Maybe It Was Memphis — Pam Tillis
Chords and lyrics for Maybe It Was Memphis by Pam Tillis (key of D).
Intro
[A] [A]
Verse
[A]Looking at you through a misty moonlight
Katydid sing like a [D]symphony
[A]Porch swing swaying like a Tennessee lullaby
Melody blowing through the [D]willow tree
Pre Chorus
[E] What was I [D]s'posed to do
[E] Standing there [D]lookin’ at you?
[E]lonely [G]boy far from [A]home
Chorus
[A] Maybe it was Memphis
Maybe it was [D]southern summer nights
Maybe it was[Bm7] you, maybe it was [D]me
But it sure felt [A]right[A][A]
Verse
[A]Read about you in a Faulkner novel
Met you once in a [D]Williams' play
[A]Heard about you in a country love song
Summer night beauty [D]took my breath away
Pre Chorus
[E] What was I [D]s'posed to do
[E] Standing there [D]lookin’ at you?
[E] Lonely [G]boy far from [A]home
Chorus
[A] Maybe it was Memphis
Maybe it was [D]southern summer nights
Maybe it was [Bm7]you, maybe it was [D]me
But it sure felt [A]right
Chorus
[A] Maybe it was Memphis
Maybe it was [D]southern summer nights
Maybe it was [Bm7]you, maybe it was [D]me
But it sure felt [A]right
Instrumental
[A] [A] [A]
[D] [D] [D] [D]
[A] [A] [A] [A]
[D] [D] [Bm7] [D](let [A]ring)
Verse
[A]Every night now since I been back home
I lie awake drifting in my [D]memory
[A]Think about you on your mama's front porch swing
Talking that way, so [D]soft to me
Pre Chorus
[E] What was I [D]s'posed to do
[E] Standing there [D]lookin‘ at you?
[E] Lonely [G]boy far from [A]home
Chorus
[A]Maybe it was Memphis
Maybe it was [D]southern summer nights
Maybe it was [Bm7]you, maybe it was [D]me
But it sure felt [A]right
Chorus
[A] Maybe it was Memphis
Maybe it was [D]southern summer nights
Maybe it was [Bm7]you, maybe it was [D]me
But it sure felt [A]right
Chorus
[A] Maybe it was Memphis
Maybe it was [D]southern summer nights
Maybe it was [Bm7]you, maybe it was [D]me
But it sure felt [A]right[A]
Bridge
Oh You know it sure felt [A][A]right[A]
Oh [D/A] Maybe it was [A][A]Memphis[A]
[D/A] Maybe it was [A][A]Memphis[A]
[D/A] Maybe it was [A]Memphis[A][A]
Outro
[A] [D]Maybe it was [A][A]Memphis[A]
[D] But it sure felt [A][A]right[A]
[A] [D]Maybe it was [A][A]Memphis[A]
[D] But it sure felt [A][A]right[A]
[D]fade[A]
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