New Beale Street Blues Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[G]If we have to walk
We're [F]going [C]to Memphis
Got to play on [G]Beale[F]
[G]It's the [D]place to go if you
[Em]wanna [C]make a solid deal
[G]

[Verse 2]
North Carolina's [D]al [G]right [F]if [G]you[C]
wanna hand tobacco all day [G]long[C][G]
Babe, a [D]guitar player like me's
[F]got to [C]play his own song
[G]

[Verse 3]
So, pack [C]your [G]finest [D]dre[G]sses[C]
Pack your go- to- meetin' [G]shoes
Babe, we [D]gotta look sharp
When [C]we play the New
Beale Street Blues
[G]

[Verse 4]
We're going [D]to Mem[C]phis
To play on [G]Beale[D][G][F]
[G]It's the [D]place to go if [C]ya wanna
make a solid deal
[G]

[Verse 5]
Bye- [D]bye, [G]Dur[D]hum[G],[F]
[C]bye- bye, Chapel [G]Hill[C][G]
Gonna [D]ride the [Em]blind
[C]like Railroad Hill
[G][C]

[Verse 6]
[G]
Gotta find [C]Gas Can[G]non,
Noah [F]Lewis [Dm]too[C]
Gotta shake their [G]hand
[D]Play 'em our song, [C]see if we can join the band

[Interlude 1]
[G][C][D]
[C][G][C][G][C]
[G][F][C][G][C]
[G][D][C][G][D]
[G]
[D]We're [G]going [C]to Memphis,

[Verse 7]
join a jug [G]band
I can't [D]wait to shake Mis
[C]ter Canton's hand
[G][C]

[Verse 8]
[G]Gonna buy[D] new[C] str[G]ings
[D]for[G] your mandol[C]in
And my Stella, [G]too[D][G]
[Em]Gotta [D]spank this tune
They [C]call the New Beale
Street Blues
[G][C]

[Verse 9]
[G]
Now, [C]Memphis [G]Minnie [D]and
[G]Joe [D]McC[A]oy[C]
Make really good music, sho' [G]nuff[D][G]
Babe, I [D]bench one day
[C]gonna hear 'em

[Interlude 2]
Playin' our stuff
[G][D][C][D][C]
[G]
[C][G][D][G]
[F][A][D][C][G]
[C]
[G]If we have to

[Verse 10]
walk
We're going to Mem[C]phis
Goes to play on [G]Beale
It's the [D]place to go if ya [C]wanna
make a solid deal
[G][D]

[Verse 11]
[G]
It's the [D]place to go if ya [C]wanna

[Outro 1]
make a solid deal
[G][A][Ab]
[G][G]