MEET ME IN MEMPHIS
Jimmy Buffett
MCA Records
From the album "Floridays"
Submitted by Christopher R.



Intro

He's (D) holed up down on Ramrod Key in the (G) Tavenier Ho(D)tel 
(G) Livin' out his (D) loneliness like an (A) oyster in a shell 
By (D) days he pulls the trap line 
By (G) night he lives a(D)lone 
(G) Don't really feel like co(D)mpany it's just (A) him and his fridge and his (D) phone 

(G) Meet me in (D) Memphis (meet me in Memphis) 
(G) That's where I'll (D) be (that's where I'll be) 
(G) I'm by the river (oooh oooh) (G) please come back to (A) me 
(G) Meet me in (D) Memphis (meet me in Memphis) 
My (G) wild days are (D) through 
And (G) nothin' re(D)places (oooh oooh) (Em) (A) me next to (D) you 

He's (D) been there since she ran away 
(G) She said she needs some (D) space 
Oc(G)casionally she still (D) calls collect 
From some (A) god forsaken (D) place 
(D) Then one day a letter came  (G) Postmarked Tenne(D)ssee 
And the (G) envelope scent and the (D) postage spent 
Well it (A) lit up her old memor(D)y 

(G) Meet me in (D) Memphis (meet me in Memphis) 
(G) That's where I'll (D) be (that's where I'll be) 
(G) I'm by the river (oooh oooh) (G) please come back to (A) me 
(G) Meet me in (D) Memphis (meet me in Memphis) 
My (G) wild days are (D) through 
And (G) nothin' re(D)places (oooh oooh) (Em) (A) me next to (D) you 

I (Bm) know she could break my (F#m) heart again 
But (Bm) I'm gonna play and (E) I'm gonna win    
Where (A) Otis would (G) play 
(A) Da da da dock of the (G) bay 

(G) Meet me in (D) Memphis (meet me in Memphis) 
(G) That's where I'll (D) be (that's where I'll be) 
(G) I'm by the river (oooh oooh) (G) please come back to (A) me 
(G) Meet me in (D) Memphis (meet me in Memphis) 
My (G) wild days are (D) through 
And (G) nothin' re(D)places (oooh oooh) (Em) (A) me next to (D) you