Roy Orbison, Memphis Tennessee (1972)
^{Key: :[B] (w: Chuck Berry, 1959) (John Rivers, 1964)}

INTRO: [E]

VERSE 1:
Long [B] distance information
give me Memphis, Tennessee
Help me find the party
trying to get in touch with me
She [E] could not leave her number
but I know who placed the call
My [B] uncle took the message
and he wrote it on the [E] wall

VERSE 2:
[B] Help me information
get in touch with my Marie
She's the only one who'd call
from Memphis Tennessee
Her [E] home is on the south side
high up on a ridge
[B] Just a half a mile
from the Mississippi [E] Bridge

INSTRUMENTAL: [over VERSE]

VERSE 3:
The [B] last time I saw Marie
she was waving me good-bye
With hurry home drops on her cheek
that trickled from her eye
[E] we were pulled apart
because her mom did not agree
And [B] tore apart our happy home
in Memphis Tennes-[E]-see

VERSE 4:
[B] Help me information
more than that I cannot add
Only that I miss her
and all the fun we had
Ma-[E]-rie is only six years old
information please
[B] Try to put me through to her
in Memphis Tennes-[E]-see

OUTRO: [E open]