MEMPHIS TENNESSEE  
 
by Chuck Berry 
 
B-Side Single: Back In the USA (1959) 
 
Tune Down 1/2 step: Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb 
 
 
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 1. Long distance in formation, give me Memphis Tennessee 
 2. Help me, information, get in touch with my Marie 
 3. Help me, information, more than that I cannot add 
 4. Last time I saw Marie she's waving me good-bye 
 
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  Help me find the party trying to get in touch with me 
  She's the only one who'd phone me here from Memphis Tennessee 
  Only that I miss her and all the fun we had 
  With hurry home drops on her cheek that trickled from her eye  
 
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  She could not leave her number, but I know who placed the call 
  Her home is on the south side, high up on a ridge 
  But we were pulled apart because her mom did not agree 
  Marie is only six years old Information please  
 
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  'Cause my uncle took the message and he wrote it on the wall 
   Just a half a mile from the Mississippi Bridge 
   And tore apart our happy home in Memphis Tennessee 
   Try to put me through to her in Memphis Tennessee 
 
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Enjoy!