Walking In Memphis chords by Marc Cohn

Artist: Marc Cohn
Song:  Walking In Memphis
Album:  Marc Cohn (1990)
Tuning: Standard
Tempo:  Presto

Chords: EADGBe   EADGBe
F    133211
G    355433
C    X32010 or X35553
Am    XX2210 or X57765
G7sus4  330011 or 333033
C7    X32310 or X35353
C7sus4  X35311 or 333363
E7    020100
F7    131211
F#7   242322
G7    320001 or 363433
Csus4  X33011 or X33563

Intro: Piano riff over.
|F G C Am|
|F G C Am|


Verse 1:
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.


Chorus 1:
     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—phis,
Am       F    G      G7sus4 C
But do I really feel the way I feel?


Verse 2:
G7sus4       C
Saw the ghost of El—vis,
G7sus4    C
On Union Ave—nue.
        G7sus4        C
Followed him up to the gates of Grace—land,
    F      G     C   Am
Then I watched him walk right through.
    F          G    C
Now se—curity they did not see him,
Am    F    G   C
They just hovered 'round his tomb.
Am      F          G
But there's a pretty little thing,
   C    Am
Wait—ing for the King.
F  N.C.
Down in the Jungle Room,


Chorus 2:
Am            F  G C
When I was walking in Mem—phis,
Am          F    G      C
I was Walking with my feet ten feet off of Beale.
Am       F  G C
Walking in Mem—phis
Am       F    G     G7sus4
But do I really feel the way I feel?


Instrumental:
|G7sus4 C7|
|G7sus4 C7|


Bridge:
      C7sus4     C7   C7sus4  C7
They've got catfish on the table
      C7sus4    C7  C7sus4  C7
They've got gospel in the air
           E7     F7
And Reverend Green__ be glad to see you
     F#7      G7
When you haven't got a prayer
N.C.                F  G C
But boy you've got a prayer in Mem—phis


Verse 3:
F     G   C  Am
Now Muriel plays piano
F   G       C  Am
Every Friday at the Hollywood
F    G         C   Am
And they brought me down to see her
F    G       C  Am
And they asked me if I would
F  G   C   Am
Do a little number
   F     G   C   Am
And I sang with all my might
        F      G   C     Am
And she said, "Tell me are you a Christian child?"
      F N.C.     C
And I said, "Ma'am I am tonight"


Chorus 3:
Am       F  G C
Walking in Mem—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—phis,  (Walking in Memphis)
Am       F    G       G7sus4 C
But do I really feel the way I feel? (Walk, walk, walk)
Am       F  G C
Walking in Mem—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   Csus4
But do I really feel the way I feel?


Instrumental:
|F G C Am|
|F G C Am|


Outro:
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,
    F         G  F
In the middle of the pour—ing rain.


Coda:
|  G C Am|
|F G C Am|
|F G C Am|
|F G C  |


End:


NOTES:
1. “I went to Graceland, I heard Al Green preach the gospel, I saw W. C. Handy's statue. But the song is
about more than just a place, it's about a kind of spiritual awakening, one of those trips where you're
different when you leave." - Marc Cohn
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walking_in_Memphis
2. I have shown what I believe, are the best alternative chords, where possible. If you find the chord
changes too difficult, I would recommend the ’simplify chords’ button. :-R