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Band - Last Train From Memphis guitar tab

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.

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Take the / last train to / Memphis,

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We / gonna have a / real good time,

D                            /      

Memphis sits on the / top of the river,

D                                 / G

Right on the Arkanasas / line.

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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,

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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

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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,

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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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