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Memory Chords by Kina Grannis

Memory chords by Kina Grannis

Guitar chords with lyrics

Chords:
Cmaj7 - 0002
Gadd9 - 2232 or 0252
Em7   - 0202
Em9   - 0422
Em    - 0402 or 0432
Gmaj7 - 0222

Intro:
  Cmaj7         Gadd9           Em7
A|---5---2-----|-----5---2-----|-----5---2-----|---5---2-----|
E|-------------|---------------|---------------|-------------|
C|-0---0-----0-|-0/2---2-----2-|-2/4---4-----4-|-4---4-----4-|
G|-0-------0---|-0---------0---|-0---------0---|-0-------0---|

  Cmaj7         Gadd9           Em7             Em9
A|---5---2-----|-----5---2-----|-----5---2-----|-9~----------|
E|-------------|---------------|---------------|-------------|
C|-0---0-----0-|-0/2---2-----2-|-2/4---4-----4-|-------------|
G|-0-------0---|-0---------0---|-0---------0---|-------------|

Cmaj7 Gadd9 Em7
Cmaj7 Gadd9 Em7 Em9

Verse 1:
  Cmaj7         Gadd9           Em7
A|---5---2-----|-----5---2-----|-----5---2-----|---5---2-----|
E|-------------|---------------|---------------|-------------|
C|-0---0-----0-|-0/2---2-----2-|-2/4---4-----4-|-4---4-----4-|
G|-0-------0---|-0---------0---|-0---------0---|-0-------0---|

Cmaj7                     Gadd9
Get beneath the bed it's another attack
             Em7
But when the monster turns man don't know how to react

  Cmaj7         Gadd9           Em7
A|---5---2-----|-----5---2-----|-----5---2-----|---5---2-----|
E|-------------|---------------|---------------|-------------|
C|-0---0-----0-|-0/2---2-----2-|-2/4---4-----4-|-4---4-----4-|
G|-0-------0---|-0---------0---|-0---------0---|-0-------0---|

         Cmaj7              Gadd9
And then daddy named it the singing bridge
   Em7
In memory of the ghosts that lived here

  Cmaj7         Gadd9           Em7             Gadd9
A|---5---2-----|-----5---2-----|-----5---2-----|-----5---2-----|
E|-------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
C|-0---0-----0-|-0/2---2-----2-|-2/4---4-----4-|-4\2---2-----2-|
G|-0-------0---|-0---------0---|-0---------0---|-0---------0---|

  Cmaj7         Gadd9           Em7             Em9
A|---5---2-----|-----5---2-----|-----5---2-----|-9~----------|
E|-------------|---------------|---------------|-------------|
C|-0---0-----0-|-0/2---2-----2-|-2/4---4-----4-|-------------|
G|-0-------0---|-0---------0---|-0---------0---|-------------|

Cmaj7   Gadd9  Em7       Gadd9     Cmaj7 Gadd9   Em7  Em9
    "My timing could not have been better,"  she cried

Chorus:
  Em                 Gmaj7   Cmaj7                      Em                 Gmaj7   Cmaj7
A|-2-----2---|-2-----2-----|-7-----7-----|-7-----7-----|-2-----2---|-2-----2-----|-7-----7-----|-7-----7-----|
E|-3---------|-3-----2-----|---3---------|---3-------0-|-3---------|-3-----2-----|---3---------|---3-------0-|
C|-4---4---4-|-4---4-2---2-|-0---0-----0-|-0---0-------|-4---4---4-|-4---4-2---2-|-0---0-----0-|-0---0-------|
G|---0-------|---0-----0---|-4-------4---|-4-------4---|---0-------|---0-----0---|-4-------4---|-4-------4---|

Em  Gmaj7        Cmaj7
  Although she's gone
             Em
Although it's over
    Gmaj7     Cmaj7
A memory hangs on

  Em                 Gmaj7   Cmaj7                      Em                 Gmaj7   Cmaj7
A|-2-----2---|-2-----2-----|-7-----7-----|-7-----7-----|-2-----2---|-2-----2-----|-7-----7-----|-7-----7-----|
E|-3---------|-3-----2-----|---3---------|---3-------0-|-3---------|-3-----2-----|---3---------|---3-------0-|
C|-4---4---4-|-4---4-2---2-|-0---0-----0-|-0---0-------|-4---4---4-|-4---4-2---2-|-0---0-----0-|-0---0-------|
G|---0-------|---0-----0---|-4-------4---|-4-------4---|---0-------|---0-----0---|-4-------4---|-4-------4---|

       Em
A memory
  Gmaj7        Cmaj7
Although she's gone
             Em
Although it's over
    Gmaj7     Cmaj7
A memory hangs on
Cmaj7
A memory

Interlude:
  Cmaj7         Gadd9           Em7
A|---5---2-----|-----5---2-----|-----5---2-----|---5---2-----|
E|-------------|---------------|---------------|-------------|
C|-0---0-----0-|-0/2---2-----2-|-2/4---4-----4-|-4---4-----4-|
G|-0-------0---|-0---------0---|-0---------0---|-0-------0---|

  Cmaj7         Gadd9           Em7             Em9
A|---5---2-----|-----5---2-----|-----5---2-----|-9~----------|
E|-------------|---------------|---------------|-------------|
C|-0---0-----0-|-0/2---2-----2-|-2/4---4-----4-|-------------|
G|-0-------0---|-0---------0---|-0---------0---|-------------|

Cmaj7 Gadd9 Em7
Cmaj7 Gadd9 Em7 Em9

Verse 2:
  Cmaj7         Gadd9           Em7
A|---5---2-----|-----5---2-----|-----5---2-----|---5---2-----|
E|-------------|---------------|---------------|-------------|
C|-0---0-----0-|-0/2---2-----2-|-2/4---4-----4-|-4---4-----4-|
G|-0-------0---|-0---------0---|-0---------0---|-0-------0---|

Cmaj7                       Gadd9
As the dust settles and the smoke is rising
Em7
Up above the clouds a dove is crying

  Cmaj7         Gadd9           Em7
A|---5---2-----|-----5---2-----|-----5---2-----|---5---2-----|
E|-------------|---------------|---------------|-------------|
C|-0---0-----0-|-0/2---2-----2-|-2/4---4-----4-|-4---4-----4-|
G|-0-------0---|-0---------0---|-0---------0---|-0-------0---|

Cmaj7              Gadd9        Em7
I leave a trail of copper faces all around the town in different places

  Cmaj7         Gadd9           Em7             Gadd9
A|---5---2-----|-----5---2-----|-----5---2-----|-----5---2-----|
E|-------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
C|-0---0-----0-|-0/2---2-----2-|-2/4---4-----4-|-4\2---2-----2-|
G|-0-------0---|-0---------0---|-0---------0---|-0---------0---|

  Cmaj7         Gadd9           Em7             Em9
A|---5---2-----|-----5---2-----|-----5---2-----|-9~----------|
E|-------------|---------------|---------------|-------------|
C|-0---0-----0-|-0/2---2-----2-|-2/4---4-----4-|-------------|
G|-0-------0---|-0---------0---|-0---------0---|-------------|

Cmaj7  Gadd9   Em7        Gadd9      Cmaj7 Gadd9
   I'd like to think that they'll be happy
   Em7 Em9
Or try

Chorus:
  Em                 Gmaj7   Cmaj7                      Em                 Gmaj7   Cmaj7
A|-2-----2---|-2-----2-----|-7-----7-----|-7-----7-----|-2-----2---|-2-----2-----|-7-----7-----|-7-----7-----|
E|-3---------|-3-----2-----|---3---------|---3-------0-|-3---------|-3-----2-----|---3---------|---3-------0-|
C|-4---4---4-|-4---4-2---2-|-0---0-----0-|-0---0-------|-4---4---4-|-4---4-2---2-|-0---0-----0-|-0---0-------|
G|---0-------|---0-----0---|-4-------4---|-4-------4---|---0-------|---0-----0---|-4-------4---|-4-------4---|

Em  Gmaj7        Cmaj7
  Although she's gone
             Em
Although it's over
    Gmaj7     Cmaj7
A memory hangs on

  Em                 Gmaj7   Cmaj7                      Em                 Gmaj7   Cmaj7
A|-2-----2---|-2-----2-----|-7-----7-----|-7-----7-----|-2-----2---|-2-----2-----|-7-----7-----|-7-----7-----|
E|-3---------|-3-----2-----|---3---------|---3-------0-|-3---------|-3-----2-----|---3---------|---3-------0-|
C|-4---4---4-|-4---4-2---2-|-0---0-----0-|-0---0-------|-4---4---4-|-4---4-2---2-|-0---0-----0-|-0---0-------|
G|---0-------|---0-----0---|-4-------4---|-4-------4---|---0-------|---0-----0---|-4-------4---|-4-------4---|

       Em
A memory
  Gmaj7        Cmaj7
Although she's gone
             Em
Although it's over
    Gmaj7     Cmaj7
A memory hangs on
Cmaj7
A memory

Outro:
  Em                   Gadd9    Cmaj7
A|-2-----2---|-2-------2-------|-7-----7-----|-7-----7-----|
E|-3---------|-3-------3/5-----|---3-----3---|---3-----3---|
C|-4---4---4-|-4---4---2-----2-|-0---0-----4-|-0---0-----4-|
G|---0-------|---0---------0---|-4-----4-----|-4-----4-----|

  Cmaj7         Gadd9           Em7
A|---5---2-----|-----5---2-----|-----5---2-----|---5---2-----|
E|-------------|---------------|---------------|-------------|
C|-0---0-----0-|-0/2---2-----2-|-2/4---4-----4-|-4---4-----4-|
G|-0-------0---|-0---------0---|-0---------0---|-0-------0---|

  Cmaj7         Gadd9           Em7             Em9
A|---5---2-----|-----5---2-----|-----5---2-----|-9~----------|
E|-------------|---------------|---------------|-------------|
C|-0---0-----0-|-0/2---2-----2-|-2/4---4-----4-|-------------|
G|-0-------0---|-0---------0---|-0---------0---|-------------|

Em Gadd9 Cmaj7
Cmaj7 Gadd9 Em7
Cmaj7 Gadd9 Em7 Em9

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Last updated: September 10, 2025

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