{"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":1518869,"song":"Motel In Memphis","artist":"Old Crow Medicine Show","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1518869-motel-in-memphis-chords-by-old-crow-medicine-show/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1518869?type=chord","rating":4.73326,"votes":16,"content":"Motel in Memphis\r\nBy: Old Crow Medicine Show\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nIntro: [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]  x2\r\n\r\n\r\nVerse 1:\r\n\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]                                              [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWere you there when the man from Atlanta was murdered in Memphis[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]                             [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nDid you see him laying at the Lorraine Motel?[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]                            [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nDid you hear them say that the CIA is witness?[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]D/F#[/ch]\r\nTo the murder of a man at a motel in Memphis[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nChorus:\r\n\r\n[tab]         [ch]Em[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nMotel in Memphis, motel in Memphis[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                            [ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]D/F#[/ch]\r\nRun and tell somebody, there's blood on the riverside[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Em[/ch]                    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nOld muddy water, rollin through Memphis[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                         [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nIf you were there you'd swear it was more than a man who died[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\nVerse 2:\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]                                           [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nDid you see Coretta? She's sobbin on the corner in a black veil[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]                            [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nDid you see Mr. Crump in a white coat grin[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]                                         [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nDid you walk down river where the cotton woods are swingin[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]D/F#[/ch]\r\nWith ghostly bodies of man[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nChorus:\r\n\r\n[tab]         [ch]Em[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nMotel in Memphis, motel in Memphis[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                            [ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]D/F#[/ch]\r\nRun and tell somebody, there's blood on the riverside[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Em[/ch]                    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nOld muddy water, rollin through Memphis[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                         [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nIf you were there you'd swear it was more than a man who died[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nInstrumental: (Play same chords and rhythm as the Chorus) \r\n\r\n\r\nVerse 3:\r\n\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]                                 [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWere you there with Mahalia wailin at the funeral[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]                         [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nDid you watch them lower his casket in[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]                                 [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nDid you tremble when you thought about the future[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]D/F#[/ch]\r\nAnd cry out for a martyred man[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nChorus:\r\n\r\n[tab]         [ch]Em[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nMotel in Memphis, motel in Memphis[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                            [ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]D/F#[/ch]\r\nRun and tell somebody, there's blood on the riverside[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Em[/ch]                    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nOld muddy water, rollin through Memphis[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                         [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nIf you were there you'd swear it was more than a man who died[/tab]","plain_text":"Motel in Memphis\nBy: Old Crow Medicine Show\n\n\n\nIntro: Em  Am  Am  Em  x2\n\n\nVerse 1:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nChorus:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEm  C  Am  C  D  Em\n\n\nVerse 2:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nChorus:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nInstrumental: (Play same chords and rhythm as the Chorus) \n\n\nVerse 3:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nChorus:","chords":["Em","Am","C","D","D/F#"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]}}}