#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------# # Date: 10/28/99; 9:31:16 AM From: "oldtimer" <ah827@rgfn.epcc.edu> Subject: NIGHT TRAIN TO MEMPHIS NIGHT TRAIN TO MEMPHIS Recorded by: Roy Acuff Writers: Marvin Hughes, Beasley Smith and Owen Bradley [G] Take that Night Train To Memphis Take that [C] Night Train To Memphis And [G] when you arrive at the [D7] station I'll be [G] right there to meet you I'll be [C] right there to greet you So [G] don't turn [D7] down my invi-[G] tation. CHORUS Halle-[C] lu-jah! [Halle-lu-jah!] Halle-[G] lu-jah! [Halle-lu-jah!] We'll be shoutin' hallelu-jah all the [D7] day Oh we'll [G] have a jubilee Down in [C] Memphis, Tennessee And we'll [G] shout halle-[D7] lu-jah all the [G] way. 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 SOURCE: ROY ACUFF/SONGS OF THE SMOKY MOUNTAINS and His Smoky Mountain Boys Capitol Records J-LZC-11