Back to Memphis Chords

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[Intro 1]
[D]

[Verse 1]
I've been [D]struggling up here, child,
trying to make a living
Everybody wants to take,
nobody like giving
I wish [G]I was in Memphis back
home there with my Mama
The only [D]clothes I got left that
ain't rags is my pajamas
No [A]brotherly love, no help, no danger
Just a [D]great big town full of

[Verse 2]
cold hearted strangers
[D]
I went hungry in New York
and Chicago was no better
But today, my dear mother wrote
and told me in her letter
Son, [G]come back to Memphis and
live here with your Mama
You can [D]walk down Beale Street,
honey, wearing your pajamas
You know [A]home folks here,
we let do just what you want to
And I [D]born you and raised you right

[Interlude 1]
here on the corner
[D][G][D]
[A][D]

[Verse 3]
I'm going to [D]leave here in the morning
and walk down to the station
I've got just enough money
to pay my transportation
I'm go[G]ing back to Memphis,
back home with my Mama
If I have to [D]ride that bus
barefooted in pajamas
[A]Back home in Memphis,
no moaning and groaning
I know [D]everything will be

[Outro 1]
all right in the morning
[D]