You Can't Put Your Arms Around A Memory chords by Billie Joe Armstrong

Chords with lyrics

Intro - Pattern:
  D MajorD   Dsus4Dsus4   D MajorD      D MajorD   Dsus2Dsus2
e|--2-------3---3---2-------|---2-------0---0---0---0h2---|
BB|--3-------3---3---3---3---|---3-------3---3---3---3-----|
G+G|--2-------2---2---2---2---|---2-------2---2---2---2-----|
D MajorD|--0---0---0---------------|---0---0---0-----------------| X2
A augmentedA|--------------------------|-----------------------------|
E MajorE|--------------------------|-----------------------------|
Verse 1:
D MajorD         G+G
It doesn't pay to try
B minorBm         D MajorD
All the smart boys know why
D MajorD             G+G
It doesn't mean I didn't try
B minorBm        D MajorD
I just never know why
 D MajorD          G+G
Feel so cold and all alone
 B minorBm        D MajorD
Baby, you're still not at home
 D MajorD      G+G
And when I'm home
B minorBm       D MajorD   Dsus4Dsus4 D MajorD
Big deal, I'm still  alone

Verse 2:
 D MajorD         G+G
Feel  so  restless, I am
 B minorBm         D MajorD
Beat my head against  a pole
 D MajorD         G+G
Try to knock some sense
 B minorBm     D MajorD
Down in my bones
 D MajorD           G+G
Even though they don't show
 B minorBm        D MajorD
These scars aren't so old
 D MajorD      G+G
And when they go
 B minorBm      D MajorD
They let you know


Chorus:
   G+G       A augmentedA       D MajorD
You can't put your arms around a memory
   G+G       A augmentedA       D MajorD
You can't put your arms around a memory
   G+G       A augmentedA       D MajorD
You can't put your arms around a memory
    G+G   A augmentedA     D MajorD
Don't tryyyyyyy, don't try

Interlude:

  D MajorD   Dsus4Dsus4   D MajorD      D MajorD   Dsus2Dsus2
e|--2-------3---3---2-------|---2-------0---0---0---0h2---|
BB|--3-------3---3---3---3---|---3-------3---3---3---3-----|
G+G|--2-------2---2---2---2---|---2-------2---2---2---2-----|
D MajorD|--0---0---0---------------|---0---0---0-----------------|
A augmentedA|--------------------------|-----------------------------|
E MajorE|--------------------------|-----------------------------|

Verse 3:
 D MajorD          G+G
You're just a bastard kid
B minorBm       D MajorD
And you got no name
 D MajorD           G+G
Cause you're living with me
 B minorBm        D MajorD
We're one and the same
 D MajorD             G+G
And even though they don't show
 B minorBm       D MajorD
The scars aren't so old
 D MajorD      G+G
And when they go
 B minorBm      D MajorD
They let you know

Chorus:
   G+G       A augmentedA       D MajorD
You can't put your arms around a memory
   G+G       A augmentedA       D MajorD
You can't put your arms around a memory
   G+G       A augmentedA       D MajorD
You can't put your arms around a memory
    G+G   A augmentedA     D MajorD
Don't tryyyyyyy, don't try

Interlude:

  D MajorD   Dsus4Dsus4   D MajorD      D MajorD   Dsus2Dsus2
e|--2-------3---3---2-------|---2-------0---0---0---0h2---|
BB|--3-------3---3---3---3---|---3-------3---3---3---3-----|
G+G|--2-------2---2---2---2---|---2-------2---2---2---2-----|
D MajorD|--0---0---0---------------|---0---0---0-----------------|
A augmentedA|--------------------------|-----------------------------|
E MajorE|--------------------------|-----------------------------|

Chorus:
   G+G       A augmentedA       D MajorD
You can't put your arms around a memory
   G+G       A augmentedA       D MajorD
You can't put your arms around a memory
   G+G       A augmentedA       D MajorD
You can't put your arms around a memory
    G+G   A augmentedA     D MajorD
Don't tryyyyyyy, don't try

Outro:

  D MajorD   Dsus4Dsus4   D MajorD      D MajorD   Dsus2Dsus2
e|--2-------3---3---2-------|---2-------0---0---0---0h2---|
BB|--3-------3---3---3---3---|---3-------3---3---3---3-----|
G+G|--2-------2---2---2---2---|---2-------2---2---2---2-----|
D MajorD|--0---0---0---------------|---0---0---0-----------------| X7
A augmentedA|--------------------------|-----------------------------|
E MajorE|--------------------------|-----------------------------|