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Well she drew out all her money from the Southern Trust 
                              B         E 
And put her little boy on the Greyhound Bus 
                       A                 E 
Leaving Memphis with a guitar in his hand 
                             B         E 
With a one way ticket to the Promised Land 
                     A               E 
Hey little girl with the red dress on 
                              B        E 
There's party tonight down in Memphis town 
                                A          E 
I'll be going down there if you need a ride 
                          B                E  | E | A E | E | B E 
The man on the radio says Elvis Presley's died 
 
                        A                E 
We drove to Memphis the sky was hard and black 
                         B            E 
Up over the ridge came a white Cadillac 
                                        A              E 
They drawed out all his money and they laid him in the back 
                                    B               E 
A woman cried from the roadside "Oh he's gone, he's gone" 
                           A           E 
They found him slumped up against the drain 
                            B                   E 
With a whole lotta trouble running through his veins 
 
                 A         E 
Bye bye Johnny, Johnny bye bye 
                             B              E 
You didn't have to die, you didn't have to die 
 
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