Tom T Hall

Thats How I Got To Memphis

Tom T Hall

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Thats How I Got To Memphis

Written by Tom T. Hall

	  		     This song is an old remake originally written by Tom T. Hall in 1968. 
     It is much easier to play if you play each chord up + step. 
 
     Intro: 
 
     I don't have an easy way of notating the tabs but the intro licks are 
     not difficult. 
 
     G#m | B | F# | F# 
 
     Verse 
     F#            B 
     If you love somebody enough 
     F# 
     You'll follow where ever they go 
     G#m | B 
     That's how I got to Memphis 
     F# 
     That's how I got to Memphis 
 
     F#            B 
     If you love somebody enough 
     F# 
     You'll go where your heart wants to go 
     G#m | B 
     That's how I got to Memphis 
     F# 
     That's how I got to Memphis 
 
     C# 
     I know if you've seen her 
     B                         F# 
     you'll tell me `cause you are my friend 
     C#                       B 
     Now I've got to find her and find out the trouble 
     F#        C# 
     she's in  ----- in. 
 
     F#                     B 
     Well if you tell me that she's not here, 
     F# 
     I'll just follow the trail of her tears 
     G#m | B 
     That's how I got to Memphis 
     F# 
     That's how I got to Memphis 
 
     Instrumental 
 
     F# | B | F# F# | G#m | B | F# F# 
 
     Verse 
     F#                      B 
     She would get mad and she used to say 
     F# 
     she would come back to Memphis some day 
     G#m | B 
     That's how I got to Memphis 
     F# 
     That's how I got to Memphis 
     F#                B 
     Mmmmm I haven't eaten a bite 
     F# 
     or slept for 3 days and nights 
     G#m | B 
     That's how I got to Memphis 
     F# 
     That's how I got to Memphis 
 
 
     C#                       B                         F# 
     Oh I've got to find her and tell her that I l ove her so 
     C#                       B                       F#     C# 
     And I'll never rest until I find out why she had to go --- ooo 
     F#                          B 
     Well thank you for your precious time, 
     F# 
     forgive me if I start to cry 
     G#m | B 
     That's how I got to Memphis 
     F# 
     That's how I got to Memphis 
 
     G#m | B 
     That's how I got to Memphis 
     {Sustain previous chord} 
     That's how I got to Memphis 
 
     Repeat intro for ending 
		  

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