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Last Train to Memphis 4/4 The Band (Levon Helm)
Capo 2 Standard Tuning Transcribed by Ken Lee kandvlee@shaw.ca
Intro:
/ G /
Take the / last train to / Memphis,
D /
Ride the Tennessee / Eagle,
/ D /
A / lonesome whistle / in the night,
D / G
Echoes off the / River,
G / /
Take the / last Train to / Memphis,
D /
Get the southbound / Eagle,
/ D /
The / King is gone, but you / still get a song,
D / G
Deep in the heart of the / people.
/ G /
Take the / last train to / Memphis,
/ D /
We / gonna have a / real good time,
D /
Memphis sits on the / top of the river,
D / G
Right on the Arkanasas / line.
/ G /
Take the / last train to / Memphis,
D /
Put on your dancin' / shoes,
/ D /
They / got a lotta good / music in Memphis,
/ G
Wisely "The Home of the / Blues.
Chorus:
G / / G / D
Ride the / Eagle, / Get on / board,
D /
Ride the Eagle / all night long,
D / G
Next stop Graceland's / door,
/ G / / D /
You can / ride the / Eagle, / Get on / board,
D /
Cross the Arkansas / border by midnight
D / G
Next stop Graceland's / door.
Break: Two verses Guitar solo
/ G /
The / last train to / Memphis,
D /
Ride the Tenneessee / Eagle,
D /
Memphis in May, when we / sing and we play,
D / G
Party time with the / people,
/ G /
Take the / last train to / Memphis,
D /
You better get / on board,
D
If you wanna see,
/ D
Where the / King comes from,
D / G
When he was a little / boy.
/ G /
You take the / last train to / Memphis,
D /
Ride the Tennessee / Eagle,
/ D /
The / King is gone, but you / still get a song
D / G
Deep in the heart of the / people
Chorus:
G / / G / D
Ride the / Eagle, / Get on / board @ 2
G /
Last train to / Memphis, @ 4
G / / G / D
Fly the / Eagle, / Get on / board,
G /
Fly the / Eagle,
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