{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":993687,"song":"The Prettiest Waitress In Memphis","artist":"Cory Branan","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11624493-the-prettiest-waitress-in-memphis-chords-by-cory-branan/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/993687?type=chord","rating":4.52824,"votes":16,"content":"Intro as played live (but similar to recorded version)\r\n\r\n[tab]e|------------------------------------------------------------|\r\nB|------------------------------------------------------------|\r\nG|-------------------------6-4-2------------------------------|\r\nD|-2---2-2-/7-6-4-2---2-2-/7-6-4-2---2-2--------2~------------|\r\nA|-2---2-2--------2---2-2--------2---2-2--4-2-0-2~------------|\r\nE|-0---0-0--------0---0-0--------0---0-0--5-4-2-0~-(let ring)-|[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nMost chords palm muted\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                             \r\nWell, there is only one reason I stop in this place[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                [ch]B[/ch]\r\nLet me stress that it ain’t the cuisine[/tab]\r\nThe eggs are all runny, the hash browns smell funny and\r\n[tab]                       [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThe coffee tastes like gasoline[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]          [ch]E[/ch]      \r\nBut there goes the one thing that I’ve been looking forward to[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]B[/ch]\r\nFor the last six-hundred miles[/tab]\r\nIn a slow motion pan with 8 beers in each hand\r\n[tab]                             [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWhat’s here of heaven in her smile[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]           [ch]E[/ch]         [ch]B[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]\r\nShe is the prettiest waitress in Memphis[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F#m[/ch]                       [ch]B[/ch]\r\nAnd I think she’s flirting with me[/tab]\r\nReadin’ them specials- extra special\r\n[tab]                                   [ch]E[/ch]\r\nShe slipped a finger into my sweet tea[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]E[/ch]\r\nO’ but a small stack of singles from a hard double-shift[/tab]\r\n[tab]                             [ch]B[/ch]\r\nWill do terrible things to a smile[/tab]\r\nAnd the prettiest waitress in Memphis knows\r\n                          E (intro riff)\r\nShe’s only that way for a while\r\n\r\nSomehow she remembered my name though its been\r\nSeveral months since I passed through this way\r\nShe said she’s lived here all her twenty three years\r\nI said I’d be here for a day\r\n\r\nOrdered the pecan pie and with a wink of an eye\r\nGot a slice as big as my head\r\nAnd her name and her number on a Sweet-n-Low package\r\nIs the best poem that I’ve ever read\r\n\r\nShe’s the prettiest waitress in Memphis,\r\nAnd I know she's flirtin' with me.\r\nBeen reading them specials, extra special.\r\nSlipped a finger into my sweet tea.\r\nO' but a small stack of singles from a hard double-shift\r\nWill do terrible things to her smile.\r\nAnd the prettiest waitress in Memphis knows,\r\nShe's only that way for a while.\r\n\r\nWell, the prettiest waitress in Memphis\r\nSpilled her heart all over me\r\nAs I held her that night in a way she was right when she said,\r\n“This will all change eventually”\r\n\r\nCause she ain’t the prettiest waitress in Memphis no more\r\nBut it’s not what you’re thinking- you see\r\nThe prettiest waitress in Memphis just quit\r\nAnd she’s leaving Memphis with me\r\n\r\nThe prettiest ex-waitress in all of Memphis is\r\nLeaving Memphis with me.","plain_text":"Intro as played live (but similar to recorded version)\n\n\n\n\nMost chords palm muted\n\n\n\nThe eggs are all runny, the hash browns smell funny and\n\n\n\n\nIn a slow motion pan with 8 beers in each hand\n\n\n\n\nReadin’ them specials- extra special\n\n\n\nAnd the prettiest waitress in Memphis knows\n                          E (intro riff)\nShe’s only that way for a while\n\nSomehow she remembered my name though its been\nSeveral months since I passed through this way\nShe said she’s lived here all her twenty three years\nI said I’d be here for a day\n\nOrdered the pecan pie and with a wink of an eye\nGot a slice as big as my head\nAnd her name and her number on a Sweet-n-Low package\nIs the best poem that I’ve ever read\n\nShe’s the prettiest waitress in Memphis,\nAnd I know she's flirtin' with me.\nBeen reading them specials, extra special.\nSlipped a finger into my sweet tea.\nO' but a small stack of singles from a hard double-shift\nWill do terrible things to her smile.\nAnd the prettiest waitress in Memphis knows,\nShe's only that way for a while.\n\nWell, the prettiest waitress in Memphis\nSpilled her heart all over me\nAs I held her that night in a way she was right when she said,\n“This will all change eventually”\n\nCause she ain’t the prettiest waitress in Memphis no more\nBut it’s not what you’re thinking- you see\nThe prettiest waitress in Memphis just quit\nAnd she’s leaving Memphis with me\n\nThe prettiest ex-waitress in all of Memphis is\nLeaving Memphis with me.","chords":["B","G","D","A","E","F#m"],"chord_diagrams":{"B":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,4,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,4,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]}}}