Memorial chords by Devendra Banhart
Verse 1
G
I wish you had been
Am
at your memorial
C
G
Seeing someone proposing on stage
I couldn't get through
Am
my song for you
C
G
When it came to saying your name
Am
I can still see the room at the hos pital
C
G
Pretty, painted tile
Am
I can still see your skin turning purple
C
G
Milly of the Nile
D
Verse 2
G
Em
Can you hear me?
D
Did you mean it?
G
Em
Did you plan it out?
D
Or was it an accident?
Verse 3
G
Am
Time, time, up and down the blue screen
C
G
It's dawn and I'm insane
Love's just a word and not
Am
what the word means
C
Cm
G
But I'll say it just the same
Am
Talking to an entity
C
G
Made of endless night
Am
I dream in TV dialogue
C
G
A world of shadow and light
D
Verse 4
G
Em
I know it don't work that way
But maybe you'll come
D
back some day
Em
I know it don't work like that
D
But maybe you can take it back
Interlude 1
G
Am
C
G
Am
C
G
D
Verse 5
G
Am
Now that there's no need to say a word
C
G
Can I still make amends?
Am
But silence, the only kindness I heard
C
G
Forgiveness, the only revenge
Am
Meeting all of the people
C
G
I've heard of from your past
Am
Reading through all of your letters
C
G
Looking for your love
D
Verse 6
Em
You told me that love
D
Is when someone asks you
Em
"Please leave me alone"
D
And you really do
Em
You looked into my eyes
D
'Til I was your mother and son
Em
I tried to look away
D
But saw you in everyone
Verse 7
G
I wish you had been at your me
Am
morial
C
G
Seeing someone proposing on stage
Memorial
Devendra Banhart
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