Tom: A
[INTRO RIFF]
A
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D|-----2--------------|-----2---------------|
A|-3h4---0-0-0-0-0-0-0|-3h4---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
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[INTRO CHORDS]
A7 D7 A7 E7 A7
[VERSE 1]
A7
I've been struggling up here, just, trying to make a living
Everybody wants to take, nobody likesgiving
D7
I wish I was in Memphis back home with my Mama
A7
The only clothes I got left that ain't rags is my pajamas
E7
No brotherly love, no help, no danger
A7
Just a great big town full of cold hearted strangers
[VERSE 2]
A7
I went hungry in New York and Chicago was no better
But today, my dear mother wrote and told me in her letter
D7
Said, come on back to Memphis and live here with your Mama
A7
You can walk down Beale Street honey, wearing your pajamas
E7
You know folks down here, we let do just what you want to
A7
And I born you and raised you right here on the corner
[BDA K} (to verse pattern 2x)
A7 D7 A7 E7 A7
A7 D7 A7 E7 A7
[VERSE 3]
A7
I'm going get up in the morning going to the bus station
I've got just enough money to reach my destination
D7
I'm going back to Memphis, back home with my Mama
A7
I'm going to ride that bus barefoot in my pajamas
E7
Yeah I'm going back to Memphis, no moaning and groaning
A7
I know everything will be all right in the morning
