The Sins Of Memphisto
John PrineVersion1
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Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
From the bells of St Mary
To the Count of Monte Cristo
Nothing can stop, nothing can stop
Nothin can stop the sins of Memphisto
Sally used to play with her hula hoops
Now she tells her problems to therapy groups
Grampa's on the front lawn staring at a rake
Wondering if his marriage was a terrible mistake
I'm sitting on the front steps drinking orange crush
Wondering if it's possible if I could still blush
Uh huh Oh yeah
Boy on a bike with corduroy slacks
leeps in the river by the railroad tracks
He waits for the whistle on the train to scream
So he can close his eyes and begin to dream
Uh huh Oh yeah
(Repeat Chorus)
The hands on his watch spin slowly around
With his mind on a bus that goes all over town
Looking at the babies and the factories
Listening to the music of Mister Squeeze
As if by magic or remote control
He finds a piece of a puzzle that he missed in his soul
Uh huh Oh yeah
(Repeat Chorus)
Adam and Eve and Lucy and Ricky
Bit the big apple and got a little sticky
Esmeralda and the Hunchback of Notre Dame
They humped each other like they had no shame
They paused as they posed for a Polaroid photo
She whispered in his ear Exactly Odo, Quasimoto
(Repeat Chorus)
Sally used to play with her hula hoops
Now she tells her problems to therapy groups
Uh huh Oh yeah
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Readable chord sheet for The Sins Of Memphisto by John Prine
[C] From the [F]bells of St Mary To the [C]Count of Monte Cristo [G]Nothing can stop, nothing can stop Nothin can stop the [F]sins of Mem[C]phisto [G]Sally used to play with her hula hoops [F]Now she tells her problems to therapy groups [G]Grampa's on the front lawn staring at a rake [F]Wondering if his marriage was a terrible mistake [G]I'm sitting on the front steps drinking orange crush [F]Wondering if it's possible if I could still blush Uh [C]huh Oh yeah [G]Boy on a bike with corduroy slacks [F]leeps in the river by the railroad tracks [G]He waits for the whistle on the train to scream [F]So he can close his eyes and begin to dream Uh [C]huh Oh yeah (Repeat Chorus) [G]The hands on his watch spin slowly around With his [F]mind on a bus that goes all over town [G]Looking at the babies and the factories [F]Listening to the music of Mister Squeeze [G]As if by magic or remote control He [F]finds a piece of a puzzle that he missed in his soul Uh [C]huh Oh yeah (Repeat Chorus) [G]Adam and Eve and Lucy and Ricky [F]Bit the big apple and got a little sticky [G]Esmeralda and the Hunchback of Notre Dame [F]They humped each other like they had no shame [G]They paused as they posed for a Polaroid photo [F]She whispered in his ear Exactly Odo, Quasimoto (Repeat Chorus) [G]Sally used to play with her hula hoops [F]Now she tells her problems to therapy groups Uh [C]huh Oh yeah