Strain Your Memory chords by The Menzingers

Intro:
D   Bm   x5


Verse 1:

        D
May the highways cross their fingers and hope

Bm
That we may one day find ourselves home

D
She sticks her head outside the passenger window

Bm
Sighs as traffic stops and goes

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

Bm
We hoped the change would change our restless minds

D
A little rewind to a simpler time

Bm                                           G
I swear it's temporary living in this cheap motel

                  A
Somewhere in the bible belt

D
We made love at that Marietta Motel 6

Bm
You fell asleep on my shoulder of commitment

D
Took it as a sign everything would be fine

Bm                                                  G
Sometimes it takes these kind of nights just to realize

                         A
How we want to spend the rest of our lives


Chorus:

        D                         G
Could a diamond in the rough ever be enough

          A
I've been mining for your love

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

        G                  A
Can you strain your memory back to the times

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

               Bm
Trouble wasn't always on our minds

            D                         Bm
Back to the times when trouble wasn't always on our minds

G   A   x2


Verse 2:

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

Bm
As if they came looking for some answers

D
When ya gonna leave? Where ya gonna go?

Bm
Will you get your shit together?

                         G
When are you gonna marry her?

                       A
Well maybe you don't deserve her

                          G
Maybe the whole thing was doomed from the start

                    A
This inquisition is tearing me apart


Chorus:

        D                         G
Could a diamond in the rough ever be enough

          A
I've been mining for your love

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

        G                  A
Can you strain your memory back to the times

     G                     A
When trouble wasn't always on our minds

        G                  A
Can you strain your memory one more time

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

                    Bm
When trouble wasn't always on our minds

            D                         Bm                    D
Back to the times when trouble wasn't always on our minds