MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE  Written by Chuck Berry 
AS PERFORMED BY JOHNNY RIVERS


Intro  - The "!" in the tab stands for a "dry" strum or "scratch". 
          Actually - think of it as the return from the lick.
Gtr I
    ~~~
|-!-0-0-----------------------|  |-!-0-0-----------------------|
|-!\5-3--!0-------------------|  |-!\5-3--!0-------------------|
|--------!4-4s2-0--------0----|  |--------!4-4s2-0--------0----|
|------------------2pb4r-2----|  |------------------2pb4r-2----|
|-----------------------------|  |-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|  |-----------------------------|


|-!\5-3--!0-------------------|   |-!-0-0-----------------------|
|--------!4-4s2-0--------0----|   |-!\5-3-!0--------------------|
|------------------2pb4r-2----|   |-------!4-4s2-0-------0------|
|-----------------------------|   |----------------2pb4r-2------|
|-----------------------------|   |-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|   |-----------------------------|

 
 
  Gtr I                   E
    ~~~
|-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-------0-|-0----|
|-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-------0-|-0----|
|-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-2-0-0-1-|-1----|
|-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-----2-2-|-2----|
|-2-2-|-2-2-4-5-------2-|-2----|
|-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-------0-|-0----|


E / / / 2 / / / 3 / /
     B
Long-distance information, get me Memphis, Tennessee
Help me find the party who tried to get in touch with me
    E
She could not leave her number, but I know who placed the call
                       B7                             E
'Cause my uncle took a message and he wrote it on the wall

Verse 2:
Help me, information; get in touch with my Marie
She's the only one who called me here from Memphis, Tennessee
Her home is on the south side, high upon the ridge
Just a half a mile from the Mississippi Bridge

(Instrumental; same pattern as verses)

Verse 3:
Help me, information, more than that I cannot add
Only that I miss her and all the fun we had
But we were pulled apart because her mom would not agree
Tore apart our happy home in Memphis, Tennessee

Verse 4:
Last time I saw Marie, she was waving' me goodbye
With hurry-home drops on her cheeks that trickled from her eyes
Marie is only 6 years old; information please
Try to put me through to her in Memphis, Tennessee



Middle Solo


|-10S12-12-10S12-12-10S12-12-\12-\10-10-|
|-12s14----12s14----12s14-----14-\12----|
|-11s13----11s13----11s13-----13-\11----|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|


|-10S12-12-10S12-12-10S12-|-12-\12-\10-10----|
|-12s14----12s14----12s14-|-----14-\12-------|
|-11s13----11s13----11s13-|-----13-\11-------|
|-------------------------|------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------|


                                    ~~~
|-14--16-16-14--16-16-14--16-|-16-!-0-0---------------|
|-16-/18----16-/18----16-/18-|----!\5-3-!0------------|
|-15-/17----15-/17----15-/17-|----------!4-4s2-0------|
|----------------------------|-------------------2pb4r|
|----------------------------|------------------------|
|----------------------------|------------------------|


|------0-0-0-0-|-0-0-------0-0--|
|------0-0-0-0-|-0-0-------0-0--|
|-0----1-1-1-1-|-1-1-2-0-0-1-1--|
|-2----2-2-2-2-|-2-2-----2-2-2--|
|------2-2-2-2-|-4-5-------2-2--|
|------0-0-0-0-|-0-0-------0-0--|


Tablature Legend
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 h   - hammer-on
 p   - pull-off
 b   - bend
 pb  - pre-bend
 r   - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
 /\  - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
 s   - legato slide
 S   - shift slide
n>  - natural harmonic
[n]  - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
 ~   - vibrato
 !   - dry "sratch" or precussive strum
 tr  - trill
 T   - tap
 TP  - trem. picking
 PM  - palm muting
\n/  - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
 \n  - tremolo bar down
 n/  - tremolo bar up
/n\  - tremolo bar inverted dip
 =   - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
 >  - volume swell (louder/softer)
 x   - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
 o   - on rhythm slash represents single note slash