{title: Walking in Memphis} {artist: Marc Cohn} {time: 4/4} {tempo: 130} {key: C} {meta: author Frans-Willem Post, 2026-05-06} {comment: 4/4, 4 = 130} [C] {start_of_abc} X:1 M:4/4 L:1/8 K:C %%scale 1.5 (f | "F"f3) (g"G"g3) (c | "C"c3) (A"Am"A3)z | {end_of_abc} {start_of_part: Intro} [F] [G] [C] [Am7] [F] [G] [C] [Am7] {end_of_part} {start_of_verse: Verse 1} [F] Put [G]on my [C]blue suede [Am7]shoes And I [F] boarded [G] the [C]plane [Am7] Touched [F]down in the [G]land of the [C]Delta [Am7]Blues In the [F]middle of the [G]pouring [C]rain [Am7] {end_of_verse} {start_of_verse: Verse 2} [F] W. [G] C. [C]Handy [Am7] Won't you [F]look down [G]over [C]me? [Am7] [F]Yeah, I've got a [G]first class [C]ticket [Am7] But I'm as [F]blue as a [G]boy can [C]be {end_of_verse} {start_of_chorus: Chorus 1} Then I'm [Am7]walking in [F]Memphis, [G] [C] I was [Am7]walking with my [F]Feet ten feet [G]off of [C]Beale, [Am7]walking in [F]Memphis, [G] [C] but [Am7]do I really [F]Feel the [G]way I [Csus4]feel? [C] [Am7] {end_of_chorus} {start_of_verse: Verse 3} [F] Saw the [G]ghost of [C]Elvis [Am7] [F] On Union [G] Ave[C]nue [Am7] Followed him [F]up to the [G]gates of [C]Graceland [Am7] Then I [F]watched him [G]walk right [C]through [Am7] {end_of_verse} {start_of_verse: Verse 4} Now se[F]curity, they [G]did not [C]see him [Am7] They just [F] hovered a[G]round his [C]tomb [Am7] But there's a [F]pretty little [G]thing, [C]waiting for the [Am7]King [F]Down in the Jungle Room [NC] {end_of_verse} {start_of_chorus: Chorus 2} [C]When I was walking in [F]Memphis, [G] [C] I was [Am7]walking with my [F]Feet ten feet [G]off of [Am7]Beale, walking in [F]Memphis, [G] [C] but [Am7]do I really [F]Feel the [G]way I [Bb/C]feel? [C] [Bb/C] [C] {end_of_chorus} {start_of_part: Bridge} They've got [Bb/C]catfish on the [C]table [Bb/C] [C] They've got [Bb/C]gospel in the [C]air [Bb/C] [C] And Reverend [E7]Green be glad to [F7]see you When you [D7/F#]haven't got a [G7]prayer [NC] But boy you've got a prayer in Memphis {end_of_part} {start_of_part: Link} [F] [G] [C] [Am7] [F] [G] [C] [Am7] {end_of_part} {start_of_verse: Verse 5} Now [F]Muriel [G]plays pi[C]ano [Am7] Every [F]Friday at the [G]Holly[C]wood [Am7] And they [F]brought me [G]down to [C]see her [Am7] And they [F]asked me [G]if I [C]would [Am7] {end_of_verse} {start_of_verse: Verse 6} [F] Do a [G]little [C]number [Am7] And I [F]sang with [G]all my [C]might [Am7] She said: [F] "Tell me are [G]you a [C]Christian [Am7] child?" And I said: [F] "Ma'am I am to[C]night" {end_of_verse} {start_of_chorus: Chorus 3} Walking in [F]Memphis, [G] [C] I was [Am7]walking with my [F]Feet ten feet [G]off of [Am7]Beale Walking in [F]Memphis, [G] [C] but [Am7]do I really [F]Feel the [C/E]way [Dm7]I [C]feel? {end_of_chorus} {start_of_chorus: Chorus 4} Walking in [F]Memphis, [G] [C] I was [Am7]walking with my [F]Feet ten feet [G]off of [Am7]Beale Walking in [F]Memphis, [G] [C] but [Am7]do I really [F]Feel the [G]way I [C]feel? {end_of_chorus} {start_of_part: Link} [Csus4] [Am7] [F] [G] [C] [Am7] {end_of_part} {start_of_verse: Verse 7} [F] Put [G]on my [C]blue suede [Am7]shoes And I [F] boarded [G] the [C]plane [Am7] Touched [F]down in the [G]land of the [C]Delta [Am7]Blues In the [F]middle of the [G]pouring [C]rain [Am7] Touched [F]down in the [G]land of the [C]Delta [Am7]Blues In the [F]middle of the [G]pouring {end_of_verse} {start_of_part: Outtro} [F]Rain [G] [C] [Am7] [F] [G] [C] [Am7] [F] [G] [C] [Am7] [F] [G] [C] {end_of_part}