John Prine - The Sins of Memphisto guitar chord
The Sins of Memphisto
written by John Prine
Album: "The Missing Years"
12/1/05
INTRO: C Csus2 C Csus2 (2x)
CHORUS:
F
From the bells of St. Mary
C
To the Count of Montecristo
G F
Nothing can stop, nothing can stop, nothing can stop the sins
C
Of Memphisto
INTRO
G
Sally used to play with her hoola-hoops
F
Now she tells her problems to therapy groups
G
Grandpa's on the front lawn starin' at a rake
F
Wonderin' if his marriage was a terrible mistake
G
I'm sittin' on the front steps drinkin' Orange Crush
F C Csus2
Wonderin' if it's possible for me to still blush uh-huh
C Csus2 C
Oh yeah
G
A boy on a bike with courderoy slacks
F
Sleeps in the river by the railroad tracks
G
Waits for the whistle on the train to scream
F C Csus2
So he can close his eyes and begin to dream uh-huh
C Csus2 C
Oh yeah
CHORUS
INTRO
G
The hands on his watch spin slowly around
F
With his mind on a bus that goes all over town
G
Lookin' at the babies and the factories
F
Listenin' to the music of Mr. Squeeze
G
As if by magic or remote control
F C Csus2
He finds a piece of a puzzle that he missed in his soul uh-huh
C Csus2 C
Oh yeah
CHORUS
INTRO
G
Adam and Eve and Lucy and Ricky
F
Bit the Big Apple and got a little sticky
G
Ismarelda and the Huntchback of Notre Dame
F
They humped each other like they had no shame
G
They paused as they posed for a polaroid photo
F C
She whispered in his ear exactly odo, Quasimodo
INTRO
CHORUS
INTRO
G
Sally used to play with her hoola-hoops
F C Csus2
Now she tells her problems to therapy groups uh-huh
C Csus2 C
Oh yeah
INTRO
