Memory, from Cats (by Andrew Lloyd Webber)

As performed on the London Cast Recording, circa 1981

Bb (x1333x@1)                          GmMidnight, (355333@1)not a sound on the pavement
                     Eb (x43121@3)                  DmHas (xx0231@1)the moon lost a memory? She is smiling alone
        Cm (x3101x@1)                          GmIn (355333@1)the lamplight the withered leaves collect at my feet
         F (133211@1)            BbAnd (x1333x@1)the wind begins to moan

Bb (x1333x@1)                    GmMemory, (355333@1)all alone in the moonlight
                   EbI (x43121@3)can smile at the old days
                DmI (xx0231@1)was beautiful then
    Cm (x3101x@1)                         GmI (355333@1)remember the time I knew what happiness was
        F (133211@1)         BbLet (x1333x@1)the memory live again

Dm (xx0231@1)   Eb (x43121@3)       Dm (xx0231@1)      EbEvery (x43121@3)street lamp seems to beat 
    Dm (xx0231@1) Bb (x1333x@1) F (133211@1)A fatalistic warning
Dm (xx0231@1)     G (320003@1)          C (x32010@1)         AmSomeone (x02210@1)mutters and a street lamp flutters
    Dm (xx0231@1)    F (133211@1)     CAnd (x32010@1)soon it will be morning

Bb (x1333x@1)                      Gm (355333@1)Daylight, I must wait for the sunrise
                  EbI (x43121@3)must think of a new life
                   DmAnd (xx0231@1)I mustn't give in
         Cm (x3101x@1)                          GmWhen (355333@1)the dawn comes tonight will be a memory too
       F (133211@1)         BbAnd (x1333x@1)a new day will begin

INSTRUMENTAL (LIKE VERSE w/key change)

F# (244322@1) -    Ebm (xx4342@1)B (x2444x@1)Bbm (x13321@1)Abm (133111@4)           Ebm (xx4342@1)C#   F#



Bbm (x13321@1)  B (x2444x@1)         Bbm (x13321@1)    BBurnt (x2444x@1)out ends of smokey days
    Bbm (x13321@1)       F# (244322@1)     C#The (x43121@1)stale cold smell of morning
Bbm (x13321@1)          F# (244322@1)         Ab (xx1114@1)      Fm (133111@1)                    
A street lamp dies another night is over
Bbm (x13321@1)    C# (x43121@1)   AbAnother (xx1114@1)day is dawning

(KEY CHANGE)

C# (x43121@1)                      BbmTouch (x13321@1)me, it's so easy to leave me
                   F# (244322@1)              
All alone with the memory
                   FmOf (133111@1)my days in the sun
       Ebm (xx4342@1)                            BbmIf (x13321@1)you touch me you'll understand what happiness is
Ab (xx1114@1)                C#Look, (x43121@1)a new day has begun