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Last Train To Memphis

Biography:

Elliott James Murphy (born March 16, 1949 in New York, Long Island, New York is an American rock singer-songwriter, novelist, producer and journalist living in Paris.

In true rock 'n roll fashion Elliott James Murphy Jr. was born in Mercy Hospital, Rockville Center, New York in 1949 to a successful show business family.
Elliott grew up in nearby Garden City, started playing the guitar at 12 years old and with his band The Rapscallions he won the 1966 New York State Battle of the Bands.

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Song: Last Train To Memphis
Artist: Elliott Murphy
Album: Beauregard (1998)
Tabbed by: Javier de la Fuente

[Intro]
G C G C G C G C

[Verse]
G C
Nat King Cole and Louis Armstrong
G C
sitting in the cold when the truck pulled along
G C
Driven by the boy in the dyed black hair
G C
Asked him where he's going and he said eveywhere

[Chorus]
D Em
And ohhh, it's the last train to Memphis
D Em
And ohhh, don't you wonder where it's gonna take us
C
But I gotta get back, get the train on the track
C
Nose to the grindstone pick up the slack

[Interlude]
G C G C

[Verse]
G C
Governor Wallace and Robert E. Lee
G C
Wonder what these rebels would think of me
G C
Love me tender on a highway sixty one
G C
In every other car someone's carrying a gun

[Chorus]
D Em
And ohhh, it's the last train to Memphis
D Em
And ohhh, don't you wonder where it's gonna take us
C
But I gotta get back, put the train on the track
C
Stoke up the fire, pick up the slack

[Bridge]
F Am
It's a land of dreams, it's not all it seems
G F
It's a store of Tupelo honey
F Am
Down the freedom trail, on a cotton bail
Em D D D D D
It's the overnight mail

[Interlude]
G C G C G C

[Verse]
G C
Stonewall Jackson and Pickett's Charge
G C
Mississippi River and life on a barge
G C
Wal Mart shopping on a Sunday afternoon
G C
Chicken fried steak couldn't come too soon

[Chorus]
D Em
And ohhh, it's the last train to Memphis
D Em
And ohhh, don't you wonder where it's gonna take us
C
But I gotta get back, put the train on the track
C
Upstairs Graceland heart attack
C
Too many ribs right off the rack
C
Thought I knew the answer but I never look back

[Outro]
G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G
Last train to Memphis