{"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":610955,"song":"The Sins Of Memphisto","artist":"John Prine","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/610955-the-sins-of-memphisto-chords-by-john-prine/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/610955?type=chord","rating":4.84988,"votes":52,"content":"----------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n                  The Sins of Memphisto - John Prine\r\n----------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n\r\nTabbed by: Dave S. \r\nEmail: Dlgibson@netscape.com\r\n\r\nTuning: Standard\r\n\r\nArtist: John Prine\r\nAlbum: Anthology Disc 2\r\nYear: 1993\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nIntro:\r\n[ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\nChorus:\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]\r\nFrom the bells of St Mary[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTo the Count of Monte Cristo[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nNothing can stop, nothing can stop[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch] \r\nNothin can stop the sins of Memphisto[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nSally used to play with her hula hoops[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nNow she tells her problems to therapy groups[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nGrampa's on the front lawn staring at a rake[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nWondering if his marriage was a terrible mistake[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nI'm sitting on the front steps drinking orange crush[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nWondering if it's possible if I could still blush[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nUh huh  Oh yeah[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nBoy on a bike with corduroy slacks[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nSleeps in the river by the railroad tracks[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe waits for the whistle on the train to scream[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nSo he can close his eyes and begin to dream[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nUh huh  Oh yeah[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n(Repeat Chorus)\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe hands on his watch spin slowly around[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWith his mind on a bus that goes all over town[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nLooking at the babies and the factories[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nListening to the music of Mister Squeeze[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nAs if by magic or remote control[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nHe finds a piece of a puzzle that he missed in his soul[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nUh huh  Oh yeah[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n(Repeat Chorus)\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nAdam and Eve and Lucy and Ricky[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nBit the big apple and got a little sticky[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nEsmeralda and the Hunchback of Notre Dame[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nThey humped each other like they had no shame[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey paused as they posed for a Polaroid photo[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nShe whispered in his ear Exactly Odo,  Quasimoto[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n(Repeat Chorus)\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nSally used to play with her hula hoops[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nNow she tells her problems to therapy groups[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nUh huh  Oh yeah[/tab]","plain_text":"----------------------------------------------------------------------------\n                  The Sins of Memphisto - John Prine\n----------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nTabbed by: Dave S. \nEmail: Dlgibson@netscape.com\n\nTuning: Standard\n\nArtist: John Prine\nAlbum: Anthology Disc 2\nYear: 1993\n\n\n\nIntro:\nC\n\n\nChorus:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n(Repeat Chorus)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n(Repeat Chorus)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n(Repeat Chorus)","chords":["C","F","G"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}