Chuck Berry, Memphis, Tennessee (1959)
^{Key: :[F#] (w: Chuck Berry) (c: John Rivers, 1964) (c: Roy Orbison, 1972)}

INTRO: [F#6] [F#9] [F#6] [F#9]

VERSE 1:
Long [C#6] distance infor-[C#9]-mation give me [C#6] Memphis, Tennes-[C#9]-see
[C#6] Help me find the [C#9] party trying to [C#6] get in touch with [C#9] me

CHORUS 1:
She [F#6] could not leave her [F#9] number but I [F#6] know who placed the [F#9] call
My [C#6] uncle took the [C#9] message and he [C#6] wrote it [C#9] on the [F#] wall

VERSE 2:
[C#6] Help me infor-[C#9]-mation get in [C#6] touch with my [C#9] Marie
She's the [C#6] only one who'd [C#9] phone me here from [C#6] Memphis Tennes-[C#9]-see

CHORUS 2:
Her [F#6] home is on the [F#] south-side [F#6] high up on a [F#9] ridge
[C#6] Just a half a [C#9] mile from the [C#6] Mississ-[C#9]-ippi [F#] Bridge

INSTRUMENTAL: [over VERSE + CHORUS]

VERSE 3:
[C#6] Help me infor-[C#9]-mation more [C#6] than that I cannot [C#9] add
[C#6] Only that I [C#9] miss her and [C#6] all the fun we [C#9] had

CHORUS 3:
But [F#6] we were pulled a-[F#9]-part because her [F#6] mom did not a-[F#9]-gree
And [C#6] tore apart our [C#9] happy home in [C#6] Memphis [C#9] Tennes-[F#]-see

VERSE 4:
The [C#6] last time I [C#9] saw Marie she was [C#6] waving me good-[C#9]-bye
With [C#6] hurry home drops [C#9] on her cheek that [C#6] trickled from her [C#9] eye

CHORUS 4:
Ma-[F#6]-rie is only [F#9] six years old [F#6] information [F#9] please
[C#6] Try to put me [C#9] through to her in [C#6] Memphis [C#9] Tennes-[F#]-see