Memphis Chords

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Difficulty:	beginner
Tuning:	E A D G B E
Capo:	no capo

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Memphis chords
Johnny Rivers  1964 (Chuck Berry Memphis, Tennessee 1959) *
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memphis,_Tennessee_(song)
 
[Intro]
 
e|-0-0-0-----------0-0-0----------0-0-0------------------|
B|-5-3-0-0---0-----5-3-0-0---0----5-3-0-0---0------------|
G|-------0h2-0-----------0h2-0----------0h2-0------------|
D|-------------2---------------2--------------2--2-2-----|
A|-----------------------------------------------2-2-----|
E|-----------------------------------------------0-0-----|
 
E
 
     B7
Long distance information, give me Memphis Tennessee
 
Help me find a party that tried to get in touch with me
    E                              E7                  E
She could not leave a number but I know who placed the call
          B7                                          E
'Cause my uncle took a message and he wrote it on the wall
 
B7
Help me, information, get in touch with my Marie
 
She's the only one who'd call me here from Memphis Tennessee
    E                          E7          E
Her home is on the south side, high upon a ridge
B7                          B           E
Just a half a mile from the Mississippi bridge
 
B7   E E7 E   B7 B E
 
     B7
Last time I saw Marie she was wavin' me goodbye
 
With "hurry-home" drops on her cheek that trickled from her eye
    E                                E7           E
But we were pulled apart because her mom did not agree
    B7                           B             E
And tore apart our happy home in Memphis Tennessee
 
B7
Help me, information, more than that I cannot add
 
Only that I miss her and all the fun we had
  E                          E7          E
Marie is only six years old, information please
B7                              B             E
Try to put me through to her in Memphis Tennessee
 
E  B7  B  E
 
* Alternate:
 
Capo II
 
B7 = A7
E  = D
E7 = D7
B  = A
 
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Can someone please explain what's going on in the interlude (Dm (shaped chord B6) on 7th fret, Dm (shaped chord A6) on 5th fret 4x Dm (shaped chord) on 12th fret, Dm (shaped chord) on 10th fret 2x Dm (shaped chord B6) on 7th fret, Dm (shaped chord A6) on 5th fret 1 1/2x)? I'm not understanding what's happening there. Maybe give a tab for the first couple chords, I'll figure it out from there.

Intro on E is nice to play - top E open, slide down the B string from 5th to 3rd (double stops), then slide around the 3rd to 4th to 2nd on the G, finishing up on an open E chord. Easier to play than explain.

Great, as always!!! KK.