Roy Orbison, Memphis Tennessee (1972)
Key: :[F#] (w: Chuck Berry, 1959) (John Rivers, 1964)
INTRO: [B]
VERSE 1:
Long
[F#] distance information
give me Memphis, Tennessee
Help me find the party
trying to get in touch with me
She
[B] could not leave her number
but I know who placed the call
My
[F#] uncle took the message
and he wrote it on the
[B] wall
VERSE 2:
[F#] Help me information
get in touch with my Marie
She's the only one who'd call
from Memphis Tennessee
Her
[B] home is on the south side
high up on a ridge
[F#] Just a half a mile
from the Mississippi
[B] Bridge
INSTRUMENTAL: [over VERSE]
VERSE 3:
The
[F#] last time I saw Marie
she was waving me good-bye
With hurry home drops on her cheek
that trickled from her eye
[B] we were pulled apart
because her mom did not agree
And
[F#] tore apart our happy home
in Memphis Tennes-
[B]-see
VERSE 4:
[F#] Help me information
more than that I cannot add
Only that I miss her
and all the fun we had
Ma-
[B]-rie is only six years old
information please
[F#] Try to put me through to her
in Memphis Tennes-
[B]-see
OUTRO: [B open] 