Midinight In Memphis
Bette Midler
RockMedium for beginners6 chords
How to play it
Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.
D
A
Bm
G
Em
F#mDiagram coming soon
Chords & lyrics
Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.
Intro: D A Bm A D Verse one D G D Middight in Memphis,andallthe girls/boys are out tonight G D Whoa,Midinight in Memphis,and my true love is not in sight D A G D The neon slowin, but I just don see the light I'm Verse two D G D followin my foot steps try'n to find myself a friend G G D Oh,baby,followin my foot steps just to see where they might end I'm A G D Try'n to break these blues, but I can get them tob end G D A D| Whoa, midnight in Memphis, well, you take me away Em F#m G D A G D Oh,midnight in Memphis, It a long long time before the day Verse three D G D Burn-in dow non Beale Street can you hear the engine roar G G D Yeah, yeah, burnin dow non Beale Street, there a girl in ev'ry door |A G Well, it don matter what you got D they're always askin' more more Interlude: D G D G D A G D Verse four D G D I heard the river risin risin up over my head G D Yeah, I heard that river rise up,and this is what it said A G Oh, I don need no live ones D I just take care of the dead.Whoa, whoa,whoa G D A D Whoa, midnight in Memphis, well, you take me away Em F#m G D A G D Oh, Midnight in Memphis, It a long long time before the day D G D Middight in Memphis, and all the girls/boys are out tonight |G G D Whoa, Midinight in Memphis, and my true love is not in sight D A G D The neon, but I just don see the light I'm Verse two D G D followin my foot steps try'n to find my self a friend G G D Oh, baby, followin my foot steps just to see where they might end I'm A G D Try'n to break these blues, but I can get them to bend G D A D| Whoa, midnight in Memphis, well, you take me away Em F#m G D A G D Oh, midnight in Memphis, It a long long time before the day
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Chord set
D · A · Bm · G · Em · F#m
Practice tip
Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.