Johnny Rivers - Memphis

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memphis chords
johnny rivers 1964 ( chuck berry memphis , tennessee 1959 )

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long distance information , give me memphis tennessee

help me find a party that tried to get in touch with me
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she could not leave a number but i know who placed the call
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’cause my uncle took a message and he wrote it on the wall

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help me , information , get in touch with my marie

she’s the only one who’d call me here from memphis tennessee
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her home is on the south side , high upon a ridge
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just a half a mile from the mississippi bridge

Dm ( shaped chord B6 ) on 7th fret , Dm ( shaped chord A6 ) on 5th fret 4
xdm ( shaped chord ) on 12th fret , Dm ( shaped chord ) on 10th fret 2
xdm ( shaped chord B6 ) on 7th fret , Dm ( shaped chord A6 ) on 5th fret 1 1/2

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last time i saw marie she was wavin’ me goodbye

with “hurry – home” drops on her cheek that trickled from her eye
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but we were pulled apart because her mom did not agree
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and tore apart our happy home in memphis tennessee

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help me , information , more than that i cannot add

only that i miss her and all the fun we had
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marie is only six years old , information please
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try to put me through to her in memphis tennessee

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