Tom T. Hall - Thats how i got to memphis
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Written by: Tom T. Hall
Perfomed 1996/1997 by: Deryl Dodd
Transcribed by: Keith Reding
This song is an old remake originally written by Tom T. Hall in 1968.
It is much easier to play if you play each chord up + step.
Intro:
I don't have an easy way of notating the tabs but the intro licks are
not difficult.
G#m | B | F# | F #
Verse
F#If you love soBmebody enough
F#You'll follow where ever they go
G#m | B
That's how I got to Memphis
F#That's how I got to Memphis
F#If you love soBmebody enough
F#You'll go where your heart wants to go
G#m | B
That's how I got to Memphis
F#That's how I got to Memphis
C#I know if you've seen her
Byou'll tell me `cause you F#are my friend
C#Now I've got to find her Band find out the trouble
F#she's in C#----- in.
F#Well if you tell me thaBt she's not here,
F#I'll just follow the trail of her tears
G#m | B
That's how I got to Memphis
F#That's how I got to Memphis
Instrumental
F# | B | F#| F# | G#m | B | F#| F#
Verse
F#She would get mad and shBe used to say
F#she would come back to Memphis some day
G#m | B
That's how I got to Memphis
F#That's how I got to Memphis
F#Mmmmm I haven't eaBten a bite
F#or slept for 3 days and nights
G#m | B
That's how I got to Memphis
F#That's how I got to Memphis
C#Oh I've got to find her aBnd tell her that I l ove hF#er so
C#And I'll never rest untilB I find out why she had F#to go -C#-- ooo
F#Well thank you for your precBious time,
F#forgive me if I start to cry
G#m | B
That's how I got to Memphis
F#That's how I got to Memphis
G#m | B
That's how I got to Memphis
[Sustain previous chord]
That's how I got to Memphis
Repeat intro for ending