Walking in Memphis
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1. Put on my blue suede
shoes and I boarded the plane,
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touched
down in the land of the Delta Blues
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in
the middle of the pouring rain.
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W.C. Handy, won't you look down over me ?
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Yeah, I got a first class
ticket, but I'm as blue as a girl can be.
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Then I'm walking in Memphis,
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I’m walking with my feet ten feet off of Beale,
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walking in Memphis,
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but do I really feel the way I
feel ?
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2. Saw
the ghost of Elvis on
Union Avenue,
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followed
him up to the gates of Graceland,
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then
I watched him walk right through.
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Now, security they did not see
him,
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they
just hovered around his tomb.
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but
there's a pretty little thing waiting for the King
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down
in the jungle room.
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When I was walking in Memphis,
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walking with my feet ten feet off of Beale,
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walking in Memphis,
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but do I really feel the way I
feel ?
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Walking in Memphis,
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I’m walking with my feet ten feet off of Beale,
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walking in Memphis,
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but do I really feel the way I
feel ?
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They got catfish on the table, uh hu,
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they've
got gospel in the air, yea.....h,
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and
Reverend Green be glad to see you,
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when
you haven't got a prayer,
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but
boy you got a prayer in Memphis.
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3. Now, Gabriel plays piano, every Friday at the Hollywood,
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and
they brought me down to see him,
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and they asked me if I
would
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do a
little nu....mber,
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and I
sang with all my might.
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She said, "Tell me, are you a Christian, child ?"
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and I
said, "Ma'am , I am
tonight."
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Walking in Memphis,
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walking with my feet ten feet off of
Beale,
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walking in Memphis,
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but do I really feel the way I
feel ?
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Walking in Memphis,
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I’m walking with my feet ten feet off of Beale,
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walking in Memphis,
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but do I really feel the way I
feel ?
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+ Put on my blue suede shoes.
(orig. = capo 2nd; midi = no capo) (Cher)