Strain Your Memory chords by The Menzingers

Chords with lyrics

Intro:
D MajorD  B minorBm  x5


Verse 1:

    D MajorD
May the highways cross their fingers and hope

B minorBm
That we may one day find ourselves home

D MajorD
She sticks her head outside the passenger window

B minorBm
Sighs as traffic stops and goes

D MajorD
It's been two weeks now living in this southern town

B minorBm
We hoped the change would change our restless minds

D MajorD
A augmentedA little rewind to a simpler time

B minorBm                      G+G
I swear it's temporary living in this cheap motel

         A augmentedA
Somewhere in the bible belt

D MajorD
We made love at that Marietta Motel 6

B minorBm
You fell asleep on my shoulder of commitment

D MajorD
Took it as a sign everything would be fine

B minorBm                         G+G
Sometimes it takes these kind of nights just to realize

             A augmentedA
How we want to spend the rest of our lives


Chorus:

    D MajorD             G+G
Could a diamond in the rough ever be enough

     A augmentedA
I've been mining for your love

     D MajorD                G+G       A augmentedA
Since the day that we met I've spent every second in your minefield digging it up

    G+G         A augmentedA
Can you strain your memory back to the times

   G+G           A augmentedA       D MajorD
When trouble wasn't always, always on our minds

        B minorBm
Trouble wasn't always on our minds

      D MajorD             B minorBm
Back to the times when trouble wasn't always on our minds

G+G  A augmentedA  x2

Verse 2:

      D MajorD
And now the hotel maids were bangin' down the door

B minorBm
As if they came looking for some answers

D MajorD
When ya gonna leave? Where ya gonna go?

B minorBm
Will you get your shit together?

             G+G
When are you gonna marry her?

            A augmentedA
Well maybe you don't deserve her

             G+G
Maybe the whole thing was doomed from the start

          A augmentedA
This inquisition is tearing me apart


Chorus:

    D MajorD             G+G
Could a diamond in the rough ever be enough

     A augmentedA
I've been mining for your love

     D MajorD               G+G        A augmentedA
Since the day that we met I've spent every second in your minefield digging it up

    G+G         A augmentedA
Can you strain your memory back to the times

   G+G           A augmentedA
When trouble wasn't always on our minds

    G+G         A augmentedA
Can you strain your memory one more time

   G+G           A augmentedA       D MajorD
When trouble wasn't always, always on our minds

          B minorBm
When trouble wasn't always on our minds

      D MajorD             B minorBm          D MajorD
Back to the times when trouble wasn't always on our minds