Read About Memory chords by Donovan Woods

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Key: AbAb

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:

C minorCm


Verse 1:

          AbAb
I remember drivin' and the smell of rain
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And your hands out the window flyin' like a plane
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I remember smilin' and starin' at your face
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Like it would disappear if I blinked or looked away
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Yeah

Old hickory and your sick dress
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Won't let me go just yet

Verse 2:

C minorCm         AbAb
I remember sittin' on your folks' pull-out couch
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You kept sayin' it was cold, I was starin' at your mouth
    C minorCm              AbAb
And the more I read about memory the less I pay it mind
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It's just a story that we tell ourselves, or at most, a lullaby
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Yeah
         (Eb MajorEb)
Your eyes and the TV glow
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They will not let me go


Chorus 1:

Eb MajorEb     Bb majorBb C minorCm Eb MajorEb     AbAb
And I know we had our reasons why
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But I cannot hold them in my mind
Eb MajorEb     Bb majorBb C minorCm Eb MajorEb      AbAb
Yeah I know we had our reasons why
    Eb MajorEb
Instead I

Verse 3:

C minorCm         AbAb
I remember watchin' you cross the room
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I knew all your friends, I did not know you
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And when you said your name, I felt vaguely sick
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And the whole world swum beneath us, I loved you so quick
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Yeah

You laughed and turned your head
          Eb MajorEb
I can't get free of it

Eb MajorEb Bb majorBb Eb MajorEb

Chorus 2:

Eb MajorEb     Bb majorBb C minorCm Eb MajorEb     AbAb
And I know we had our reasons why
Eb MajorEb    Bb majorBb C minorCm  Eb MajorEb     AbAb
But I cannot hold them in my mind
Eb MajorEb     Bb majorBb C minorCm Eb MajorEb      AbAb
Yeah I know we had some real bad times
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But I cannot hold them in my mind


Outro:
Eb MajorEb  AbAb
In my mind
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In my mind
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In my mind
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In my mind