Medals And Sweet Memories chords by The Statler Brothers

[Verse 1]


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Just a picture on a table, just some letters Mama saved
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and a costume brooch from England that has on the back engraved
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"To Eileen, I love you, London, 1943"
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But she never heard from him again, and he never heard of me

[CHORUS]

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and the war still ain't over for Mama
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Every night in her dreams she still sees
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The young face of someone who brought her
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Silver medals and sweet memories

[Verse 2]

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In Mama's bedroom closet, to this day on her top shelf
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There's a flag folded 3-cornered, layin' all by itself
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and The sergeant would surely be honored to know how pretty she still is
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and that after all these lonely years, his Eileen still lives

[Chorus]

E                       B7       E
and the war still ain't over for Mama
      A                             B
Every night in her dreams she still sees
    E             B7          E
The young face of someone who brought her
       A          B7        E