{"id":20865,"date":"2024-06-18T05:46:42","date_gmt":"2024-06-18T05:46:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/?p=20865"},"modified":"2026-01-06T23:47:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T23:47:15","slug":"queen-of-memphis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/queen-of-memphis\/","title":{"rendered":"Queen of Memphis"},"content":{"rendered":"

D – – – – – <\/span>\u200b\u200bQueen of Memphis,<\/span> Confederate Railroad, 1992<\/span><\/p>\n

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The strumming pattern above works, but may not be completely accurate.\r\n \r\n \r\n[Intro]\r\n \r\nC<\/span>    G<\/span>    D<\/span>    G<\/span>\r\n \r\n \r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n \r\n  G<\/span>\r\nI hitchhiked up to Memphis, a young boy in my prime\r\n  C<\/span>                                               G<\/span>\r\nI thought that big old city could ease my Georgia mind\r\nG<\/span>                      Bm<\/span>\r\nAfter just one hour, I met this Southern girl\r\n              C<\/span>\r\nShe said they call me the Queen of Memphis\r\n         D<\/span>                  G<\/span>\r\nThen she took me around the world\r\n \r\n \r\n{ CHORUS }\r\n\r\n \r\n      D<\/span>     C<\/span>              G<\/span>\r\nI saw stars dancing on the water\r\n        Em<\/span>    D<\/span>                  C<\/span>\r\nI heard Elvis singing Blue Suede Shoes\r\n         D<\/span>     C<\/span>            G<\/span>       C<\/span>\r\nThat old muddy river was my witness\r\n    G<\/span>               D<\/span>                      G<\/span>\r\nThe night I fell in love with the Queen of Memphis\r\n \r\n \r\n[Interlude]\r\n \r\nC<\/span>    G<\/span>    D<\/span>    G<\/span>\r\n \r\n \r\n[Verse 2]\r\n \r\n  G<\/span>\r\nI woke up the next morning a prisoner of her charms\r\n    C                                                  G\r\nShe showed me things I'd never seen back there on that farm\r\n    G                           Bm\r\nShe set my soul on fire, she completed all my dreams\r\n  C                                  D                   G\r\nA boy became a man that night in the arms of the Memphis Queen\r\n \r\n \r\n{ CHORUS }\r\n \r\n      D     C              G\r\nI saw stars dancing on the water\r\n        Em    D                  C\r\nI heard Elvis singing Blue Suede Shoes\r\n         D     C            G       C\r\nThat old muddy river was my witness\r\n    G               D                      G\r\nThe night I fell in love with the Queen of Memphis\r\n \r\n \r\n[Bridge]\r\n \r\nD\/F# Em                                G\r\nJust like that old man river she keeps rolling through my mind\r\nD\/F#    Em                             C                D\r\nAnd you know I won't forget her 'cause she was one of a kind\r\n \r\n \r\n{ CHORUS }\r\n \r\n      D     C              G\r\nI saw stars dancing on the water\r\n        Em    D                  C\r\nI heard Elvis singing Blue Suede Shoes\r\n         D     C            G       C\r\nThat old muddy river was my witness\r\n    G               D                      G\r\nThe night I fell in love with the Queen of Memphis\r\n \r\n \r\n[Ending]\r\n \r\n    G             D                      G\r\nAnd I am still in love with the Queen of Memphis\r\n \r\nC    G    D    G\r\n
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