Walking In Memphis Chords

KeyC CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays602

Walking In Memphis by Marc Cohn is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C/G, F, G, C, Am, Gsus, Csus and E7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			this is the guitar version.  the first part is many piano but there the same chords   
  
define (C/G) base-fret 1 frets 3 3 2 0 1 0)  
(F)Put (G)on my (C)blue suede (Am)shoes and I(F) board(G)ed the pl(C)ane(Am)  
(F)Touched down in the (G)land of the (C)Delta (Am)Blues  
(F)In the middle of the (G)pouring (C)rain (Am)  
(F) W(G).C. (C)Handy, (Am)(F)won't you look down (G)over (C)me?  (Am)  
(F)Yeah, I got a (G)first cl(C)ass ticket (Am)  
But I'm a(F)s blue as a (G)boy can b(C)e...  
  
(start_of_Chorus)  
Then I'm wal(Am)king in Mem(F)phis,  (G)	(C)  
(Am)I was walking with my (F)feet ten (G)feet off (C)Beale,  
(Am)Walking in Mem(F)phis,  (G)	(C)  
(Am)But do I really (F)feel the (G)way I feel?  (Gsus)	(C/G)  
(end_of_Chorus)  
  
(F)Saw the (G)ghost of (C)Elvis(Am) on(F) (G)Union ave(C)nue(Am),  
(F)Followed him (G)up to the (C)gates of (Am)Graceland  
Then I (F)watched him (G)walk right (C)through(Am)  
Now, se(F)curity they (G)did not (C)see him(Am)  
They just(F) hovered a(G)round his(C) tomb(Am).  
But there's a (F)pretty little (G)thing (C)waiting for the (Am)King  
(F)Down in the (G)jungle (C)room  
  
(c:Chorus)  
  
(c:Bridge)  
(start_of_Chorus) 
  
They've got(Csus)catfish on the (C)table(Csus)  (C)  
They've got(Csus) gospel in the (C)air	(Csus)	(C)  
And Reverend Green (E7)be)

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante