[Intro]

   
   

[Verse 1]

             
Rain started f

              
allin' on the 

              
roof that morn

             
in', it was ea

             
rly summertime
             
We fogged up t

              
he rear window

             
 of my '67 thr

              
ee-hundred, in

    
-line
             
My lungs have 

              
been hurtin' a

              
nd it’s likely

              
 my liver has 

             
taken a lickin

    
' too
             
Them Beale Str

              
eet boys are h

             
andy with a cl

              
ap on four and

   
 two
             
The thrill is 

              
gone so slow a

             
nd easy, won't

             
 you love me t

ender?
             
The way you mo

              
ve’s a drug an

             
d I am on a li

        
fe-long bender
             
So rest them t

              
ired eyes and 

             
let your dress

             
 fall to the g

round
             
We're the only

              
 onеs left who

             
 love Otis in 

     
this town

[Chorus]
             
I need you lik

             
e Mеmphis the 

    
blues
             
I need you lik

             
e Memphis the 

    
blues

[Guitar Solo]

   
   

[Verse 2]

             
Cracked up ski

              
es tried on a 

              
couple lives t

             
o find the one

     
 that fit
             
Cold wind comi

              
n’ and the hea

              
t quit runnin'

             
, but you keep

           
 my candle lit
             
Pictures on th

              
e wall say it 

              
all with the k

             
ind-a-convicti

              
on make a rive

  
r burn
             
You got a skel

              
eton key on a 

              
chain around y

              
our neck, I go

             
t a chain arou

      
nd my heart
             
Church bells r

              
inging in the 

              
air down the h

             
ill from the h

              
ouse where you

      
 were born
             
I said baby do

              
n't you think 

              
we aught to li

              
ve a little bi

             
t before Gabri

             
el blows his h

orn

[Chorus]
             
I need you lik

             
e Memphis the 

    
blues
             
I need you lik

             
e Memphis the 

    
blues

[Guitar Solo]

   
   
   
   

[Chorus]
             
I need you lik

             
e Memphis the 

    
blues
             
I need you lik

             
e Memphis the 

    
blues
             
I need you lik

             
e Memphis the 

    
blues
             
I need you lik

            
e Memphis the 


blues

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