Walking In Memphis - Marc Cohn

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Walking in Memphis - by Marc Cohn

[Intro 1]
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[VERSE 1]
          
     Put on my

           
 blue suede sh

           
oes   And I   

            
boarded the pl

         
ane
            
   Touched dow

            
n in the land 

            
of the Delta B

  
lues
            
   In the midd

            
le of the pour

              
ing rain
          
   W. C.  Hand

          
y -- won't you

            
 look down ove

     
r me
          
   Yeah I got 

            
a first class 

       
ticket
            
   But I'm as 

            
blue as a boy 

    
can be

[Chorus 1]
            
   Then I'm wa

             
lking in Memph

          
is
            
   Was walking

             
 with my feet 

             
ten feet off o

     
f Beale
            
     Walking i

               
n Memphis
            
   But do I re

             
ally feel the 

            
way I feel?\  

      
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[Verse 2]
          
   Saw the gho

         
st of Elvis   

          
             O

        
n Union Av  e 

     
 nue
              
   Followed hi

        
m up to the ga

           
tes of Gracela

/     
nd
            
   Then I watc

          
hed him walk r

               
ight through
         
   Now securit

           
y they did not

        
 see him
          
     They just

          
 hovered 'roun

          
d his tomb
              
   But there's

           
 a pretty litt

           
le thing, wait

       
ing for the Ki

ng
   
   Down in the

 Jungle Room

[Chorus 2]
             
   When I was 

             
walking in Mem

          
phis
            
   I was walki

             
ng with my fee

             
t ten feet off

       
 of Beale
              
   Walking in 

             
Memphis
           
   But do I re

             
ally feel the 

          
way I feel?\  

          
      \       

   
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[Bridge ]
              
   They've got

         
     catfish o

            
n the table   

         
   \       \
           
   They've got

            
 gospel in the

        
 air      \   

    
    \
              
   And Reveren

            
d Green be gla

     
d to see you
            
   When you   

           
   haven't got

                 
 a prayer
          
   But boy you

              
've got a pray

            
er in Mem  phi

         
s        \    

         
       \      

     
    \

[Verse 3]
            
   Now Muriel 

          
plays piano   

          
      Every Fr

            
iday at the Ho

       
llywood
            
   And they br

            
ought me down 

          
to see her    

            
   And they as

          
ked me if I wo

    
uld
             
     Well do a

        
 little   numb

           
er    And I sa

         
ng with all   

                 
    my might
             
   She said, "

             
Tell me are yo

             
u a Christian 

 
child?"
             
   And I said 

             
"Ma'am I am to

 
night"

[Chorus 3]
              
   Walking in 

            
Memphis       

          
        I was 

              
walking with m

            
y feet ten fee

              
t off of Beale
              
   Walking in 

            
Memphis       

          
        But do

             
 I really feel

         
 the way   I  

  
  feel?
           
   Walking in 

            
Memphis       

          
        I was 

              
walking with m

            
y feet ten fee

              
t off of Beale
              
   Walking in 

            
Memphis       

          
        But do

             
 I really feel

             
 the way   I  

  
  feel?

          
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 \            

          
\          \  

   
        \

[Final Verse]
           
   Put on my b

           
lue suede shoe

            
s    And I    

            
boarded the pl

         
ane
            
   Touched dow

            
n in the land 

           
of the Delta B

           
lues   In the 

              
middle of the 

           
pouring rain
            
   Touched dow

            
n in the land 

             
of the Delta  


Blues
             
   In the midd

             
le of the pour

            
ing rain

          
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