How to Play Walking in Memphis on Guitar?

Marc Cohn - Walking in Memphis can be played in the key of G using the G, C, Am, F, Dm chords. For G, To play G, press fret 2 on the A string with finger 2, let D, G, B ring open, mute low E, high E. For C, To play C, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, G, high E ring open, mute A, D. For Am, To play Am, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, A, high E ring open, mute D, G. For F, To play F, barre fret 1 from the B string to the high E string with finger 1, press fret 1 on the low E string with finger 4, let A ring open, mute D, G. For Dm, To play Dm, press fret 1 on the low E string with finger 2, press fret 1 on the high E string with finger 2, let A, D ring open, mute G, B. Barre: Use your index finger to press multiple strings on the same fret, keeping your finger flat. You can play Walking in Memphis with the ↓-↓↑ strumming pattern.

Marc Cohn - Walking in Memphis Chords

Chord reference G, C, Am, F, Dm

Rhythm tips ↓-↓↑

[G] [C] [Am] [C] [Am] [F] [C]Put on my blue suede [D]shoes, and I [C]boarded the plane [Am] [Am]Touched down [C]in the land of the Delta Blues [F]In the middle of the [C]pouring rain [Am] [F]

W.C. [C]Handy , won’t you [F]look down [C]over me [C]Yeah, I got a first class ticket [F]But I’m as [C]blue as a boy can be

[C]Then I’m walking in [F]Memphis [G] [C] [Am]Was [F]walking with my feet, ten feet off of [C]Beale [Am]Walking [F]in [G]Memphis [C]But do I really [Dm]feel the way I [C]feel [F] [Am] [F]Saw the ghost of [Am]Elvis on [F]Union [C]Avenue Followed him [F]up to the [C]gates of Graceland Then I [F]watched him walk [C]right through

Now [F]security they did not see [C]him They just [F]hovered [G]’round his [C]tomb [Dm]But there’s a [F]pretty little [G]thing, [C]waiting for the king [F]Down in the Jungle Room

[C]They’ve got [Am]catfish on the [C]table , they’ve got [Am]gospel in the [C]air And Reverend [Em]Green, be [F]glad to see you When you [F#m]haven’t got a [G]prayer Boy, you got a prayer in [F]Memphis

[G] [C] [Am] [F] [C] [F]

[G]Now Muriel, plays [C]piano [F]every Friday at the [C]Hollywood [Am] [F]And they brought me down to [C]see [Dm]her and they [F]asked me if I [C]would [F]Do a [G]little [C]number and I [F]sang with all [C]my might

She [F]said, “Tell me are you a [C]Christian [Am]child?” And I [C]said, “[Em]Ma’am, I am [C]tonight”

[C]Put on my blue suede [D]shoes, and I [C]boarded the plane [Am] [Am]Touched down [C]in the land of the Delta Blues [F]In the middle of the [C]pouring rain [Am] [F]

[A]Touched down [C]in the land of the Delta Blues [F]In the middle of the [C]pouring rain [Am] [F] [Am] [F] [C]

Artist Marc Cohn

Album Marc Cohn

Genres Country

Year 1991

Key G

Marc Cohn - Walking in Memphis can be played in the key of G using the G, C, Am, F, Dm chords.

For G, To play G, press fret 2 on the A string with finger 2, let D, G, B ring open, mute low E, high E.
For C, To play C, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, G, high E ring open, mute A, D.
For Am, To play Am, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, A, high E ring open, mute D, G.
For F, To play F, barre fret 1 from the B string to the high E string with finger 1, press fret 1 on the low E string with finger 4, let A ring open, mute D, G.
For Dm, To play Dm, press fret 1 on the low E string with finger 2, press fret 1 on the high E string with finger 2, let A, D ring open, mute G, B.

Barre: Use your index finger to press multiple strings on the same fret, keeping your finger flat.

You can play Walking in Memphis with the ↓-↓↑ strumming pattern.