Boy From Tupelo
by Emmylou Harris
Tabbed by Aitch27
Emmylou Harris first recorded her dedication to Elvis Presley on her album 'Red Dirt
Girl' (2000). It has been a popular song in her live repertoire over the last 15 years and
I have also posted a 'live' transcription of this as it differs.
Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
Chords:
C - x32010
F - 133211
G - 320001
C x 12
C F
You don't love me, this I know
C
Don't need a bible to tell me so
F
I hung around a little too long
C
I was good but now I'm gone
F
Like the buffalo
C
That boy from Tupelo
G
Any way the wind can blow
C
That's where I'm gonna go
F
I'll be gone like a five and dime
C
It'll be the perfect crime
G
Just ask the boy from Tupelo
C
He's the king and he ought to know
C F F C C G G C
Ummmm, Ummmm, Ummmm, Ummmm
F
The shoulder I've been leaning on
C
Is the coldest place I've ever known
F
There's nothing left for me round here
C
Looks like it's time to disappear
F
Like the buffalo
C
That boy from Tupelo
G
That old wall down in Jericho
C
Maybelle on the radio
F
I'll be gone like the five and dime
C
It'll be the perfect crime
G
Just ask the boy from Tupelo
C
He's the king and he ought to know
C F F C C G G C
Ummmm, Ummmm, Ummmm, Ummmm
C F
You don't love me, this I know
C
Don't need a bible to tell me so
F
It's a shame and a sin
C
Everything I could have been to you
F
Your last chance Texaco
C
Your sweetheart of the rodeo
G
A Juliet to your Romeo
C
The border you cross into Mexico
F
I'll never understand why or how
C
Oh baby, its too late now
G
Just ask the boy from Tupelo
C
He's the king and he ought to know
C F F C C G G C
Ummmm, Ummmm, Ummmm, Ummmm
