Key: C
Introduction: F G C Am F G C Am
F G C Am
Put on my blue suede shoes,
F G C Am
And I board-ed the plane.
F G C Am
Touched down in the land of the Delta Blues,
F G C Am
In the middle of the pouring rain.
F G C Am F G C Am
W.__C. Handy, won' t you look down over me,
F G C Am
Yeah I got a first class ticket.
F G C
But I' m as blue as a boy can be.
Am F G C
Then I' m walking in Memphis,
Am F G C
Walking with my feet ten feet off of Beale.
Am F G C
Walking in Mem&mdash phis,
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But do I really feel the way I feel?
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Saw the ghost of El&mdash vis,
G7(4) C/G
On Union Ave&mdash nue.
G7(4) C/G
Followed him up to the gates of Grace&mdash land,
G7(4) C/G
Then I watched him walk right through.
F2 G7(4) C
Now se&mdash curity they did not see him,
Am F2 G7(4) C
They just hovered ' round his tomb.
Am F2 G7(4)
But there' s a pretty little thing,
C Am
Wait&mdash ing for the King.
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Down in the Jungle Room,
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When I was walking in Mem&mdash phis,
Am F G C
I was Walking with my feet ten feet off of Beale.
Am F G C
Walking in Mem&mdash phis
Am F G C7(4)
But do I really feel the way I feel?
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They' ve got catfish on the table
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They' ve got gospel in the air
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And Reverend Green__ be glad to see you
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When you haven' t got a prayer
F G C
But boy you' ve got a prayer in Mem&mdash phis
F G C Am
Now, Muriel plays piano
F G C Am
Every Friday at the Holly-wood
F G C Am
And they brought me down to see her
F G C Am
And they asked me if I would
F2 G7(4) C Am7
Do a little num-ber
F G C Am7
And I sang with all my might
F2 G C Am7
And she said, "Tell me are you a Christian child?"
F2 C
And I said,"Ma' am I am to-night"
Am F G C
Walking in Mem&mdash phis, (Walking in Memphis)
Am F G C
I was walking with my feet ten feet off of Beale. (Walk, walk, walk)
Am F G C
Walking in Mem&mdash phis, (Walking in Memphis)
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But do I really feel the way I feel? (Walk, walk, walk)
Am F G C
Walking in Mem&mdash phis, (Walking in Memphis)
Am F G C
I was Walking with my feet ten feet off of Beale. (Walk, walk, walk)
Am F G C4
But do I really feel the way I feel?
F G C Am
Put on my blue suede shoes,
F G C Am
And I boarded the plane.
F G C Am
Touched down in the land of the Delta Blues,
F G C Am
In the middle of the pouring rain.
F G C Am
Touched down in the land of the Delta Blues,
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In the middle of the pour&mdash ing rain.