Written by Hoagy Carmichael (music) and P. F. Webster (lyrics)
Tabbed by Eyolf ØØstrem
Chords
Bbmaj7 x13231 Cm7 x35343 Dm7 x57565 Ebmaj7 x68786 Dbmaj7 x46564 Cm11 x33343 F7+5 131221 B9-5 x21221 F6/9 131233 A7-9 5453x0 Dmmaj7 xx0221 or x57665 Bb9 x21222 E7 xx2131 A7-5/d# xx1020 Bb9 x10111 Eb9 x65666 (or Eb9-5: x65665) Ab9 43434x Eb9/6/Bb x11011
Bbmaj7 Cm7 Dm7 Ebmaj7 Dm7 Dbmaj7 Cm11 F7+5
Bbmaj7 Cm7
Memphis in June,
Dm7 Cm7
A shady veranda
Bbmaj7 B9-5 Bb Dm7 Ebmaj7 F6/9
under a Sunday blue sky
Bbmaj7 Cm7
Memphis in June
Dm7 Cm7
And cousin Amanda's
Bb /d Ebmaj7 F7 Eb Dm7-Cm7 Bb A7-9
making a rhubarb pie
Dm Dmmaj7 Dm7 Dm6 I can hear the clock inside a-ticking and a-tocking Bb9 A7 Dm6 E7 A7-5/d# Everything is peacefully dandy Dm Dmmaj7 Dm7 Dm6 I can see old granny 'cross the street still a rocking F Dm Gm C7 F7sus4 F7 Watching the neighbours go by
Bbmaj7 B9-5
Memphis in June
Bbmaj7 Cm7 F9
With sweet oleander
Bbmaj7 B9-5 Bbmaj7 Cm9 F
blowing perfume in the air
Bbmaj7 B9 Bb9
Up jumps the moon
Dm7-5 Eb9 Dm7 Cm7 Ab9
to make it that much grander
Bbmaj7 Eb6/Bb
It's paradise
Bbmaj7 Eb6/Bb
brother, take my advice
Bbmaj7 Eb6 F7sus4
nothing's half as nice as Memphis
F9 Bbmaj7
in June
Another arrangement, partially tabbed
Bbmaj7 Ebmaj7 Dm7 Cm11 Bbmaj7 Cm7
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|-------------------------|-------------------------||-------------------------|
|-------------------8-----|-------6-----------4-----||-------3-----------4-----|
|-------7-----------------|-----5-----5-----3-------||-----------------3-----3-|
|-----------------8-----8-|-----------------------3-||-----3-----3-------------|
|-----8-----8-6-----------|-5-----------3-----------||-1-----------3-----------|
|-6-----------------------|-------------------------||-------------------------|
[whistling] Memphis in June a
Dm7 Ebmaj7 Bbmaj7/f Eb7-5 D7 G7 C+ B9 : . . . : . . . : . . . |-------------------------|-------------------------|(10--10-7-----8---8-------| |-------6-----------8-----|-------10----------8-----|-7------6-8---9-----10-7)-| |-----5-----5-------7-----|-------10----------6-----|-5------7-----9-----8-----| |-----------------8-------|-----8-----------7-------|-7------5-----------------| |-5-----------6-----------|-8-----------6-----------|-5------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------8-----7-----| shady veranda under a Sunday blue sky
Bbmaj7 Cm7 Dm7 Ebmaj7 Bb/d Cm7 : . . . : . . . : . . . |-------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------| |-------------------------|-------6-----------8-----|-------6-----------4----| |-------7-----------8-----|-----5-------------7-----|-----------------3------| |-----------------8-------|-----------------8-------|-----8------------------| |-----8-------------------|-5-----------6-----------|-5-----------3----------| |-6-----------8-----------|-------------------------|------------------------|
Bb Eb6/Bb Bbmaj7 A7-9 Dm Dmmaj7/c# Dm7 Dm6 : . . . : . . . : . . . |-------3-----1-----------||-1-----------1-----------|-1-----------1-----------| |-------1-----3-----------||-3-----------3-----------|-3-----------0-----------| |-3-----3-----2-----3-----||-2-----------2-----------|-2-----------2-----------| |-3-----1-----3-----5-----||-0-----------------------|-------------0-----------| |-1-----1-----1-----4-----||-------------4-----------|-3-----------------------| |-------------------5-----||-------------------------|-------------------------|
Bb13 Eb9-5 : . . . |-3-----------5-----------| |-3-----------6-----------| |-1-----------6-----------| etc. |-1-----------5-----------| |-1-----------6-----------| |-------------------------|