MEMPHIS BEAT As recorded by Jerry Lee Lewis (From the 1966 Album MEMPHIS BEAT) [Intro] [Verse 1] Down the Mississippi where the water gets muddy Forty-four school where the kids don’t study Well they all hang around at the root of Beale Street Oh that’s where they hear that Memhpis Beat I’m goin’ to Memphis where the beat is tough Memphis I can’t get enough It makes you tremble and it makes you weak gets in your blood that Memphis Beat [Verse 2] Whoo they’re hitchhikin’ here from California ride on a Honda from Arizona Houston Boston Kansas City New Orleans and a doo wa diddy Oh I’m goin’ to Memphis where the beat is tough Memphis I can’t get enough It makes you tremble and it makes you weak gets in your blood that Memphis Beat [Piano Solo] [Guitar Solo] [Verse 3] Well people come ridin’ walkin’ swimmin’ Got a little chance at them good lookin’ women Oh they march on down to the foot of Beale Street Ah then dance all night to that Memphis Beat Oh I’m goin’ to Memphis where the beat is tough Memphis I can’t get enough It makes you tremble and it makes you weak gets in your blood that Memphis Beat [Outro] Oh come on now let’s go to Memphis Where the beat is tough I can’t get enough I gotta get back there I gotta get back there