NIGHT TRAIN TO MEMPHIS
Recorded by: Roy Acuff
Writers: Marvin Hughes, Beasley Smith and Owen Bradley
((G) Take that Night Train To Memphis
Take that (C) Night Train To Memphis
And (G) when you arrive at the (D7) station
I'll be (G) right there to meet you
I'll be (C) right there to greet you
So (G) don't turn (D7) down my invi-(G) tation.
CHORUS
Halle-(C) lu-jah! Halle-lu-jah!
Halle-(G) lu-jah! Halle-lu-jah!
We'll be shoutin' hallelu-jah all the (D7) day
Oh we'll (G) have a jubilee
Down in (C) Memphis, Tennessee
And we'll (G) shout halle-(D7) lu-jah all the (G) way.
Take that Night Train To Memphis
Take that Night Train To Memphis
You know how I'm longin' to see you
Leave at three-fifty-seven; arrive at eleven
And I'll be shoutin' "Halle-lu-jah!"
CHORUS
Take that Night Train To Memphis
Take that Night Train To Memphis
Tell that engineer to pull the throttle open
Keep that engine stack a-smokin',
I'm not kiddin', I'm not jokin'
I'll soon be with my girl, I'm hopin'.
CHORUS
SOURCE:
ROY ACUFF/SONGS OF THE SMOKY MOUNTAINS
and His Smoky Mountain Boys
Capitol Records J-LZC-11