(Intro - just the chords - apenas os acordes)
F Gm7 Am7 A# F A# C F A#sus2 F
F Gm7 Am7 A# F A# C
F Gm7 Am7
(VERSE)
A# F (A/G#)
There's a town that I call home
Dm A# F
Where all the streets are paved with soul
A#
Down on Beale there's a honky-tonk bar
C
So hear the wail of a blues guitar
Dm D#
Have a beer and drop a dime in the blind man's jar
F Gm7 Am7 A#
The blues sing softly in the air like a Sunday morning prayer
F/A Gm7 C F A#sus2 F
Just one more drink and you'll see God everywhere
F Gm7 Am7 A#
Like a sad old melody that cheers you up, it sets you free
F/A Gm7 C F Gm7 Am7 A# C
That's how Memphis lives in me
((CHORUS))
Dm
There comes a time when muddy waters run rough
C/E
There comes a point when a man has had enough
F A# A#/A
Like a friend that always stands by me
Gm
Memphis knows me
F/A
Never showed me
A# C
How did life just had to be
((VERSE))
F Gm7 Am7 A#
I couldn't even try to run away, say goodbye
F/A Gm7 C F A#sus2 F
Here I was born and here is where I'll die
F Gm7
I'm just a man from Tennessee
Am7 A#
I can't be what I can't be
F/A Gm7 C F A#sus2 F
All I know is Memphis lives in me
F Gm7
I said I'm just a man from Tennessee
Am7 A#
Can't be what I can't be
F/A Gm7 C
All I know is Memphis lives
F/A Gm7 C
All I know is Memphis gives
F/A Gm7 C F
All I know is Memphis lives in me
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Transcripted by Felipe Fontoura Melachawças