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Memphis Lives in Me

David Bryan and Joe DiPietro

This is a simplified version of the song that I created for an 8-year-old student. It's played on just the 6th string, in the key of E. Instead of chord names, only the 6th string fret number is provided.

Playing a bass line on the 6th string is the easiest way to play a song on guitar--perfect for total beginners or kids who want to sing and play at the same time.

Intro:

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   There's a town that I call home

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   Where all the streets are paved with soul

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   Down on Beale there's a honky-tonk bar,  Hear the wail of a blues guitar

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   Have a beer and drop a dime in the blind man's jar

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  The blues sing softly in the air like a Sunday morning prayer

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   Just one more drink and you'll see God everywhere

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    Like a sad old melody       tears you up but sets you free

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    That's how Memphis lives in me

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    There comes a time when muddy waters run rough

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    There comes a point when a man has had enough

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   Like a friend who always stands by me

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   Memphis knows me, Memphis shows me, How this life just has to be

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I couldn't even try to run away, say goodbye

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  Here I was born and here is where I'll die

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   I'm just a man from Tennessee, I can't be what I can't be

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   All I know is Memphis lives in me

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   Just a man from Tennessee, can't be what I can't be

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   All I know is Memphis lives

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   All I know is Memphis lives

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   All I know is Memphis lives in me

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