IntroAEmEmAEmGEmABmGEmAEmGEmAEmG
Oh!
VerseEmEmA
Well, judge looked down, gave me forty days
EmEmA
Instead of the fine that I could not pay
EmEmA
Said "Walk right, you'll soon be home
EmEmA
Cross the line, you'll be on your own"
ChorusDEmAEmA
Forty days of shotguns and barbed wire fences
Bm
Forty nights to sit and listen
AEmAEmG
To the midnight train to Memphis
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Well now, whistle blows when the sun comes up
EmEmA
Head to floor, keep your big mouth shut
EmEmA
Eat your breakfast on the ground
EmEmA
Work like hell till the sun goes down
ChorusDEmAEmA
Forty days of shotguns and barbed wire fences
Bm
Forty nights to sit and listen
AEmAEmG
To the midnight train to Memphis
[Solo]
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Well now, then for the jury, ten for the judge
EmDEmA
Twenty more to forget my grudge
EmEmA
When I get to thirty-nine
EmEmA
That's the longest day in a prisoner's mind
ChorusDEmAEmA
Forty days of shotguns and barbed wire fences
Bm
Forty nights to sit and listen
AEmAEmG
To the midnight train to Memphis
GEmAEm
Midnight train to Memphis
EmEmAEm
Midnight train to Memphis
EmEmA
Oh, Midnight train to Memphis
OutroEmAGEm
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