Memphis In The Meantime
Memphis In The Meantime

Memphis In The Meantime easy guitar chords by John Hiatt

1987•Folk
Guitar
Tuning

E A D G B E

Capo

Fret 2

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Transpose

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    • Intro 1


    Verse 1
    I 
    got 
    something 
    to 
    say, 
    little 
    girl 

    You 
    might 
    not 
    like 
    my 
    style 

    But 
    we've 
    been 
    hanging 
    around 
    this 
    town 

    Just 
    a 
    little 
    too 
    long 
    a 
    while 

    You 
    say 
    you're 
    gonna 
    get 
    your 
    act 
    together 

    Gonna 
    take 
    it 
    out 
    on 
    the 
    road 

    But 
    if 
    I 
    don't 
    get 
    outta 
    here 
    pretty 
    soon 

    My 
    head's 
    going 
    to 
    explode 

    Pre-chorus 1
    Sure, 
    I 
    like 
    country 
    music 
    and 
    I 
    like 
    mandolins 

    But 
    right 
    now 
    I 
    need 
    a 
    Tele
    caster 

    Through 
    a 
    Vibro
    lux 
    turned 
    up 
    to 
    ten 

    Chorus 1
    Let's 
    go 
    to 
    Mem
    phis 
    in 
    the 
    meantime, 
    baby 

    Memphis 
    in 
    the 
    meantime, 
    girl 

    Verse 2
    I 
    need 
    a 
    little 
    shot 
    of 
    that 
    rhythm, 
    baby 

    Mixed 
    up 
    with 
    these 
    country 
    blues 

    I 
    want 
    to 
    trade 
    in 
    these 
    ol' 
    cowboy 
    boots 

    For 
    some 
    fine 
    Italian 
    shoes 

    For
    get 
    the 
    mousse 
    and 
    the 
    hairspray, 
    sugar 

    We 
    don't 
    need 
    none 
    of 
    that 

    Oh, 
    a 
    little 
    dab'll 
    do 
    ya, 
    girl 

    Under
    neath 
    a 
    pork 
    pie 
    hat 

    Pre-chorus 2
    Un
    til 
    hell 
    freezes 
    over 

    Maybe 
    you 
    can 
    wait 
    that 
    long 

    But 
    I 
    don't 
    think 
    Ronnie 
    Mil
    sap's 

    gonna 
    e
    ver 
    record 
    this 
    song 

    Chorus 2
    Let's 
    go 
    to 
    Mem
    phis 
    in 
    the 
    meantime, 
    baby 

    Let's 
    go 
    to 
    Mem
    phis 
    in 
    the 
    meantime, 
    girl 

    Let's 
    go 
    to 
    Mem
    phis 
    in 
    the 
    meantime, 
    baby 

    Bridge 1
    Let's 
    go 
    to 
    Mem
    phis 
    in 
    the 
    meantime, 
    girl 

    Maybe 
    there's 
    nothin' 
    happenin' 
    there 

    Maybe 
    there's 
    somethin' 
    in 
    the 
    air 

    Before 
    our 
    upper 
    lips 
    get 
    stiff 

    Maybe 
    we 
    need 
    us 
    a 
    big 
    ol' 
    whiff 

    Verse 3
    If 
    we 
    could 
    just 
    get 
    off-a 
    that 
    beat, 
    little 
    girl 

    Maybe 
    we 
    could 
    find 
    the 
    groove 

    At 
    least 
    we 
    can 
    get 
    ourselves 
    a 
    decent 
    meal 

    Down 
    at 
    the 
    Rendez-vous 

    'Cause 
    one 
    more 
    heartfelt 
    steel 
    guitar 
    chord 

    Girl, 
    that's 
    gonna 
    do 
    me 
    in 

    I 
    need 
    to 
    hear 
    some 
    trumpet 
    and 
    saxophone 

    You 
    know 
    sound 
    as 
    sweet 
    as 
    sin 

    Pre-chorus 3
    And 
    after 
    we 
    get 
    good 
    and 
    greasy 

    Baby, 
    we 
    can 
    come 
    on 
    home 

    Put 
    the 
    cowhorns 
    back 
    on 
    the 
    Cadillac 

    And 
    change 
    the 
    message 

    on 
    the 
    cord-a-
    phone 

    Chorus 3
    Let's 
    go 
    to 
    Mem
    phis 
    in 
    the 
    meantime, 
    baby 

    Let's 
    go 
    to 
    Mem
    phis 
    in 
    the 
    meantime, 
    girl 

    Let's 
    go 
    to 
    Mem
    phis 
    in 
    the 
    meantime, 
    baby 

    Let's 
    go 
    to 
    Mem
    phis 
    in 
    the 
    meantime, 
    girl 

    Outro 1
    I'm 
    only 
    talkin' 
    'about 
    Mem-phis 


    [Repeat 
    and 
    fade] 
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