Memphis chords by Justin Timberlake

• Difficulty: Intermediate

🎸 Intro:
[
Em Bm
F Dm Am
F Em Dm Gm
F Em Dm Am


🎸 Verse 1:
F            Em
You gon' be a star, they said

They said
Dm7
You gon' take us far, they said

They said
F
Everywhere you go
       Em
They're gon' know your name
  Dm7
Who cares if you get lonely

Long as you're famous
        F
Don't you want money and the cars
Em         Dm7
They said expensive liquor and cigars, they said
        F         Em
I mean, what's better than having everything that you dreamed of?
Dm7
Long as they need you, you don't need love


🎸 Chorus:
    F   Em
Just be great
                Dm7
Put on for your city, for your state

And whatever you do
       F   Em
Just make us proud
                 Dm7
Ain't gonna be no cryin' from the clouds

Yeah, they say
    F   Em
Just be great
                   Dm7
Who cares if there's too much on your plate
                   F
Don't make no mistakes and hide your pain
    Em
No rain
               Dm7
Whatever you do, just make us proud
                 F   Em Dm7
Ain't gonna be no cryin' from the clouds
                  F   Em Dm7
(Ain't gonna be no cryin' from the clouds)


🎸 Verse 2:
     F               Em
You gon', you gonna be a star, they said

They said
Dm7
Don't waste your tomorrow, they said

They said
F            Em
You're the one that's chosen to make it out
Dm7
Gotta seize the moment

Don't let us down
N.C.                 Em
Just gotta play your part, they said
  Dm7
And history, you'll be a part of it
        F            Em
I mean, what's better than having everything that you dreamed of?
Dm7
Long as they need you, you don't need love


🎸 Chorus:
    F   Em
Just be great (Great)
                Dm7
Put on for your city, for your state (State)

And whatever you do
       F   Em
Just make us proud (Proud)
                 Dm7
Ain't gonna be no cryin' from the clouds (Clouds)

Yeah, they say
    F       Em
Just be great (Just be great)
                   Dm7
Who cares if there's too much on your plate (Your plate now)
                   F
Don't make no mistakes and hide your pain
    Em
No rain
               Dm7
Whatever you do, just make us proud
                 F   Em   Dm7
Ain't gonna be no cryin' from the clouds, oooh
                  F   Em
(Ain't gonna be no cryin' from the clouds)
  Dm7
Oooh

(Ain't gonna be no)


Bridge/Rap:
F       Em
I was way too far out in the world
             Dm7
But I still put on for my city

I was handing out too much milk money

Too much kitten and ass and titties
F             Em
 I lost my voice like a pastor

Faster than a Harlem shimmy
Dm7
  But I guess that's what you get

For trying to make heartbreak pretty
F         Em
They say life's a bitch (Life's a bitch) and then you die
Dm7
  So please, if you're penning my eulogy, just say I tried
F          Em
 And that's word to Phineas, Jess' and Si'
Dm7
  And if I don't wake up in Heaven
               F        Em
Then it was one hell of a ride (Hell of a ride)
Dm7
  If I don't wake up in Heaven
                F Em
Then it was one hell of a ride
         Dm7
A hell of a ride


🎸 Instrumental:
F Em Dm7
F Em Dm7


Outro/Rap:
F               Em
Momma said money can't buy me happiness
       Dm7
So I copped a G5

Tried to fly myself up next to it
         F
I fucked up some commas
        Em
Just to dot-dot-dot

Where's the rest of it?
        Dm7
This what clean look like

When clean took life and made a mess of it
            F
Had to realize I'm just blessed to it
     Em
You can't take it all with you
             Dm7
But you can remember the best of it

I pray for peace within myself
       F
And no more regrets with it
       Em
'Cause when I looked at my soul in the Mississippi
   Dm7
It reflected it

And if you know me, you're right next to it
N.C.
I'm everything you thought I was
N.C.
I'm everything I thought I was
N.C.
It was everything I thought it was
N.C.
It was everything I thought it was