Midnight Train To Memphis Chords by The SteelDrivers

[Start]

[Intro]
A7 E7 E A Em D
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Em E Em E
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[Verse]
E7   E                                   
Well Judge looked down gave me forty days
                           E            
Instead of the fine that I could not pay
Em E                                   Em
■  Said walk right you'll soon be home ■ 
E                                    
Cross the line and you're on your own


[Chorus]
Em A7    D       Bm7                 D    E7    
■  Forty Days of shotguns and barbed wire fences
E                        B      A                        Em     
■ Forty nights to sit an listen to the midnight train to Memphis


[Inst]

[Verse]
E7                  E                  E7      
■  Well now whistle blows when the sun comes up
        E                              A
Head to floor keep your big mouth shut ■
         E                       G
Eat your breakfast on the ground ■
          E                           A7
Work like hell 'til the sun goes down ■ 


[Chorus]
      D    Bm7 D                           E7    
Forty days ■   of shotguns and barbed wire fences
Em       B7                         A7                       Em     
■  Forty nights to sit an listen to ■  the midnight train to Memphis


[Solo]
A7 E7 Em E7 Em E7
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Bm7 Em7 Asus4 E
■   ■   ■     ■


[Chorus]
                                            A
Well now ten for the jury ten for the judge ■
E                        Em     A
Twenty more to forget my grudge ■
E                       
When I get to thirtynine
A            E                           Em  
■ That's the longest day in a prisoner's mind
A D                                 E    A      Em
■ Forty days of shotguns and barbed wire fences ■ 
E                      B      A7                          Em     
Forty nights to sit an listen ■  to the midnight train to Memphis
                          A
Midnight train to Memphis ■
                  E7      Em
Midnight train to Memphis ■ 
                         E       Em E
On the midnight train to Memphis ■  ■


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