Memphis Chords by Justin Timberlake (1st Track) | Everything I Thought It Was

[Intro]

Em Bm
F Dm Am

F Em Dm Gm
F Em Dm Am
 
 
[Verse]

F                 
You gon' be a star, 
     Em
they said
 
They said
Dm7
You gon' take us far, 

they said
 
They said
F
Everywhere you go
             Em
They're gon' know your name
    Dm7
Who cares if you get lonely
 
Long as you're famous
               F
Don't you want money and the cars
Em                  Dm7
They said expensive liquor and cigars, 

they said
               F                  
I mean, what's better than having 
Em
everything that you dreamed of?
Dm7
Long as they need you, 

you don't need love
 
 
[Chorus]

        F     Em
Just be great
                      
Put on for your city,  
         Dm7
for your state
 
And whatever you do
             F     Em
Just make us proud
                        
Ain't gonna be no cryin'  
         Dm7
from the clouds
 
Yeah, they say
        F     Em
Just be great
                    
Who cares if there's 
                  Dm7
too much on your plate
                           
Don't make no mistakes and
           F
 hide your pain
        Em
No rain
                
Whatever you do, 
             Dm7
just make us proud
                         
Ain't gonna be no cryin' 
         F         Em Dm7
from the clouds
                             
(Ain't gonna be no cryin' 
         F        Em Dm7
from the clouds)
 
 
[Verse]

          F                     
You gon', you gonna be a star, 
           Em
they said
 
They said
Dm7
Don't waste your tomorrow, 

they said
 
They said
F                        Em
You're the one that's chosen 

to make it out
Dm7
Gotta seize the moment
 
Don't let us down
N.C.                      
Just gotta play your part, 
           Em
they said
    Dm7
And history, 

you'll be a part of it
               F                 
I mean, what's better than having 
     Em
everything that you dreamed of?
Dm7
Long as they need you, 

you don't need love
 
 
[Chorus]

        F      Em
Just be great (Great)
                     
Put on for your city, 
         Dm7
for your state (State)
 
And whatever you do
             F      Em
Just make us proud (Proud)
                         
Ain't gonna be no cryin' 
         Dm7
from the clouds (Clouds)
 
Yeah, they say
        F              Em
Just be great (Just be great)
                                
Who cares if there's too much on 
     Dm7
your plate (Your plate now)
                         
Don't make no mistakes and 
          F
hide your pain
        Em
No rain
                
Whatever you do, 
             Dm7
just make us proud
                          
Ain't gonna be no cryin' 
         F     Em    Dm7
from the clouds, oooh
                           
(Ain't gonna be no cryin' 
         F        Em
from the clouds)
    Dm7
Oooh
 
(Ain't gonna be no)
 
 
[Bridge]

F             Em
I was way too far out in the world
                          Dm7
But I still put on for my city
 
I was handing out 

too much milk money
 
Too much kitten and 

butt and ti**ies
F                          Em
 I lost my voice like a pastor
 
Faster than a Harlem shimmy
Dm7
   But I guess that's 

what you get
 
For trying to make heartbreak pretty
F                 Em
They say life's a bench 

(Life's a bench) 

and then you die
Dm7
   So please, if you're 

penning my eulogy,

 just say I tried
F                   Em
 And that's word to Phineas, 

Jess' and Si'
Dm7
   And if I don't wake up in Heaven
                              F 
Then it was one heck of a ride 
                 Em
(Heck of a ride) 
Dm7
   If I don't wake up in Heaven
                               F Em
Then it was one heck of a ride
                 Dm7
A heck of a ride
 
 
[Instrumental]

F Em Dm7
F Em Dm7
 
 
[Outro]

F                             Em
Momma said money can't buy me happiness
              Dm7
So I copped a G5
 
Tried to fly myself up next to it
                 F
I freaked up some commas
                Em
Just to dot-dot-dot
 
Where's the rest of it?
                Dm7
This what clean look like
 
When clean took life and 

made a mess of it
                        F
Had to realize I'm just blessed to it
          Em
You can't take it all with you
                         Dm7
But you can remember the best of it
 
I pray for peace within myself
              F
And no more regrets with it
              Em
'Cause when I looked at 

my soul in the Mississippi
     Dm7
It reflected it
 
And if you know me, 

you're right next to it
N.C.
I'm everything you 

thought I was
N.C.
I'm everything 

I thought I was
N.C.
It was everything 

I thought it was
N.C.
It was everything 

I thought it was

Track Info

• Song: Memphis
• Artist: Justin Timberlake
• Written by Justin Timberlake, Kenyon Dixon & Danja
• Produced by Justin Timberlake & Danja
• Album: Everything I Thought It Was
• Released Date: 14 March 2024

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