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"ChopAway.com - The Online Home Of Izzy Stradlin"
                     [ IZZY STRADLIN - 117 DEGREES ]
                        [ GEFFEN RECORDS - 1998 ]
                        [ MEMPHIS (Chuck Berry) ]
INTRO:	 E(mute)   E(mute)   E(let ring)    E5  E6  
	WellD5, lonB6g distance information
	Give me Memphis, Tennesee
	Help me find a party
	That tried to get in touch with me
	ThE5ey E6did not leave a number
	But I know who placed the call
	CB5os mB6y uncle took the message
	 &  he  wrote  it  on
	thE5e wE6all
			-------------------------
	Yeh, B5help B6me, information
	Get in touch with my Marie
	She's the only one who'd phone me here
	From Memphis, Tennesee
	Her E5homE6e is on the southside
	High upon the ridge,
	JuB5st B6a half a mile from the Mississippi Bridge
SOLO:	 B-  E-  B- E  
	Oh B5helB6p me, information
	More than that I cannot add
	Only that I niss her
	& all the fun we had
	MaE5rie E6was torn apart because
	Her mum did not agree
	TorB5e aB6part our happy home
	In MemE5phisE6, Tennessee
			-------------------------
	Oh B5lasB6t time I saw Marie
	She was wavin me goodbye
	With hurry home drops on her cheek
	Trickle from her eye
	MariE5e iE6s only 6 years old,
	Information please,
	B5Try B6to put me through to her
	In E5MeE6mphis, Tennessee
SOLO:	 B-  E-  B- E  
[INTRO RIFF]
	E(mute)   E(mute)       E     D    B    A    G    F#  E  
 E7
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Memphis

by Izzy Stradlin

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"ChopAway.com - The Online Home Of Izzy Stradlin"

[ IZZY STRADLIN - 117 DEGREES ]

[ GEFFEN RECORDS - 1998 ]

[ MEMPHIS (Chuck Berry) ]

E E E E5 E6

INTRO: (mute) (mute) (let ring)

D5 B6

Well, long distance information

Give me Memphis, Tennesee

Help me find a party

That tried to get in touch with me

E5 E6

They did not leave a number

But I know who placed the call

B5 B6

Cos my uncle took the message

& he wrote it on

E5 E6

the wall

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B5 B6

Yeh, help me, information

Get in touch with my Marie

She's the only one who'd phone me here

From Memphis, Tennesee

E5 E6

Her home is on the southside

High upon the ridge,

B5 B6

Just a half a mile from the Mississippi Bridge

B E B E

SOLO: - - -

B5 B6

Oh help me, information

More than that I cannot add

Only that I niss her

& all the fun we had

E5 E6

Marie was torn apart because

Her mum did not agree

B5 B6

Tore apart our happy home

E5 E6

In Memphis, Tennessee

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B5 B6

Oh last time I saw Marie

She was wavin me goodbye

With hurry home drops on her cheek

Trickle from her eye

E5 E6

Marie is only 6 years old,

Information please,

B5 B6

Try to put me through to her

E5 E6

In Memphis, Tennessee

B E B E

SOLO: - - -

[INTRO RIFF]

E E E D B A G F# E

(mute) (mute)

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