Walking In Memphis chords by Marc Cohn

Chords with lyrics

Artist: Marc Cohn
Song:  Walking In Memphis
Album:  Marc Cohn (1990)
Tuning: Standard
Tempo:  Presto

Chords: EADGBe   EADGBe
FF    133211
G+G    355433
C majorC    X32010 or X35553
A minorAm    XX2210 or X57765
G7sus4G7sus4  330011 or 333033
C7C7    X32310 or X35353
C7sus4C7sus4  X35311 or 333363
E7E7    020100
F7F7    131211
F#7F#7   242322
G7G7    320001 or 363433
Csus4Csus4  X33011 or X33563

Intro: Piano riff over.
|FF G+G C majorC A minorAm|
|FF G+G C majorC A minorAm|


Verse 1:
FF  G+G   C majorC     A minorAm
Put on my blue suede shoes,
  FF    G+G   C majorC   A minorAm
And I board-ed the plane.
    FF    G+G      C majorC     A minorAm
Touched down in the land of the Delta Blues,
FF        G+G      C majorC   A minorAm
In the middle of the pouring rain.
FF  G+G   C majorC  A minorAm  FF    G+G  C majorC    A minorAm
W.__C. Handy, won't you look down over me,
FF     G+G    C majorC      A minorAm
Yeah I got a first class ticket.
      FF     G+G    C majorC
But I'm as blue as a boy can be.


Chorus 1:
     A minorAm     FF    G+G C majorC
Then I'm walking in Memphis,
A minorAm       FF    G+G      C majorC
Walking with my feet ten feet off of Beale.
A minorAm       FF  G+G C majorC
Walking in Mem—phis,
A minorAm       FF    G+G      G7sus4G7sus4 C majorC
But do I really feel the way I feel?

Verse 2:
G7sus4G7sus4       C majorC
Saw the ghost of El—vis,
G7sus4G7sus4    C majorC
On Union Ave—nue.
        G7sus4G7sus4        C majorC
Followed him up to the gates of Grace—land,
    FF      G+G     C majorC   A minorAm
Then I watched him walk right through.
    FF          G+G    C majorC
Now se—curity they did not see him,
A minorAm    FF    G+G   C majorC
They just hovered 'round his tomb.
A minorAm      FF          G+G
But there's a pretty little thing,
   C majorC    A minorAm
Wait—ing for the King.
FF  N.C.
Down in the Jungle Room,


Chorus 2:
A minorAm            FF  G+G C majorC
When I was walking in Mem—phis,
A minorAm          FF    G+G      C majorC
I was Walking with my feet ten feet off of Beale.
A minorAm       FF  G+G C majorC
Walking in Mem—phis
A minorAm       FF    G+G     G7sus4G7sus4
But do I really feel the way I feel?


Instrumental:
|G7sus4G7sus4 C7C7|
|G7sus4G7sus4 C7C7|


Bridge:
      C7sus4C7sus4     C7C7   C7sus4C7sus4  C7C7
They've got catfish on the table
      C7sus4C7sus4    C7C7  C7sus4C7sus4  C7C7
They've got gospel in the air
           E7E7     F7F7
And Reverend Green__ be glad to see you
     F#7F#7      G7G7
When you haven't got a prayer
N.C.                FF  G+G C majorC
But boy you've got a prayer in Mem—phis


Verse 3:
FF     G+G   C majorC  A minorAm
Now Muriel plays piano
FF   G+G       C majorC  A minorAm
Every Friday at the Hollywood
FF    G+G         C majorC   A minorAm
And they brought me down to see her
FF    G+G       C majorC  A minorAm
And they asked me if I would
FF  G+G   C majorC   A minorAm
Do a little number
   FF     G+G   C majorC   A minorAm
And I sang with all my might
        FF      G+G   C majorC     A minorAm
And she said, "Tell me are you a Christian child?"
      FF N.C.     C majorC
And I said, "Ma'am I am tonight"


Chorus 3:
A minorAm       FF  G+G C majorC
Walking in Mem—phis, (Walking in Memphis)
A minorAm          FF    G+G      C majorC
I was walking with my feet ten feet off of Beale. (Walk, walk, walk)
A minorAm       FF  G+G C majorC
Walking in Mem—phis,  (Walking in Memphis)
A minorAm       FF    G+G       G7sus4G7sus4 C majorC
But do I really feel the way I feel? (Walk, walk, walk)
A minorAm       FF  G+G C majorC
Walking in Mem—phis,  (Walking in Memphis)
A minorAm          FF    G+G      C majorC
I was Walking with my feet ten feet off of Beale. (Walk, walk, walk)
A minorAm       FF    G+G   Csus4Csus4
But do I really feel the way I feel?


Instrumental:
|FF G+G C majorC A minorAm|
|FF G+G C majorC A minorAm|


Outro:
FF  G+G   C majorC     A minorAm
Put on my blue suede shoes,
   FF  G+G      C majorC A minorAm
And I boarded the plane.
    FF    G+G      C majorC     A minorAm
Touched down in the land of the Delta Blues,
FF          G+G    C majorC  A minorAm
In the middle of the pouring rain.
    FF    G+G      C majorC     A minorAm
Touched down in the land of the Delta Blues,
    FF         G+G  FF
In the middle of the pour—ing rain.


Coda:
|  G+G C majorC A minorAm|
|FF G+G C majorC A minorAm|
|FF G+G C majorC A minorAm|
|FF G+G C majorC  |


End:


NOTES:
1. “I went to Graceland, I heard Al Green preach the gospel, I saw W. C. Handy's statue. But the song is
about more than just a place, it's about a kind of spiritual awakening, one of those trips where you're
different when you leave." - Marc Cohn
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walking_in_Memphis
2. I have shown what I believe, are the best alternative chords, where possible. If you find the chord
changes too difficult, I would recommend the ’simplify chords’ button. :-R

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