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INTRO 
 
 
 
                        A                  E 
You don't have to go to Memphis to get the blues, 
         B                                     E   B 
You just fall in love with the kind of women I do. 
     E                                      A             Bbdim 
I've had me a dozen but I never had one that did not fall through, 
                        E      B           E      B 
You don't have to go to Memphis to get the blues. 
 
 
 
E                  F#m 
There she goes and here I stay, 
B                   E 
 Watchin' good love slip away. 
               F#m        F#7               B 
Once again I'm all alone, love has come and gone. 
 
 
 
                        A                  E 
You don't have to go to Memphis to get the blues, 
         B                                     E   B 
You just fall in love with the kind of women I do. 
     E                                      A             Bbdim 
I've had me a dozen but I never had one that did not fall through, 
                        E      B           E      B 
You don't have to go to Memphis to get the blues. 
 
 
 
E                  F#m 
She moved out, the blues moved in, 
B                  E 
 And where I am is lost again. 
                   F#m 
I've been east and I've been west, 
F#7         B 
And I can attest: 
 
 
 
                        A                  E 
You don't have to go to Memphis to get the blues, 
         B                                     E   B 
You just fall in love with the kind of women I do. 
     E                                      A             Bbdim 
I've had me a dozen but I never had one that did not fall through, 
                        E      B           E      A 
You don't have to go to Memphis to get the blues. 
          Bbdim         E      B           E       
You don't have to go to Memphis to get the blues.