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The Prettiest Waitress In Memphis

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1/19

Tempo 80 BPMVol

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Step 1 / 19Position: 2

1 index2 middle3 ring4 pinkyO openSpace = play/pause

Intro as played live (but similar to recorded version)
e|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------6-4-2------------------------------|
D|-2---2-2-/7-6-4-2---2-2-/7-6-4-2---2-2--------2~------------|
A|-2---2-2--------2---2-2--------2---2-2--4-2-0-2~------------|
E|-0---0-0--------0---0-0--------0---0-0--5-4-2-0~-(let ring)-|
Most chords palm muted
EWell, there is only one reason I stop in this place
Let me stress that it ain’t the Bcuisine
The eggs are all runny, the hash browns smell funny and
The coffee tastes like Egasoline
But there Egoes the one thing that I’ve been looking forward to
For the last six-hundred Bmiles
In a slow motion pan with 8 beers in each hand
What’s here of heaven in her Esmile
She is the Eprettiest Bwaitress in EMemphis
And I F#mthink she’s flirting with Bme
Readin’ them specials- extra special
She slipped a finger into my sweet Etea
O’ but a Esmall stack of singles from a hard double-shift
Will do terrible things to a Bsmile
And the prettiest waitress in Memphis knows
                          E (intro riff)
She’s only that way for a while
Somehow she remembered my name though its been
Several months since I passed through this way
She said she’s lived here all her twenty three years
I said I’d be here for a day
Ordered the pecan pie and with a wink of an eye
Got a slice as big as my head
And her name and her number on a Sweet-n-Low package
Is the best poem that I’ve ever read
She’s the prettiest waitress in Memphis,
And I know she's flirtin' with me.
Been reading them specials, extra special.
Slipped a finger into my sweet tea.
O' but a small stack of singles from a hard double-shift
Will do terrible things to her smile.
And the prettiest waitress in Memphis knows,
She's only that way for a while.
Well, the prettiest waitress in Memphis
Spilled her heart all over me
As I held her that night in a way she was right when she said,
“This will all change eventually”
Cause she ain’t the prettiest waitress in Memphis no more
But it’s not what you’re thinking- you see
The prettiest waitress in Memphis just quit
And she’s leaving Memphis with me
The prettiest ex-waitress in all of Memphis is
Leaving Memphis with me.

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The Prettiest Waitress In Memphis

by Cory Branan

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F#m

Intro as played live (but similar to recorded version)

e|------------------------------------------------------------|

B|------------------------------------------------------------|

G|-------------------------6-4-2------------------------------|

D|-2---2-2-/7-6-4-2---2-2-/7-6-4-2---2-2--------2~------------|

A|-2---2-2--------2---2-2--------2---2-2--4-2-0-2~------------|

E|-0---0-0--------0---0-0--------0---0-0--5-4-2-0~-(let ring)-|

Most chords palm muted

Well, there is only one reason I stop in this place

Let me stress that it ain’t the cuisine

The eggs are all runny, the hash browns smell funny and

The coffee tastes like gasoline

But there goes the one thing that I’ve been looking forward to

For the last six-hundred miles

In a slow motion pan with 8 beers in each hand

What’s here of heaven in her smile

E B E

She is the prettiest waitress in Memphis

F#m B

And I think she’s flirting with me

Readin’ them specials- extra special

She slipped a finger into my sweet tea

O’ but a small stack of singles from a hard double-shift

Will do terrible things to a smile

And the prettiest waitress in Memphis knows

E (intro riff)

She’s only that way for a while

Somehow she remembered my name though its been

Several months since I passed through this way

She said she’s lived here all her twenty three years

I said I’d be here for a day

Ordered the pecan pie and with a wink of an eye

Got a slice as big as my head

And her name and her number on a Sweet-n-Low package

Is the best poem that I’ve ever read

She’s the prettiest waitress in Memphis,

And I know she's flirtin' with me.

Been reading them specials, extra special.

Slipped a finger into my sweet tea.

O' but a small stack of singles from a hard double-shift

Will do terrible things to her smile.

And the prettiest waitress in Memphis knows,

She's only that way for a while.

Well, the prettiest waitress in Memphis

Spilled her heart all over me

As I held her that night in a way she was right when she said,

“This will all change eventually”

Cause she ain’t the prettiest waitress in Memphis no more

But it’s not what you’re thinking- you see

The prettiest waitress in Memphis just quit

And she’s leaving Memphis with me

The prettiest ex-waitress in all of Memphis is

Leaving Memphis with me.

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