Skyscrapers Of Memphis Akkorde von 
John Wesley Harding 
N/A
Key: G major•
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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They say that the dead live forever
Am
And round here well they probably do
Cm
If you stand by the gates
G
outside Graceland
Em
You can watch all the dead coming through
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D
It's Necro polis and welcome to it
Am
It's an ar chaeological find
C
They'll be dig ging up
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this town forever
Em
They'll be digging up this
empty mine
A
Em
Verse 2
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The In dians stand on the scaffold
Am
They've taken the Egyptians
place
Cm
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The Pharaohs and the politi cians
Em
Are plan ning their perfect escape
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D
So they build a memorial tower
Am
Like the ancient texts said that they would
C
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But stor ies aren't told by the victims
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And that's why this story's so good
Verse 3
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Have you seen the skyscrapers
D
in Mem phis?
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Do you see how they rise like the sun ?
Em
And the statues they look
D
just like space men
C
G
Am
Staring down at every one
Em
And there's art by the yard
D
in the hall ways
Am
And our houses are made
D
out of slime
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But the sky scrapers almost
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touch heav en
B
Em
Did we escape from the mud this time?
Interlude 1
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Am
Cm
Adim
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Cm
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Verse 4
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One last look round the museum
Am
The one where the bullets still fly
Cm
G
But don't blink if you wish to see them
Em
Punc ture the mummy's one good eye
D
As the lift hits the five
figure numbers
Am
The relics of ages long gone
C
The tomb of the unknown
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D
protest singer
Em
A
The computer of King
Tutankhamun
Verse 5
Em
Have you seen the skyscrapers
D
in Mem phis
C
G
Do you see how they rise like the sun
Em
And the statues they look
D
just like space men
C
Em
Am
Staring down on every one
Em
And there's art by the
D
yard in the hallways
Am
And our houses are
D
made out of slime
G
But the sky scrapers almost
C
touch heav en
Em
Did we escape from the
B
mud this time?
Interlude 2
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C
D
Verse 6
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Am
Cm
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So
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Am
Cm
D
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D
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look at the bar- chart skyline
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And look at the graph on the wall
Cm
G
But don't you ignore the byline
Em
When the head line says
"Empire Falls"
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The build ings get stranger and taller
Am
Till we see that Sphinx up on Mars
C
So prepare your most pertinent
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Em
questions
A
But please don't expect any an swers
Verse 7
Em
Have you seen the skyscrapers
D
in Mem phis
C
G
Do you see how they rise like the sun
Em
And the statues they look
D
just like space men
C
Em
Am
Staring down on every one
Em
And there's art by the
D
yard in the hall ways
Am
D
And our houses are made out of slime
G
But the sky scrapers they almost
C
B
Em
C
D
touch heav en
Outro 1
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Did we escape from the mud this time?
Am
Cm
D
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Am
Cm
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