ONLY A MEMORY THE SMITHEREENS tune down 1/2 step Intro E | ---------------------------------------------------------- | B | ---------------------------------------------------------- | G | ---------2--0-----------------------------------0--------- | D | -0h2------------2--4--0------------------0-------0-------- | A | ------------------------------0---------2----------------- | E | ------------------------------------3--------------------- | repeat 4 times Verse 1 A5 G5 D5 E5 My mind is filled with thoughts of you A5 G5 D5 E5 I think about the days of two A5 G5 D5 E5 I search the room but you're not there A5 G5 D5 E5 Your perfume lingers everywhere Chorus But it's F5 E5 Only a memory F5 G5 Of what our love was going to be D5 E5 Only a memory F5 G5 Broken bits of you and me D5 E5 Only a memory F5 G5 D5 Only a memory Play intro 2 times Verse 2 In a world of pain I have no peer You fade away and disappear And no I have to learn the game Where no one wins or takes the blame But it's Chorus Only a memory Of what our love was going to be Only a memory Now that we are history Only a memory Only a memory But it's Only a memory Of what our love was going to be Only a memory Broken bits of you and me Only a memory Only a memory Play intro 2 times Solo over verse chords Chorus Verse 3 Why should it matter if I cry I sit around and wonder why Now I feel much too weak to live And I've got nothing left to give Now it's Chorus Only a memory Of what our love was going to be Only a memory Broken bits of you and me Only a memory Only a memory Only a memory (Fade)