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