Thats How I Got To Memphis Chords

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Thats How I Got To Memphis by The Avett Brothers is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, C, Em, Am, D7 and D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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      G               C 
If you love somebody enough 
      G                 Em 
You'll go wherever they go 
                    Am     D7 
That's how I got to Memphis 
                    G 
That's how I got to Memphis 

      G               C 
If you love somebody enough 
      G                            Em   
You'll go where your heart wants to go 
                    Am     D7 
That's how I got to Memphis 
                    G 
That's how I got to Memphis 

D                             C  
I know if you'd seen her you'd tell me 
                 G 
'Cause you are my friend 
D                       C 
I've got to find her and find out 
                  G 
The trouble she's in 

D7 

      G                      C  
If you tell me that she's not here 
    G                       Em 
I'll follow the trail of her tears 
                    Am     D7 
That's how I got to Memphis 
                    G 
That's how I got to Memphis 

   G                             C 
She use to get mad and she use to say 
     G                         Em 
She'd come back to Memphis some day 
                    Am     D7 
That's how I got to Memphis 
                    G 
That's how I got to Memphis 

G                C 
I haven't eaten a bite 
G                         Em 
Or slept for three days or nights 
                    Am     D7 
That's how I got to Memphis 
                    G 
That's how I got to Memphis 

G C 
G Em 
Am D7 
G 

D                       C 
I've got to find her and tell her 
               G   
That I love her so 
D                     C  
I'll never rest till I find out 
              G 
Why she had to go 

D7 

G                          C 
Thank you for your precious time 
   G                    Em 
Forgive me if I start to cry 
                    Am     D7 
That's how I got to Memphis 
                    G 
That's how I got to Memphis 
                    Am     D7 
That's how I got to Memphis 
                    G 
That's how I got to Memphis 
    	

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