{"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":1953789,"song":"Back To Memphis","artist":"The Band","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1953789-back-to-memphis-chords-by-the-band/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1953789?type=chord","rating":4.78101,"votes":5,"content":"[tab][INTRO RIFF]\r\n  [ch]A[/ch]\r\ne|--------------------|---------------------|\r\nB|--------------------|---------------------|\r\nG|-----2--------------|-----2---------------|\r\nD|-----2--------------|-----2---------------|\r\nA|-3h4---0-0-0-0-0-0-0|-3h4---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|\r\nE|--------------------|---------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[INTRO CHORDS]\r\n[ch]A7[/ch] [ch]D7[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch] [ch]E7[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch]\r\n\r\n[VERSE 1]\r\n[tab][ch]A7[/ch]\r\nI've been struggling up here, just, trying to make a living[/tab]\r\n\r\nEverybody wants to take, nobody likesgiving\r\n[tab]    [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nI wish I was in Memphis back home with my Mama[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nThe only clothes I got left that ain't rags is my pajamas[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nNo brotherly love, no help, no danger[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nJust a great big town full of cold hearted strangers[/tab]\r\n\r\n[VERSE 2]\r\n[tab]   [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nI went hungry in New York and Chicago was no better[/tab]\r\n\r\nBut today, my dear mother wrote and told me in her letter\r\n[tab]   [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nSaid, come on back to Memphis and live here with your Mama[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nYou can walk down Beale Street honey, wearing your pajamas[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nYou know  folks down here, we let do just what you want to[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nAnd I born you and raised you right here on the corner[/tab]\r\n\r\n[BREAK} (to verse pattern 2x)\r\n[ch]A7[/ch] [ch]D7[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch] [ch]E7[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch]\r\n[ch]A7[/ch] [ch]D7[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch] [ch]E7[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch]\r\n\r\n[VERSE 3]\r\n[tab][ch]A7[/ch]\r\nI'm going get up in the morning going to the bus station[/tab]\r\n\r\nI've got just enough money to reach my destination\r\n[tab]     [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nI'm going back to Memphis, back home with my Mama[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nI'm going to ride that bus barefoot in my  pajamas[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E7[/ch]\r\nYeah I'm going back to Memphis, no moaning and groaning[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nI know everything will be all right in the morning[/tab]\r\n\r\n[OUTRO]\r\n[ch]A7[/ch] [ch]D7[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch] [ch]E7[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch]","plain_text":"[INTRO CHORDS]\nA7 D7 A7 E7 A7\n\n[VERSE 1]\n\n\nEverybody wants to take, nobody likesgiving\n\n\n\n\n\n[VERSE 2]\n\n\nBut today, my dear mother wrote and told me in her letter\n\n\n\n\n\n[BREAK} (to verse pattern 2x)\nA7 D7 A7 E7 A7\nA7 D7 A7 E7 A7\n\n[VERSE 3]\n\n\nI've got just enough money to reach my destination\n\n\n\n\n\n[OUTRO]\nA7 D7 A7 E7 A7","chords":["A","B","G","D","E","A7","D7","E7"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"A7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,0,2,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,2,0]},"D7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,3],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,2]},"E7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,0,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,0,1,0,0]}}}