Intro as played live (but similar to recorded version)
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Most chords palm muted
Well, there is only one reason I stop in this place
Let me stress that it ainât the cuisine
The eggs are all runny, the hash browns smell funny and
The coffee tastes like gasoline
But there goes the one thing that Iâve been looking forward to
For the last six-hundred miles
In a slow motion pan with 8 beers in each hand
Whatâs here of heaven in her smile
She is the prettiest waitress in Memphis
And I think sheâs flirting with me
Readinâ them specials- extra special
She slipped a finger into my sweet tea
Oâ but a small stack of singles from a hard double-shift
Will do terrible things to a smile
And the prettiest waitress in Memphis knows
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Sheâs only that way for a while
Somehow she remembered my name though its been
Several months since I passed through this way
She said sheâs lived here all her twenty three years
I said Iâd be here for a day
Ordered the pecan pie and with a wink of an eye
Got a slice as big as my head
And her name and her number on a Sweet-n-Low package
Is the best poem that Iâve ever read
Sheâs the prettiest waitress in Memphis,
And I know she s flirtin with me.
Been reading them specials, extra special.
Slipped a finger into my sweet tea.
O but a small stack of singles from a hard double-shift
Will do terrible things to her smile.
And the prettiest waitress in Memphis knows,
She s only that way for a while.
Well, the prettiest waitress in Memphis
Spilled her heart all over me
As I held her that night in a way she was right when she said,
âThis will all change eventuallyâ
Cause she ainât the prettiest waitress in Memphis no more
But itâs not what youâre thinking- you see
The prettiest waitress in Memphis just quit
And sheâs leaving Memphis with me
The prettiest ex-waitress in all of Memphis is
Leaving Memphis with me.