E

                        A                  E
You don't have to go to Memphis to get the blues,
         B                                     E   B
You just fall in love with the kind of women I do.
     E                                      A             Bbdim
I've had me a dozen but I never had one that did not fall through,
                        E      B           E      B
You don't have to go to Memphis to get the blues.

E                  F#m
There she goes and here I stay,
B                   E
 Watchin' good love slip away.
               F#m        F#7               B
Once again I'm all alone, love has come and gone.

                        A                  E
You don't have to go to Memphis to get the blues,
         B                                     E   B
You just fall in love with the kind of women I do.
     E                                      A             Bbdim
I've had me a dozen but I never had one that did not fall through,
                        E      B           E      B
You don't have to go to Memphis to get the blues.

E                  F#m
She moved out, the blues moved in,
B                  E
 And where I am is lost again.
                   F#m
I've been east and I've been west,
F#7         B
And I can attest:

                        A                  E
You don't have to go to Memphis to get the blues,
         B                                     E   B
You just fall in love with the kind of women I do.
     E                                      A             Bbdim
I've had me a dozen but I never had one that did not fall through,
                        E      B           E      A
You don't have to go to Memphis to get the blues.
          Bbdim         E      B           E      
You don't have to go to Memphis to get the blues.