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