Chord/Tab song: Night Train to Memphis

NIGHT TRAIN TO MEMPHIS


Recorded by: Roy Acuff-------1942

(Died 1992 at age 89)

[(G)]Take that Night Train To Memphis
Take that [(C)]Night Train To Memphis
And w[(G)]hen you arrive at the sta[(D7)]tion
I'll be r[(G)]ight there to meet you
I'll be [(C)]right there to greet you
So d[(G)]on't turn dow[(D7)]n my invi-tatio[(G)]n.


CHORUS
Halle-l[(C)]u-jah! (Halle-lu-jah!)
Halle-l[(G)]u-jah! (Halle-lu-jah!)
We'll be shoutin' hallelu-jah all the d[(D7)]ay
Oh we'll [(G)]have a jubilee, Down in Mem[(C)]phis, Tennessee
And we'll [(G)]shout halle-lu[(D7)]-jah all the way.[(G)]


Take that Night Train To Memphis
Take that Night Train To Memphis
You know how I'm longin' to see you
Leave at three-fifty-seven; arrive at eleven
And I'll be shoutin' "Halle-lu-jah!"

CHORUS

Take that Night Train To Memphis
Take that Night Train To Memphis
Tell that engineer to pull the throttle open
Keep that engine stack a-smokin',
I'm not kiddin', I'm not jokin'
I'll soon be with my girl, I'm hopin'.

CHORUS