Bye-bye Johnny
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Johnny bye-bye
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You didn't have to die, you didn't have to die
[Outro]
E A E B E (x4)