INTRO: [F]
VERSE 1:
Long
[C] distance information
give me Memphis, Tennessee
Help me find the party
trying to get in touch with me
She
[F] could not leave her number
but I know who placed the call
My
[C] uncle took the message
and he wrote it on the
[F] wall
VERSE 2:
[C] Help me information
get in touch with my Marie
She's the only one who'd call
from Memphis Tennessee
Her
[F] home is on the south side
high up on a ridge
[C] Just a half a mile
from the Mississippi
[F] Bridge
INSTRUMENTAL: [over VERSE]
VERSE 3:
The
[C] last time I saw Marie
she was waving me good-bye
With hurry home drops on her cheek
that trickled from her eye
[F] we were pulled apart
because her mom did not agree
And
[C] tore apart our happy home
in Memphis Tennes-
[F]-see
VERSE 4:
[C] Help me information
more than that I cannot add
Only that I miss her
and all the fun we had
Ma-
[F]-rie is only six years old
information please
[C] Try to put me through to her
in Memphis Tennes-
[F]-see
OUTRO: [F open] 