Midnight Train To Memphis
Chris Stapleton

INTRO: (4x)
E A A E
                                          E A A E
Well, judge looked down gave me forty days
                                        E A A E
Instead of the fine that I could not pay
                                     E A A E
Said "Walk right you'll soon be home.
                                      E A A
Cross the line and you're on your own."

A     D                                       E A A E   E A A
Forty days of shotguns and barbed wire fences
            B                 A# A
Forty nights to sit an listen
A                               E A A E
To the midnight train to Memphis
 
BREAK
E A A E
E A A E
E A A E
                                             E A A E
Well now, whistle blows when the sun comes up
                                       E A A E
Head to floor keep your big mouth shut
                                 E A A E
Eat your breakfast on the ground
                                     E A A 
Work like hell 'til the sun goes down

A     D                                       E A A E   E A A
Forty days of shotguns and barbed wire fences
            B                 A# A
Forty nights to sit an listen
A                               E A A E
To the midnight train to Memphis
 
BREAK
E A A E
E A A E
E A A E
                                            E A A E
Well now, ten for the jury ten for the judge
                               E A A E
Twenty more to forget my grudge
                         E A A E
When I get to thirty nine
                                           E A A
That's the longest day in a prisoner's mind

A     D                                       E A A E   E A A
Forty days of shotguns and barbed wire fences
            B                 A# A
Forty nights to sit an listen
A                               E A A E
To the midnight train to Memphis
 
OUTRO
                         E A A E
Midnight train to Memphis
                         E A A E
Midnight train to Memphis
                                E A A E
Oh the midnight train to Memphis