I've Been To Memphis (Live) — Lyle Lovett
Chords and lyrics for I've Been To Memphis (Live) by Lyle Lovett (key of A).
Intro
[A7/E]All in!
[D7] [A] [D] [A/C#] [D] [G] [A] [E] [A] [F#m7/A] [D] [A7] [D/A] [A7] [D] [Am] [F/A] [F#m/A] [Am7] [D/A] [A] [D] [Dm] [A] [B] [Asus4] [Bm/D]
Verse 1
I've [E]been to Memphis [D/A]and Mussel Shores.
[D/A]And I [Em]love it [F#m/A]warm, but [E]I don't know.
[A7] [Em] [Am] [Em] [A]
When the sun goes down, [D/A]it's another time.
A bartender, [A]please, another round.
Chorus
Lord, I [D]can't believe what I see.
How could [A]you be alone
when you could sit right [G#m]there beside [Am]me, girl?
[Dm]And make yourself at [G]home.
Verse 2
[E]I've been to Houston [A][D]and [Gm]San [D/A]Antonio.
And I love it warm, [A7]but [Em]I don't know.
[A]
The shepherds, [D]she had big ones.
[A]The salons [D]had some too.
[A][D]My Allah's son had [Am7]little ones.
[D#maj7]So I hate [G#m]the gold [D]and the stone.
Verse 3
And [Em]I make my bed [D]while [Em][D]I [Am]lay my head.
And I [F#m/A]wish I heard what she [E]just said, Lord.
I can't [D]believe what I see.
How could [A]you be alone when you could sit [B7]right there beside me, girl?
And [Dsus2]make yourself [G]at [E]home.
Verse 4
I've been to LA [A][Dm/A]and El Paso.
[A]And [A7]I love it [A]warm, but [E]I [Em7]don't know.
Interlude
[A] [D/A] [Gmaj7] [F#m/A] [Am7] [Em] [A] [A] [C] [A] [G#maj7] [Am7] [Amaj7] [Cm] [Dsus4/A] [Cm] [D#/G] [G#maj7] [A7] [Gmaj7] [F#7] [Gmaj7] [A7/E] [Am] [G] [Dm] [G#maj7] [A5] [D7] [Cm/G] [Am] [Am] [A]
Verse 5
And [F/A]I love it warm, but I don't know.
[D7]The shepherds, she [Am]had big ones.
[A][F/A]The salons had some too.
My [D7]Allah's son [D]had little ones.
[G]So I [Am]hate the gold and the stone.
Verse 6
And [G]I make [Am7]my bed, why [D]lay [A]my [D]head?
[F#m7/A]And I [F#m7/A]wish I [D]heard what she just said,
Lord, I can't [D]believe what I see.
How could [A]you be alone?
And you could sit right beside me, [B7]girl,
[Dm]and make yourself [G]at [E7]home.
Outro
I've [E]been to, [D/A]mm -hmm, mm -hmm.
And where do I go?
Why love at home?
What [E]I don't know.
[A][C]And [F#m/A]I love at home.
What [E]I don't [Emaj7]know.
And I love [Em]at home.
[C#]What [E]I don't know.
[A][Em][A][Em]Mm -hmm.
[G]Oh, [C]what I don't [Em7]know.
[A] [Em7] [C]