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Song title:      Memphis In The Meantime
Original Album:	 Bring The Family

Words and Music by John Hiatt
Copyright © 1987 A&M Records
Published by ??? Music Publishing

Transcribed by Gavin Chart (contactus@gartfrets.net)


INTRO:
Chords:
E  022100


[play: 4/4| E | % |]  [x4]



VERSE1:
Chords:
E     022100    D/A   x00232
A     x02220    A7    x02020
B7    x21202


| E                                     | %
  I got something to say little girl, you might not like my style

  | %                                         | %
But we've been hanging around this town, just a little too long a while

  | A                                           | %
You say you're gonna get your act together, gonna take it out on the road

       | E                                  | %
But if I don’t get outta here pretty soon, my head's going to explode

   | B7                     | %
Sure I like country music and I like mandolins

        | A              | D/A                  | A7             | D/A
But right now I need a Telecaster through a Vibro-lux turned up to ten



CHORUS:
Chords:
E  022100


          | E                      | %
Let’s go to Memphis in the meantime, baby, a-how!

| %                      | %
  Memphis in the meantime, girl



VERSE2:
Notes:
Play as for VERSE1.

Chords:
E     022100    D/A   x04030  x00232
A     x02220    A7    x05050  x02020
B7    x21202


| E                                           | %
I need a little shot of that rhythm baby, mixed up with these country blues

      | %                                      | %
I wanna trade in these old cowboy boots for some fine Italian shoes

 | A                                         | %
Forget the mousse and the hairspray, sugar, we don’t need none of that

     | E                             | %
Just a little dab will do ya girl underneath a pork-pie hat

| B7                         | B7
Until hell freezes over, maybe you can wait that long

    | A                | D/A           | A7             | D/A
But I don’t think Ronnie Millsap’s gonna ever record this song



CHORUS2:
Chords:
E  022100

          | E                      | %
Let’s go to Memphis in the meantime, baby

            | %                      | %
a-Let's go to Memphis in the meantime, girl

            | %                      | %
a-Let’s go to Memphis in the meantime, baby

          | %                      | %
Let's go to Memphis in the meantime, girl



BRIDGE:
Chords:
E     022100    D/A   x04030  x00232
A     x02220    A7    x05050  x02020
B7    x21202


| A               D/A               A7                   D/A            | A | E
    Maybe there's nothin' happenin' there, maybe there's somethin' in the air

| A            D/A            A7                   D/A        | A   | E | B7
    Before our upper-lips get stiff, maybe we need us a big ol' whiff



VERSE3:
Play as for previous verses.

Chords:
E     022100    D/A   x04030  x00232
A     x02220    A7    x05050  x02020
B7    x21202


          | E                                    | %
If we could just get off-a that beat, little girl, maybe we could find the groove

 | E                            | %
At least we can get a decent meal down at the Rendezvous

     | A                                    | %
'Cause one more heartfelt steel guitar chord, girl, it's gonna do me in

        | E                                       | %
I need to hear some trumpet and saxophone, you know sound as sweet as sin

        | B7                          | %
And after we get good and greasy, baby, we can come on home

      | A                   | D/A                   | A7                  | D/A
Put the cow horns back on the Cadillac and change the message on the Cord-a-phone



[repeat CHORUS]



OUTRO:

                  | E
I'm a talking about Mem__phis, a-how, how