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Memory
Violent Femmes
We Can Do Anything (2016)
[Intro]
G    G   (riff)        (x2)
Use the little riff below if you're playing alone:
e|-------------------|
B|-------------------|
G|-------------------| 
D|-------------------|
A|--0-2-0------------|
E|--------3----------|
[Verse 1]
  GI don't remember
  CAnything you Gsaid
  GI don't remember
Any Cbooks that you ever haDd read
  GI don't remember
The Csound of your Gvoice
  GI don't reCmember
DBut it's not by choice
So I Gwish I could remember
  CSomething you Gsaid
GI wish that I could read
Every Cbook that you ever haDd read
I Gwish I could hear 
The Csound of your Gvoice
I don't reCmember
DBut it's now your choice to
[Bridge]
AmCome back from that
  GWell of the void
AmCome back so that 
I can Dtell you how I'm annoyed - 
[Verse 2]
by the Gfact that I can't remember
Your Csmile or your Gfrown
GI can't remember
The Cname of your homDe town
  GI don't remember
The Ccolor of your Geyes
I don't reCmember
So Dhey I guess it's a little surprise
[Bridge]
And I Amwant to will you wonder would you
GWander back from where you are
You Amsee I see I cannot see
But I Dcome so far with a little guitar
DAnd I play in bars
DAnd I'm lost in stars
[Chorus]
  GMemory
C       G
G       C       D
G       C       G
G       C       D
[Bridge]
AmCome back from that
  GWell of the void
AmCome back so that 
I can Dtell you how I'm annoyed
DBecause I come so far with a little guitar
DAnd I play in bars 
DAnd I'm lost in stars.
[Chorus]
  GMemory
C       G
  GMemoryC  D  
G       C       G
  Memory
G       C       D
  Memory
[Outro]
G    G   (same riff in intro)        (x2)
e|-------------------|
B|-------------------|
G|-------------------| 
D|-------------------|
A|--0-2-0------------|
E|--------3----------|

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Memory

by Violent Femmes

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Memory

Violent Femmes

We Can Do Anything (2016)

[Intro]

G G (riff) (x2)

Use the little riff below if you're playing alone:

e|-------------------|

B|-------------------|

G|-------------------|

D|-------------------|

A|--0-2-0------------|

E|--------3----------|

[Verse 1]

I don't remember

C G

Anything you said

I don't remember

C D

Any books that you ever had read

I don't remember

C G

The sound of your voice

G C

I don't remember

But it's not by choice

So I wish I could remember

C G

Something you said

I wish that I could read

C D

Every book that you ever had read

I wish I could hear

C G

The sound of your voice

I don't remember

But it's now your choice to

[Bridge]

Come back from that

Well of the void

Come back so that

I can tell you how I'm annoyed -

[Verse 2]

by the fact that I can't remember

C G

Your smile or your frown

I can't remember

C D

The name of your home town

I don't remember

C G

The color of your eyes

I don't remember

So hey I guess it's a little surprise

[Bridge]

And I want to will you wonder would you

Wander back from where you are

You see I see I cannot see

But I come so far with a little guitar

And I play in bars

And I'm lost in stars

[Chorus]

Memory

C G

G C D

G C G

G C D

[Bridge]

Come back from that

Well of the void

Come back so that

I can tell you how I'm annoyed

Because I come so far with a little guitar

And I play in bars

And I'm lost in stars.

[Chorus]

Memory

C G

G C D

Memory

G C G

Memory

G C D

Memory

[Outro]

G G (same riff in intro) (x2)

e|-------------------|

B|-------------------|

G|-------------------|

D|-------------------|

A|--0-2-0------------|

E|--------3----------|

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