Sad Memory Tab by Buffalo Springfield

Sad Memory tab by Buffalo Springfield

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SAD MEMORY - Buffalo Springfield
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Tabbed by:  Joe Eule
Email:  Jeule@comcast.net

Tuning: Standard

To play along with the record, put a capo on the first fret. All frets
are relative.  For instance, where it says "9," that means the ninth
fret from the capo (which is actually the 10th fret on the guitar).

NOTE:  There are two different Amaj7 chords used here.  The one played
in the 9th fret is used one time only in the intro.

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Intro

      Bmin7     Amaj7    Bmin7     Amaj7    Emaj7    Dmaj7
e|------2---------0--------2---------9--------4--------2-------------|
B|------3---------2--------3---------9--------4--------2-------------|
G|------2---------1--------2---------9--------4--------2-------------|
D|------4---------2--------4-----------------------------------------|
A|------2----0----0----0---2-----------------------------------------|
E|------X------------------X-----------------------------------------|

Main song - strummed slowly

   Soft winds blow in the summer time  Young lovers free so free

   Bmin7                  Amaj7         Bmin7                Amaj7
e|---2----------------------0-------------2--------------------0------|
B|---3----------------------2-------------3--------------------2------|
G|---2----------------------1-------------2--------------------1------|
D|---4----------------------2-------------4--------------------2------|
A|---2----------------------0-------------2--------------------0------|
E|---X------------------------------------X---------------------------|

    Walking hand in hand down a shady lane

  Bmin7                        Amaj7
e|---2---------------------------0--------------|
B|---3---------------------------2--------------|
G|---2---------------------------1--------------|
D|---4---------------------------2--------------|
A|---2---------------------------0--------------|
E|---X------------------------------------------|

     What happened to me                     What happened to me
    D     E           Amaj7   RIFF         D      E          Amaj7
e|--2-----0-----------0-------0------------2------0------------0----|
B|--3-----0-----------2----------2--0------3------0------------2----|
G|--2-----1-----------1----------------1---2------1------------1----|
D|--0-----2-----------2--------------------0------2------------2----|
A|--------2---------------------------------------2------------0----|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------|

Bmin7        Amaj7           Bmin7               Amaj7
Did you ever love a girl who walked right out on you

Bmin7                Amaj7          D     E      Amaj7 Riff D
you should know just how I feel then, why I'm so blue,

    E      Amaj7  Bmin 7  Amaj7
why I'm so blue

Bmin7         Amaj7                     Bmin7              Amaj7
HOw can I forget those nights  when she kissed me soft and true

Bmin7                Amaj7          D     E      Amaj7 Riff D
whisper the words only lovers know,       I love you

E      Amaj7
I love you

          Bmin7               Amaj7                  Bmin7         Amaj7
Well I've made up mine   I'll find a new girl who'll love me tenderly

   Bmin7             Amaj7       D     E         Amaj7 Riff D
Forget the past I've left behind,   to sad memory,

   E         [Ending riff below]
to sad memory


   Ending Riff

    Amaj7                  Bmin7                Amaj7
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------2------2------2---------3-----3------------2-----2-----2---|
G|--------1------1----------------2-----2------------1-----1-------|
D|---2------2------2---------4------4-----4--2---2-----2-----2-----|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|


   Soft Winds blow in the summer time
   Bmin7                                  Amaj7
e|--2---------------------4--0--------------0----------------------|
B|--3----------------------------2----------2----------------------|
G|--2---------------------------------------1----------------------|
D|--4---------------------------------------2----------------------|
A|--2---------------------------------------0----------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|



| /  slide up
| \  slide down
| h  hammer-on
| p  pull-off
| ~  vibrato
| +  harmonic
| x  Mute note

Last updated: September 10, 2025

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