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THE PIXIES
‘Letter to Memphis’
>From ‘Trompe Le Monde’
Transcribed by Mark Schnitzius ([email protected])
Tune your guitar down a half step to play this one. You’ll
need to hit the low E chord.
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E C#m A E C#m A E C#m A
C#m A A E Abm E
——–4–5–5–5——–4—-5—|
——–5–5–5–7——–4—-7—|
—8-9–6–6–6–7–8-9-8-4—-7—|
-6——6–7–7–7——–6—-7—|
——–4–7–7–5——–6—-5—|
———–5–5———–4——–|
C#m A A E Abm A B
——–4–5–5–7———-4——-0——2——-|
——–5–5–5–5———-4——-2——4——-|
-8-9-8–6–6–6–5—-8-9—4——-2——4——-|
——–6–7–7–5–6——-6——-2——4——-|
——–4–7–7–7———-6——-0——2——-|
———–5–5————-4———————-|
E? E C#m /B C#m A? A A? A
——————–4————————————-|
——————–5————————————-|
-9–9–9–9–9–9—6————————————-|
-11-11-11-11-11-9—6————7-7-7-7-7-7–7-7-7-7-7-7-|
-7–7–7–7–7–7—4————9-9-9-9-9-7–9-9-9-9-9-7-|
———————————5-5-5-5-5-5–5-5-5-5-5-5-|
E? E C#m /B C#m A? A F#m
——————–4————————–2———-|
——————–5————————–2———-|
-9–9–9–9–9–9—6————————–2———-|
-11-11-11-11-11-9—6————7-7-7-7-7-7—4———-|
-7–7–7–7–7–7—4————9-9-9-9-9-7—4———-|
———————————5-5-5-5-5-5—2———-|
the day since I met her
i can’t believe it’s true
she came here from memphis
across the ocean
sailing and i saw her and i pleaded
why do you come so far and she said
C#m E
trying to get to you
C#m E
how i tried to get to you
C#m E
trying to get to you
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–9–7—–11-9—|
–5–5—–7–7—|
i’m sending a letter
i’ll send it right to you
i’ll send it to memphis
i know that someday
everything i needed and i wanted
used to be that in my head was haunted
and all this violence it brings me down
i feel strong
i feel lucky
trying to get to you
said i’m going to get to you
trying to get to you
