Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard tuning
Midnight In Memphis - Bette Midler (From 'The Rose')
Written By: Tony Johnson.
Chorded By: Zack Oxford.
4/4 TIME (UON) @ 128 BPM (3 Min. 26 Sec.) in 'D'.
Chords Used: (CAPO 1st Fret to match Orig. in 'D#') -
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GUITAR KEYS
E MajorE 
A augmentedA 
D MajorD 
G+G 
BB e Bass| Chord
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D MajorD - x x 0 2 3 2 D MajorD A-D-F#
A augmentedA - x 0 2 2 2 0 A augmentedA A-C#-E
B minorBm - x 2 4 4 3 2 BB B-D-F#
G+G - 3 2 0 0 0 3 G+G B-D-G -OR-
- 3 2 0 0 3 3
E minorEm - 0 2 2 0 0 0 E MajorE B-E-G
F# minorF#m - 2 4 4 2 2 2 
F#F# A-C#-F#
'VERSE'/'SOLO' Repeating Chord Pattern: [12 M]
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|D MajorD |G+G |D MajorD |D MajorD |G+G |G+G |D MajorD |D MajorD |A augmentedA |G+G |D MajorD |D MajorD |
'CHORUS' Repeating Chord Pattern: [10 M]
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|G+G |D MajorD |A augmentedA |D MajorD E minorEm F# minorF#m|G+G |D MajorD |A augmentedA |G+G |D MajorD |D MajorD |
** NOTE: In 1st and 3rd 'VERSE' you can sing 'girls' or 'boys' (gender optional).
INTRO: [17.375 M]
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D MajorD A augmentedA|B minorBm |A augmentedA |D MajorD |D MajorD |D MajorD |D MajorD |D MajorD |D MajorD |
|D MajorD |D MajorD |D MajorD |D MajorD |D MajorD |D MajorD |D MajorD |D MajorD |D MajorD |
It's
VERSE #1: [12 M]
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|D MajorD |G+G |D MajorD |
mid- night in Mem- phis, and all the girls/boys are out to-night
|D MajorD |G+G |G+G |
Whoa, mid- night in Mem- phis, and my true love is not in
|D MajorD |D MajorD |A augmentedA |G+G |
sight The ne-on’s glow- in’, but I just don’t see the
|D MajorD |D MajorD |
light I'm
VERSE #2: [12 M]
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|D MajorD |G+G |D MajorD |
fol-low-in’ my foot- steps try'n’ to find my-self a friend
|D MajorD |G+G |
Oh, ba- by, fol-low-in’ my foot- steps
|G+G |D MajorD |D MajorD |
just to see where they might end I'm
|A augmentedA |G+G |
try'n’ to break these blues, but I can’t get them to
|D MajorD |D MajorD |
bend
CHORUS #1: [10 M]
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|G+G |D MajorD |A augmentedA |
Whoa, mid-night in Mem- phis, well, you take me a-
|D MajorD E minorEm F# minorF#m|G+G |D MajorD |
-way Oh, mid- night in Mem- phis, It’s a long,
|A augmentedA |G+G |D MajorD |D MajorD |
long time be-fore the day
VERSE #3: [12 M]
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|D MajorD |G+G |D MajorD |
Burn-in’ down on Beale Street Can you hear the en-gine roar?
|D MajorD |G+G |
Yeah, yeah, burn-in’ down on Beale Street,
|G+G |D MajorD |D MajorD |
there’s a girl in ev-'ry door Well,
|A augmentedA |G+G |
it don’t mat- ter what you got ‘cause they're al-ways ask-in'
|D MajorD |D MajorD |
more Take it girls/boys!
SOLO BREAK: [12 M] ('VERSE' Chord Progression) -
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|D MajorD |G+G |D MajorD |D MajorD |G+G |G+G |
|D MajorD |D MajorD |A augmentedA |G+G |D MajorD |D MajorD |
I
VERSE #4: [12 M]
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|D MajorD |G+G |D MajorD |
heard the riv-er ris- in’ ris-in’ up o-ver my head
|D MajorD |D MajorD |G+G |
Yeah, I heard that riv-er rise up, and this is what it
|D MajorD |D MajorD |A augmentedA |
said, Oh, I don’t need no live ones
|G+G |D MajorD |D MajorD |
I just take care of the dead Whoa, whoa, whoa,
CHORUS #2: [10 M]
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|G+G |D MajorD |A augmentedA |
Whoa, mid-night in Mem- phis, well, you take me a-
|D MajorD E minorEm F# minorF#m|G+G |D MajorD |
-way Oh, mid- night in Mem- phis, It’s a long,
|A augmentedA |G+G |D MajorD |D MajorD |
long time be-fore the day
CHORUS #3: [12.5 M] 'CODA' -
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|G+G |D MajorD |A augmentedA |
Whoa, mid-night in Mem- phis, well, you take me a-
|D MajorD E minorEm F# minorF#m|G+G |D MajorD |
-way Oh, mid- night in Mem- phis, It’s a long,
|A augmentedA |G+G |D MajorD |D MajorD |
long time be-fore the day, be-
2/4 4/4
|D MajorD |D MajorD |D MajorD |
-fore the day
Midnight In Memphis chords
"Midnight in Memphis" is a song from Bette Midler´s soundtrack album "The Rose".
"Midnight in Memphis" is written Tony Johnson. "Midnight in Memphis" by Bette Midler was released in 1979.
