🎸 Intro: A D A A Asus A 🎸 Verse 1: A D AAsus A It wasn’t easy leaving Memphis but I needed me a gig A And I had this crazy beautiful feeling man EEsus E I was on the edge of something big A So I took the inter-state to Nashville D AAsus A And I made my noble stand A E AD A Working off some old Karma with the Stacey Mitchhard band
🎸 Chorus: A D AAsus A I’m a music city blowin cos this is where I need to be A E AAsus A I’m one part psychedelic gypsy three parts blue eyed refugee A D B I’ve come a long way from Graceland and you can quote me free A E AAsus A My soul is in Memphis but my ass is in Nashville Tennessee 🎸 Verse 2: A D AAsus A Well I sat in with some cats and pretty soon word snuck around A EEsus E That the dude there known as Goldilocks has the wildest organ in town A D AAsus A I’m a bad-ass maker-shaker so if you see me man don’t shoot A E A I’m just a prowling on down music route in my Willie Mitchell suit 🎸 Chorus: A D AAsus A I’m a music city blowin cos this is where I need to be A E AAsus A I’m one part psychedelic gypsy three parts blue eyed refugee A D B I’ve come a long way from Graceland and you can quote me free A E AAsus A My soul is in Memphis but my ass is in Nashville Tennessee 🎸 Verse 3: A D AAsus A Well I wake up every morning with words of praise upon my lips A EEsus E Praise for the pioneers and outlaws that made this city hip A Praise for the men that made Nashville Nashville D AAsus A And the women behind the men A E A who put the funk back into country and made Nashville great again 🎸 Chorus: A D AAsus A I’m a music city blowin cos this is where I want to be A E AAsus A I’m one part psychedelic gypsy three parts blue eyed refugee A D B I’ve come a long way from Graceland and you can quote me free A E AAsus A My soul is in Memphis but my ass is in Nashville Tennessee A E AAsus A My soul is in Memphis but my ass is in Nashville Tennessee A E DC#m Bm A My soul is in Memphis but my ass is in Nashville Tennessee