Memphis Tennessee    (intro) (midi)

 

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1. Long-distance information, get me Memphis, Tennessee,

 

    help me find the party who tried to get in touch with me.

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    She could not leave her number, but I know who placed the call,

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    'cause my uncle took a message and he wrote it on the wall.

 

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2. Help me, information, get in touch with my Marie,

 

    she's the only one who phones me here from Memphis, Tennessee.

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    Her home is on the south side, high upon the ridge,

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    just a half a mile from the Mississippi bridge.

 

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3. Help me, information, more than that I cannot add,

 

    only that I miss her and all the fun we had.

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    But we were pulled apart because her mom would not agree,

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    tore apart our happy home in Memphis, Tennessee.

 

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4. Last time I saw Marie, she was wavin' me goodbye,

 

    with hurry-home drops on her cheeks that trickled from her eyes.

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    Marie is only 6 years old, information please,

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    try to put me through to her in Memphis, Tennessee.

 

    (Chuck Berry)