Midnight Train To Memphis Chords

KeyA CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays714

Midnight Train To Memphis by Chris Stapleton is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of A. It uses the chords Em, A, D, Bm, G, Am and C. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			Intro 

Verse 
       Em                                   Em  A 
Well, judge looked down, gave me forty days 
Em                                       Em A 
Instead of the fine that I could not pay 
Em                                    Em A 
Said "Walk right, you'll soon be home 
Em                                    Em A 
Cross the line, you'll be on your own" 

Chorus 
       D                                      Em A Em A 
Forty days of shotguns and barbed wire fences 
       Bm 
Forty nights to sit and listen 
A                        Em      A Em G 
To the midnight train to Memphis 

Em A Em D Am 
Em A Em 
Em A Em 

Em                                         Em  A 
Well now, whistle blows when the sun comes up 
Em                                  Em   A 
Head to floor, keep your big mouth shut 
Em                           Em  A 
Eat your breakfast on the ground 
Em                                 Em   A 
Work like hell till the sun goes down 

Chorus 
       D                                      Em A Em A 
Forty days of shotguns and barbed wire fences 
       Bm 
Forty nights to sit and listen 
A                        Em      A Em G 
To the midnight train to Memphis 

Solo 
Em A 
Em Bm 
Em Am 
Em G C 
Em Am 

Em                                        Em     A 
Well now, then for the jury, ten for the judge 
Em                 D       Em    A 
Twenty more to forget my grudge 
Em                   Em   A 
When I get to thirty-nine 
Em                                        Em A 
That's the longest day in a prisoner's mind 

Chorus 
       D                                      Em A Em A 
Forty days of shotguns and barbed wire fences 
       Bm 
Forty nights to sit and listen 
A                        Em      A Em G 
To the midnight train to Memphis 
G                  Em     A Em 
Midnight train to Memphis 
Em                 Em     A Em 
Midnight train to Memphis 
Em                      Em    A 
Oh, Midnight train to Memphis 

Outro 
Em A G Em 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante