Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Key: E MajorE
Difficulty: Novice
Music & Lyrics: Tom T. Hall
Adaptation: Claude Moine
Album: La même tribu vol.2 (2018)
Intro:
F# minorF#m A augmentedA E MajorE E MajorE
Verse 1:
E MajorE A augmentedA
If you love somebody enough
E MajorE BB C# minorC#m
You'll follow wherever they go
F# minorF#m
That's how I got to Memphis
A augmentedA E MajorE E MajorE
That's how I got to Memphis
Verse 2:
E MajorE A augmentedA
If you love somebody enough
E MajorE BB C# minorC#m
You'll go where your heart wants to go
F# minorF#m
That's how I got to Memphis
A augmentedA E MajorE E MajorE
That's how I got to Memphis
Chorus:
BB A augmentedA E MajorE E MajorE
I know if you'd seen her you'd tell me 'cause you are my friend
BB A augmentedA E MajorE
I've got to find her and find out the trouble she's in
Verse 3:
BB E MajorE A augmentedA
If you tell me that she's not here
E MajorE BB C# minorC#m
I'll follow the trail of her tears
F# minorF#m
That's how I got to Memphis
A augmentedA E MajorE BB E MajorE
Oh that's how I got to Memphis
Verse 4:
E MajorE A augmentedA
She would get mad and she used to say
E MajorE BB C# minorC#m
That she'd come back to Memphis someday
F# minorF#m
That's how I got to Memphis
A augmentedA E MajorE E MajorE
That's how I got to Memphis
Instrumental:
F# minorF#m A augmentedA E MajorE E MajorE
Chorus:
BB
Je viens vers elle
A augmentedA E MajorE E MajorE
Elle m'attend dans sa robe blanche
BB A augmentedA E MajorE
L'amour en province ressemble un peu à un dimanche
Instrumental: Tonality change
C majorC DmDm
Verse 5:
FF Bb majorBb
I haven't eaten a bite
FF C majorC DmDm
Or slept three days and nights
G minorGm
That's how I got to Memphis
Bb majorBb FF FF
That's how I got to Memphis
Verse 6:
FF Bb majorBb
Thank you for your precious time
FF C majorC DmDm
Forgive me if I start to cry
G minorGm
That's how I got to Memphis
Bb majorBb FF
That's how I got to Memphis
Outro:
FF G minorGm
That's how I got to Memphis
Bb majorBb FF
That's how I got to Memphis
FF G minorGm
That's how I got to Memphis
Bb majorBb FF
That's how I got to Memphis
G minorGm Bb majorBb
That's how I got to Memphis, oh I miss her so
FF FF
I got to Memphis, yeah