Artist: Tom T Hall | Song: Thats How I Got To Memphis

Artist/Band: Hall Tom T Tabs
Song: Thats How I Got To Memphis Tab

     That's How I Got To Memphis

     Written by:  Tom T. Hall
     Perfomed 1996/1997 by:  Deryl Dodd
     Transcribed by:  Keith Reding

     This song is an old remake originally written by Tom T. Hall in 1968.
     It is much easier to play if you play each chord up + step.

     Intro:

     I don't have an easy way of notating the tabs but the intro licks are
     not difficult.

     G#m | B | F# | F #

     Verse
     F#            B
     If you love somebody enough
     F#
     You'll follow where ever they go
     G#m | B
     That's how I got to Memphis
     F#
     That's how I got to Memphis

     F#            B
     If you love somebody enough
     F#
     You'll go where your heart wants to go
     G#m | B
     That's how I got to Memphis
     F#
     That's how I got to Memphis

     C#
     I know if you've seen her
     B                         F#
     you'll tell me `cause you are my friend
     C#                       B
     Now I've got to find her and find out the trouble
     F#        C#
     she's in  ----- in.

     F#                     B
     Well if you tell me that she's not here,
     F#
     I'll just follow the trail of her tears
     G#m | B
     That's how I got to Memphis
     F#
     That's how I got to Memphis

     Instrumental

     F# | B | F#| F# | G#m | B | F#| F#

     Verse
     F#                      B
     She would get mad and she used to say
     F#
     she would come back to Memphis some day
     G#m | B
     That's how I got to Memphis
     F#
     That's how I got to Memphis
     F#                B
     Mmmmm I haven't eaten a bite
     F#
     or slept for 3 days and nights
     G#m | B
     That's how I got to Memphis
     F#
     That's how I got to Memphis


     C#                       B                         F#
     Oh I've got to find her and tell her that I l ove her so
     C#                       B                       F#     C#
     And I'll never rest until I find out why she had to go --- ooo
     F#                          B
     Well thank you for your precious time,
     F#
     forgive me if I start to cry
     G#m | B
     That's how I got to Memphis
     F#
     That's how I got to Memphis

     G#m | B
     That's how I got to Memphis
     [Sustain previous chord]
     That's how I got to Memphis

     Repeat intro for ending