That's How I Got to Memphis Tom T. Hall
That's How I Got To Memphis
Written by: Tom T. Hall
Perfomed 1996/1997 by: Deryl Dodd
Transcribed by: Keith Reding
This song is an old remake originally written by Tom T. Hall in 1968.
It is much easier to play if you play each chord up + step.
Intro:
I don't have an easy way of notating the tabs but the intro licks are
not difficult.
[G#m] [B] [F#] [F] [#]
Verse
[F#]If you love so[B]mebody enough
[F#]You'll follow where ever they go
[G#m]That's[B] how I got to Memphis
[F#]That's how I got to Memphis
[F#]If you love so[B]mebody enough
[F#]You'll go where your heart wants to go
[G#m]That's[B] how I got to Memphis
[F#]That's how I got to Memphis
[C#]I know if you've seen her
[B]you'll tell me `cause you [F#]are my friend
[C#]Now I've got to find her [B]and find out the trouble
[F#]she's in [C#]----- in.
[F#]Well if you tell me tha[B]t she's not here,
[F#]I'll just follow the trail of her tears
[G#m]That's[B] how I got to Memphis
[F#]That's how I got to Memphis
Instrumental
[F#] [B] [F#] [F#] [G#m] [B] [F#] [F#]
Verse
[F#]She would get mad and sh[B]e used to say
[F#]she would come back to Memphis some day
[G#m]That's[B] how I got to Memphis
[F#]That's how I got to Memphis
[F#]Mmmmm I haven't ea[B]ten a bite
[F#]or slept for 3 days and nights
[G#m]That's[B] how I got to Memphis
[F#]That's how I got to Memphis
[C#]Oh I've got to find her a[B]nd tell her that I l ove h[F#]er so
[C#]And I'll never rest until[B] I find out why she had [F#]to go -[C#]-- ooo
[F#]Well thank you for your prec[B]ious time,
[F#]forgive me if I start to cry
[G#m]That's[B] how I got to Memphis
[F#]That's how I got to Memphis
[G#m]That's[B] how I got to Memphis
(Sustain previous chord)
That's how I got to Memphis
Repeat intro for ending
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