Biography:
Tom T. Hall (born May 25, 1936 in Olive Hill, Kentucky) is an American country balladeer and songwriter. He has written 11 #1 Hits, with 26 more that hit the Top 10. He was the son of a preacher.
As a teen, Hall put together a band called the Kentucky Travelers that performed before movies for a travelling theater. During a stint in the Army, Hall performed over the Armed Forces Radio Network and wrote comic songs about Army experiences. His early career included being a radio announcer at WRON
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- That Song Is Driving Me Crazy
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- A Picture Of Your Mother
- A Week In A County Jail
- Aint Got The Time
- Another Town
- Back When Gas Was Thirty Cents A Gallon
- Back When We Were Young
- Ballad Of Forty Dollars
- Bar With No Beer
- Bill Monroe For Breakfast
- Candy In The Window
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- Forbidden Flowers
- Girls In Saigon City
- Homecoming
- I Cried All The Way To Kentucky
- I Like Beer
- I Love
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Written by: Tom T. Hall
Perfomed 1996/1997 by: Deryl Dodd
Transcribed by: Keith Reding
This song is an old remake originally written by Tom T. Hall in 1968.
It is much easier to play if you play each chord up + step.
[Intro]
I don't have an easy way of notating the tabs but the intro licks are
not difficult.
G#m | B | F# | F#
[Verse]
F# B
If you love somebody enough
F#
You'll follow where ever they go
G#m | B
That's how I got to Memphis
F#
That's how I got to Memphis
F# B
If you love somebody enough
F#
You'll go where your heart wants to go
G#m | B
That's how I got to Memphis
F#
That's how I got to Memphis
C#
I know if you've seen her
B F#
you'll tell me `cause you are my friend
C# B
Now I've got to find her and find out the trouble
F# C#
she's in ----- in.
F# B
Well if you tell me that she's not here,
F#
I'll just follow the trail of her tears
G#m | B
That's how I got to Memphis
F#
That's how I got to Memphis
[Instrumental]
F# | B | F#| F# | G#m | B | F#| F#
[Verse]
F# B
She would get mad and she used to say
F#
she would come back to Memphis some day
G#m | B
That's how I got to Memphis
F#
That's how I got to Memphis
F# B
Mmmmm I haven't eaten a bite
F#
or slept for 3 days and nights
G#m | B
That's how I got to Memphis
F#
That's how I got to Memphis
C# B F#
Oh I've got to find her and tell her that I l ove her so
C# B F# C#
And I'll never rest until I find out why she had to go --- ooo
F# B
Well thank you for your precious time,
F#
forgive me if I start to cry
G#m | B
That's how I got to Memphis
F#
That's how I got to Memphis
G#m | B
That's how I got to Memphis
[Sustain previous chord]
That's how I got to Memphis
Repeat intro for ending
Perfomed 1996/1997 by: Deryl Dodd
Transcribed by: Keith Reding
This song is an old remake originally written by Tom T. Hall in 1968.
It is much easier to play if you play each chord up + step.
[Intro]
I don't have an easy way of notating the tabs but the intro licks are
not difficult.
G#m | B | F# | F#
[Verse]
F# B
If you love somebody enough
F#
You'll follow where ever they go
G#m | B
That's how I got to Memphis
F#
That's how I got to Memphis
F# B
If you love somebody enough
F#
You'll go where your heart wants to go
G#m | B
That's how I got to Memphis
F#
That's how I got to Memphis
C#
I know if you've seen her
B F#
you'll tell me `cause you are my friend
C# B
Now I've got to find her and find out the trouble
F# C#
she's in ----- in.
F# B
Well if you tell me that she's not here,
F#
I'll just follow the trail of her tears
G#m | B
That's how I got to Memphis
F#
That's how I got to Memphis
[Instrumental]
F# | B | F#| F# | G#m | B | F#| F#
[Verse]
F# B
She would get mad and she used to say
F#
she would come back to Memphis some day
G#m | B
That's how I got to Memphis
F#
That's how I got to Memphis
F# B
Mmmmm I haven't eaten a bite
F#
or slept for 3 days and nights
G#m | B
That's how I got to Memphis
F#
That's how I got to Memphis
C# B F#
Oh I've got to find her and tell her that I l ove her so
C# B F# C#
And I'll never rest until I find out why she had to go --- ooo
F# B
Well thank you for your precious time,
F#
forgive me if I start to cry
G#m | B
That's how I got to Memphis
F#
That's how I got to Memphis
G#m | B
That's how I got to Memphis
[Sustain previous chord]
That's how I got to Memphis
Repeat intro for ending
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