Chords with lyrics
"That's How I Got to Memphis"
Written by Tom T. Hall
This version is as performed The Avett Brothers.
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G+G C majorC
If you love somebody enough
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You'll go wherever they go
A minorAm D7D7
That's how I got to Memphis
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That's how I got to Memphis
G+G C majorC
If you love somebody enough
G+G E minorEm
You'll go where your heart wants to go
A minorAm D7D7
That's how I got to Memphis
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That's how I got to Memphis
D MajorD C majorC
I know if you'd seen her you'd tell me
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'Cause you are my friend
D MajorD C majorC
I've got to find her and find out
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The trouble she's in
D7D7
G+G C majorC
If you tell me that she's not here
G+G E minorEm
I'll follow the trail of her tears
A minorAm D7D7
That's how I got to Memphis
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That's how I got to Memphis
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She use to get mad and she use to say
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She'd come back to Memphis some day
A minorAm D7D7
That's how I got to Memphis
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That's how I got to Memphis
G+G C majorC
I haven't eaten a bite
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Or slept for three days or nights
A minorAm D7D7
That's how I got to Memphis
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That's how I got to Memphis
G+G C majorC
G+G E minorEm
A minorAm D7D7
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D MajorD C majorC
I've got to find her and tell her
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That I love her so
D MajorD C majorC
I'll never rest till I find out
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Why she had to go
D7D7
G+G C majorC
Thank you for your precious time
G+G E minorEm
Forgive me if I start to cry
A minorAm D7D7
That's how I got to Memphis
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That's how I got to Memphis
A minorAm D7D7
That's how I got to Memphis
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