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Last Train To Memphis

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Last Train To Memphis     4/4     The Band (Levon Helm)
Capo 2, Standard Tuning  Transcribed by Ken Lee kandvlee@shaw.ca
Intro:
                G
              /                /
Take the / last train to / Memphis,
D
                            /
Ride the Tennessee / Eagle,
     D
   /                         /
A / lonesome whistle / in the night,
D                     G
                    / 
Echoes off the / River,
G
           /                   /
Take the / last Train to / Memphis,
D
                           /
Get the southbound / Eagle,
        D
      /                               /
The / King is gone, but you / still get a song,
D                                  G
                                 / 
Deep in the heart of the / people.
               G
             /                /
Take the / last train to / Memphis,
        D
      /                   /
We / gonna have a / real good time,
D
                            /
Memphis sits on the / top of the river,
D                                  G
                                 / 
Right on the Arkanasas / line.
                G
              /               /
Take the / last train to / Memphis,
D
                           /
Put on your dancin' / shoes,
          D
        /                      /
They / got a lotta good / music in Memphis,
                                       G
                                     / 
Wisely "The Home of the / Blues.
Chorus:
G                        G         D
           /           /         / 
Ride the / Eagle, / Get on / board,
D
                    /
Ride the Eagle / all night long,
D                                G
                               / 
Next stop Graceland's / door,
               G                      D
             /          /           /          /
You can / ride the / Eagle, / Get on / board,
D
                            /
Cross the Arkansas / border by midnight
D                                G
                               / 
Next stop Graceland's / door.
Break:  Two verses Guitar Solo
        G
      /                /
The / last train to / Memphis,
D
                             /
Ride the Tenneessee / Eagle,
D
                                     /
Memphis in May, when we / sing and we play,
D                           G
                          / 
Party time with the / people,
                G
              /               /
Take the / last train to / Memphis,
D
                     /
You better get / on board,
D
If you wanna see,
                  D
                / 
Where the / King comes from,
D                              G
                             / 
When he was a little / boy.
                     G
                   /                /
You take the / last train to / Memphis,
D
                           /
Ride the Tennessee / Eagle,
        D
      /                               /
The / King is gone, but you / still get a song
D                                 G
                                / 
Deep in the heart of the / people
Chorus:
G                        G          D
           /           /          / 
Ride the / Eagle, / Get on / board @ 2
G
                 /
Last train to / Memphis, @ 4
G                      G         D
        /            /         / 
Fly the / Eagle, / Get on / board,
G
         /
Fly the / Eagle,

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Free chords for Last Train To Memphis by The Band. Scroll the interactive sheet above or read the chord names inline below.

Last Train To Memphis     4/4     The Band (Levon Helm)
Capo 2, Standard Tuning  Transcribed by Ken Lee kandvlee@shaw.ca
Intro:
Chorus:
Break:  Two verses Guitar Solo
Chorus:

Last Train To Memphis Chords by The Band

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