Local Memory chords by Steve Earle

• Difficulty: Beginner

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)


♫ Verse 1:
    G*                              C*
The lights go out each evening at eleven
    G*                                  C*
And up and down our block there's not a sound
  G*                                        C*
I close my eyes and search for peaceful slumber
         F              G             C
And just then the local memory comes around

♫ Chorus 1:
         F
Piles of blues against the door
             C
To make sure sleep will come no more
         Am7             C              G
He's the hardest working memory in this town
          F
Turns out happiness again
              C
And then lets loneliness back in
         F               G             C     C
And each night the local memory comes around

♫ Verse 2:
     G*                        C*
Each day I say tonight I may escape him
     G*                              C*
I pretend I'm happy and never even a frown
       G*                                   C*
But at night I close my eyes and pray sleep finds me
     F              G             C
But again the local memory comes around

♫ Chorus 2:
         F
Rids the house of all good news
          C
Then sets out my crying shoes
                       Am7           G
What a faithful memory never lets me down
           F
We're both up till light of day
        C
Chasing happiness away
         F               G             C      C
And each night the local memory comes around

♫ Instrumental:
| F     | F     | C     | C     |
| C     | Am7   | G     | G     |

| F     | F     | C     | C     |
| F     | G     | C     | C

♫ Chorus 1:
         F
Piles of blues against the door
             C
To make sure sleep will come no more
         Am7             C              G
It's the hardest working memory in this town
          F
Turns out happiness again
              C
And then lets loneliness back in
         F               G             C
And each night the local memory comes around
          F               G             C     C
Yeah each night the local memory comes around

| Am7 = x02010
| *   = Pick notes one by one from top to bottom skipping both E and e strings.