[Intro]
A  Bm7  C#m7  D  A  D   E  A  Dsus2 A
A  Bm7  C#m7  D  A  D   E
A  Bm7  C#m7
 
[VERSE]
D                     A       (A/Ab)
There's a town that I call home
F#m           D                      A
Where all the streets are paved with soul
 
D
Down on Beale there's a honky-tonk bar
E
So hear the wail of a blues guitar
F#m                                       G
Have a beer and drop a dime in the blind man's jar
 
A            Bm7               C#m7           D
The blues sing softly in the air like a Sunday morning prayer
A/C#                     Bm7       E   A         Dsus2 A
Just one more drink and you'll see God everywhere
A              Bm7  C#m7                     D
Like a sad old melody that cheers you up, it sets you free
A/C#       Bm7    E        A  Bm7  C#m7  D  E
That's how Memphis lives in me
 
[CHORUS]
F#m
There comes a time when muddy waters run rough
E/Ab
There comes a point when a man has had enough
A                          D          D/C#
Like a friend that always stands by me
Bm
Memphis knows me
A/C#
Never showed me 
D                 E
How did life just had to be
 
[VERSE]
A          Bm7      C#m7          D
I couldn't even try to run away, say goodbye
A/C#               Bm7  E    A           Dsus2  A
Here I was born and here is where I'll die
 
A                   Bm7
I'm just a man from Tennessee 
C#m7             D
I can't be what I can't be
A/C#         Bm7      E       A  Dsus2  A
All I know is Memphis lives in me
A                         Bm7
I said I'm just a man from Tennessee
C#m7          D
Can't be what I can't be
A/C#          Bm7     E
All I know is Memphis lives
A/C#          Bm7     E
All I know is Memphis gives
A/C#          Bm7     E       A
All I know is Memphis lives in me