Back To Memphis Chords & Lyrics - Chuck Berry

[INTRO]
[F7]

[VERSE 1]
[F7]I've been struggling up here, child, trying to make a living
[F7]Everybody wants to take, nobody like giving
I wish [Bb7]I was in Memphis back home there with my Mama
The only [F7]clothes I got left that ain't rags is my pajamas
No [C7]brotherly love, no help, no danger
Just a [F7]great big town full of cold hearted strangers

[VERSE 2]
[F7]I went hungry in New York and Chicago was no better
[F7]But today, my dear mother wrote and told me in her letter
Son, come [Bb7]on back to Memphis and live here with your Mama
You can [F7]walk down Beale Street, honey, wearing your pajamas
You know [C7]home folks here, we let do just what you want to
And [F7]I born you and raised you right here on the corner

[GUITAR SOLO]
[F7] [Bb7] [F7] [C7]
[F7]

[VERSE 3]
[F7]I'm gonna leave here in the morning and walk down to the station
[F7]I've got just enough money to pay my transportation
I'm [Bb7]going back to Memphis, back home with my Mama
If I have to [F7]ride that bus barefooted in pajamas
Back [C7]home in Memphis, no moaning and groaning
I know [F7]everything will be all right in the morning

[OUTRO]
[F7]