Guitar chords with lyrics
e|------------------------------------------------------------|BB|------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|-------------------------6-4-2------------------------------|
D MajorD|-2---2-2-/7-6-4-2---2-2-/7-6-4-2---2-2--------2~------------|
A augmentedA|-2---2-2--------2---2-2--------2---2-2--4-2-0-2~------------|
E MajorE|-0---0-0--------0---0-0--------0---0-0--5-4-2-0~-(let ring)-|
Most chords palm mutedE MajorE Well, there is only one reason I stop in this place
BB Let me stress that it ain’t the cuisine The eggs are all runny, the hash browns smell funny and
E MajorE The coffee tastes like gasoline
E MajorE But there goes the one thing that I’ve been looking forward to
BB For the last six-hundred miles In a slow motion pan with 8 beers in each hand
E MajorE What’s here of heaven in her smile
E MajorE
BB
E MajorE She is the prettiest waitress in Memphis
F minorFm
BB And I think she’s flirting with me Readin’ them specials- extra special
E MajorE She slipped a finger into my sweet tea
E MajorE O’ but a small stack of singles from a hard double-shift
BB Will do terrible things to a smile And the prettiest waitress in Memphis knows
E MajorE (intro riff) She’s only that way for a while Somehow she remembered my name though its been Several months since I passed through this way She said she’s lived here all her twenty three years I said I’d be here for a day Ordered the pecan pie and with a wink of an eye Got a slice as big as my head And her name and her number on a Sweet-n-Low package Is the best poem that I’ve ever read She’s the prettiest waitress in Memphis, And I know she's flirtin' with me. Been reading them specials, extra special. Slipped a finger into my sweet tea. O' but a small stack of singles from a hard double-shift Will do terrible things to her smile. And the prettiest waitress in Memphis knows, She's only that way for a while. Well, the prettiest waitress in Memphis Spilled her heart all over me As I held her that night in a way she was right when she said, “This will all change eventually” Cause she ain’t the prettiest waitress in Memphis no more But it’s not what you’re thinking- you see The prettiest waitress in Memphis just quit And she’s leaving Memphis with me The prettiest ex-waitress in all of Memphis is