18 Miles To Memphis chords by Stray Cats

• Difficulty: Beginner

Verse 1:

A
We've been driving allnight long just to

Reach our destination in your town
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Five hundred miles everyones asleep there's not a sound
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Ooh eighteen weels a-rolling, eighteen weels a-rolling

Round and round

Verse 2:

A                              D                         A
Please mister driver won't you pull over here we're really

Hungry
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Well we'll have 14 steak and eggs, 14 orange juice

And 14 cups of coffee
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Let's get back on the bus, this is one place that I really

Wanna see



A
Well we're 18 Miles from Memphis, 18 Miles to Memphis
A
Yeah, 18 Miles to Memphis, 18 Miles to Memphis
D
Got a rocket in my pocket and I hit the fuse
A
Taking off in your direction have you heard the news
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We're just 18 Miles to Memphis and we won't leave 'til

I rocked you all

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Post-Chorus

D                           A
Alabama, Missisippi, Florida, Louisiana, big 'ol Texas
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From New England down to Georgia, Kansas City, Colorado, California
E
Well it's the last night of our tour
D                                     A    E
We're gonna rock you thru the roof, just wait and see

Final

A
Yeah we're 18 Miles from Memphis

18 Miles to Memphis Ooh, 18 Miles to Memphis

18 Miles to Memphis
D
Yeah, 18 Miles to Memphis 18 Miles to Memphis
A
Ooh, 18 Miles to Memphis 18 Miles to Memphis
E                          D               A    D
Well we're 18 Miles to Memphis and we won't leave

'Til we rocked you all