Love in a memory chords by Nanci Griffith

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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 (A major) She sleeps alone
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in the warm  (D major) nights of  (A major) Memphis
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Where the  (G major) Peabody Hotel  (D major) 
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meets the velveteen sky  (A major) 
She sings like the waves in
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the cool  (D major) Missis (A major) sippi
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That brought her from St.  (D major) 
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Paul in  (A major) '75
And men come to court her with
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 (D major) roses and  (A major) sweet wine
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Where hands  (G major) cross the
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 (D major) ivories from six until  (A major) nine
She sings away sorrow each
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night  (D major) when she  (A major) leaves him
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She  (G major) goes home alone,  (D major) 
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She's not the marrying  (A major) kind

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Verse 2

[Chorus:]

Love is a memory that

she'll always hold

Cause love in a memory never grows old

Why she did leave him,

well nobody knows

Love in a memory never grows old

Interlude 1

Verse 3
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Now  (A major) he works the toll booth
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on the New  (D major) Jersey  (A major) Turnpike
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The  (G major) ring on  (A major)  (G major) his  (D major) finger
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grows cold to the  (A major) bone
His sons were all dreamers who
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 (D major) cheat on their  (A major) own wives
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He still dreams  (G major) of St. Paul  (D major) when he's cheat (A major)  (G major)  (A major)  (D major) 
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 (A major)  (G major)  (D major)  (A major) ing  (G major)  (D major)  (A major) 
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 (G major)  (D major)  (A major) alone