Night Train To Memphis Chords

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Night Train To Memphis by Roy Acuff is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, C and D7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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NIGHT TRAIN TO MEMPHIS 
Recorded by: Roy Acuff 
Writers: Marvin Hughes, Beasley Smith and Owen Bradley 
 
((G) Take that Night Train To Memphis  
Take that (C) Night Train To Memphis 
And (G) when you arrive at the (D7) station 
I'll be (G) right there to meet you  
I'll be (C) right there to greet you 
So (G) don't turn (D7) down my invi-(G) tation. 
 
CHORUS 
Halle-(C) lu-jah! Halle-lu-jah! 
Halle-(G) lu-jah! Halle-lu-jah!   
We'll be shoutin' hallelu-jah all the (D7) day 
Oh we'll (G) have a jubilee  
Down in (C) Memphis, Tennessee 
And we'll (G) shout halle-(D7) lu-jah all the (G) way. 
 
Take that Night Train To Memphis  
Take that Night Train To Memphis 
You know how I'm longin' to see you 
Leave at three-fifty-seven; arrive at eleven 
And I'll be shoutin' "Halle-lu-jah!" 
 
CHORUS 
 
Take that Night Train To Memphis  
Take that Night Train To Memphis 
Tell that engineer to pull the throttle open 
Keep that engine stack a-smokin',  
I'm not kiddin', I'm not jokin' 
I'll soon be with my girl, I'm hopin'. 
 
CHORUS 
 
SOURCE: 
ROY ACUFF/SONGS OF THE SMOKY MOUNTAINS 
and His Smoky Mountain Boys 
Capitol Records J-LZC-11 
 
 

    	

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