Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Intro:
| C majorC | D MajorD | C majorC | D MajorD |
Verse 1:
C majorC
When her grandkids come to visit her
C majorC
Sometimes she forgets their names
G+G D MajorD
Her memory is selective now
E minorEm C majorC
Small details just fade away
A minorAm D MajorD
She looks out the window with a vacant stare
A minorAm D MajorD
She can't remember what she's doing there
Chorus:
G+G
But she remembers love
E minorEm
The blue in his eyes
C majorC
Hot summer nights
D MajorD G+G
It's like she's memorized his every touch
E minorEm C majorC
And how he swept her heart away
D MajorD
Like it was yesterday
C majorC D MajorD
She remembers love
Verse 2:
C majorC
On her dresser there's a special box
D MajorD
Where she keeps a faded flower
C majorC D MajorD
From a wild field where they made love
E minorEm C majorC
And woke each other's first desire
A minorAm D MajorD
The passion never died for 60 years
A minorAm
And since she's lost him
D MajorD
Some things haven't been so clear
Chorus:
G+G
But she remembers love
E minorEm
The blue in his eyes
C majorC
Hot summer nights
D MajorD G+G
It's like she's memorized his every touch
E minorEm C majorC
And how he swept her heart away
D MajorD
Like it was yesterday
G+G
She remembers love
Bridge:
D MajorD E minorEm
Now she comes and goes
C majorC
And doesn't always know
A minorAm
What day it is
G+G
What year it is
C majorC D MajorD
Or who somebody was
Chorus:
G+G
But she remembers love
E minorEm
The blue in his eyes
C majorC
Hot summer nights
D MajorD G+G
It's like she's memorized his every touch
E minorEm C majorC
And how he swept her heart away
D MajorD
Like it was yesterday
C majorC D MajorD
She remembers love
C majorC D MajorD C majorC D MajorD
She remembers love