| B7 |
| Long | distance information, give me Memphis, Tennessee |
Help me find a party that tried to get in touch with me
| E |
| She | could not leave a number but I know who placed the call |
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| ‘Cause my | uncle took a message and he wrote it on the | wall |
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| Help me, information, get in touch with my Marie |
She’s the only one who’d call me here from Memphis, Tennessee
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| Her | home is on the south side, high upon a ridge |
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| Just a half a mile from the Mississippi | bridge |
| B7 |
| Help me, information, more than that I cannot add |
Only that I miss her and all the fun we had
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| But | we were pulled apart because her mom did not agree |
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| And | tore apart our happy home in Memphis, Tennes | see |
| B7 |
| Last | time I saw Marie she’s wavin’ me goodbye |
With “hurry-home” drops on her cheek that trickled from her eye
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| Ma | rie is only six years old, information please |
| B7 | E |
| Try to put me through to her in Memphis, Tennes | see |
