If Only For Memories chords by Toh Kay

Chords with lyrics

Capo 2

[intro]
G+G C majorC G+G C majorC [x4]
G+G FF C majorC C C majorC
G+G FF A minorAm G+G
G MajorG C majorC G+G C majorC [x2]

C majorC                G+G
When you were born you were not alone
              FF
Nothing was carved into the stone quite yet, but don't forget
  C majorC          G+G           C majorC
You heard someone say it won't get better than this
C majorC                  G+G
That was the sound of your father
G+G                  FF
As he held you up to your mother
FF
No one will ever know,
 C majorC         G+G            C majorC
a love a pure as the one that you felt right then

C majorC       G+G        DmDm
They held you up, they held you up
  C majorC          G+G
And everybody else they fell to the wayside
C majorC
This is the start the beginning
G+G
The prologue to the tale that you're spinning
DmDm           C majorC           G+G
A augmentedA million synonyms will never come close to describe the feeling

FF F FF      C majorC C C majorC        G+G G MajorG G+G
   Don't ever leave, cause if you do dear
    A minorAm         FF
I guarantee that you'll regret the day you did
        C majorC
and you'll miss all the simple things
        G+G
And you'll see everything you've ever loved
                      A minorAm
start fading till there's nothing left oh

[Chorus]
A minorAm   C majorC     G+G      FF        A minorAm
And I believe that every broken bone is meant to be
A minorAm     C majorC        G+G
And when it heals it will be stronger than it was before
A minorAm  C majorC    G+G        FF         A minorAm
And I see, the things that I pretend that I don't see
A minorAm  C majorC        G+G
And I keep them in my head love

If only for memories

[break]
G+G C majorC G+G C majorC [x4]

C majorC                G+G
So now you're young and you feel alone
                  FF
Despite friends family and all the good things now surrounding you
  C majorC                G+G           C majorC
You can't help thinking that there's gotta be some more to do
C majorC                   G+G
When all the things that you cherish
G+G                  FF
Turn into burdens and there is
FF
No other path to take,
  C majorC            G+G           C majorC
you know what you've got to do but you don't know how

C majorC       G+G         DmDm
They hold you back they hold you down
      C majorC           G+G
And you're gonna feel bad but you know that you've gotta get out
C majorC
This is your pain your dilemma
G+G
Do you stay in the town where they raised ya
DmDm           C majorC           G+G
Or will you sail away, pull the anchor and go headed for the come-what-may?

FF F FF       C majorC C C majorC        G+G G MajorG G+G
   You have to leave, cause if you don't dear
       A minorAm         FF
you'll never see the things you read about in books
      C majorC
you saw the films and you were hooked
     G+G
but everything you want won't come to you
                       A minorAm
you realize now that you've gotta go see this through

[Chorus]
A minorAm   C majorC     G+G      FF        A minorAm
And I believe that every broken bone is meant to be
A minorAm     C majorC        G+G
And when it heals it will be stronger than it was before
A minorAm  C majorC    G+G        FF         A minorAm
And I see, the things that I pretend that I don't see
A minorAm  C majorC        G+G
And I keep them in my head love

If only for memories

[Instrumental Bit]
G+G C majorC G+G C majorC [x4]

FF  C majorC  E MajorE  A minorAm  [x3]
FF  C majorC  E MajorE ------->

C majorC               G+G
So now you're old raising your own
               FF
Two souls to make yourself a home, you finally settled down
    C majorC            G+G           C majorC
you've seen the world but your heart never left this town
C majorC                  G+G
They have the eyes of their mother
G+G                     FF
The kind of crooked teeth of their father
FF
No one will ever know
 C majorC          G+G           C majorC
A augmentedA love as pure as the one that you feel for them

C majorC        G+G          DmDm
You'll hold them up you'll hold them up
  C majorC          G+G
And everybody else will fall to the wayside
C majorC
There is no end no beginning
G+G
On this merry-go-round we call living
DmDm            C majorC             G+G
Some day you will return, every single ounce of the love you were given

FF F FF         C majorC C C majorC      G+G G MajorG G+G
   Someday they'll go, and when they leave home
       A minorAm        FF
you will be grateful for the lesson that you learned
      C majorC
you had to travel half the world
    G+G
to realize what you knew all along
                    A minorAm
that everything will end up where it belongs

[Chorus]
A minorAm   C majorC     G+G      FF        A minorAm
And I believe that every broken bone is meant to be
A minorAm     C majorC        G+G
And when it heals it will be stronger than it was before
A minorAm  C majorC    G+G        FF         A minorAm
And I see, the things that I pretend that I don't see
A minorAm  C majorC        G+G
And I keep them in my head love

If only for memories

[outro]
G+G C majorC G+G C majorC [x4]
G+G FF C majorC C C majorC
G+G FF A minorAm G+G
G! G!! G!!!!!