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INTRO
A E
You don't have to go to Memphis to get the blues,
B E B
You just fall in love with the kind of women I do.
E A Bbdim
I've had me a dozen but I never had one that did not fall through,
E B E B
You don't have to go to Memphis to get the blues.
E F#m
There she goes and here I stay,
B E
Watchin' good love slip away.
F#m F#7 B
Once again I'm all alone, love has come and gone.
A E
You don't have to go to Memphis to get the blues,
B E B
You just fall in love with the kind of women I do.
E A Bbdim
I've had me a dozen but I never had one that did not fall through,
E B E B
You don't have to go to Memphis to get the blues.
E F#m
She moved out, the blues moved in,
B E
And where I am is lost again.
F#m
I've been east and I've been west,
F#7 B
And I can attest:
A E
You don't have to go to Memphis to get the blues,
B E B
You just fall in love with the kind of women I do.
E A Bbdim
I've had me a dozen but I never had one that did not fall through,
E B E A
You don't have to go to Memphis to get the blues.
Bbdim E B E
You don't have to go to Memphis to get the blues.