Intro: D  G  D  G 
 
G             D     A        D 
Ol' Johnny's got a heart of gold 
G      D           A 
Ask anyone around here 
     G               D        A    D 
But some nights his eyes are far away 
      G    D/F#   G 
And filled with tears 
 G          D             A            D 
Sweet Mary Lou's just as good as they come 
        G            D             A 
With a weakness for all the wrong men 
G         D           A       D 
From the look on her face tonight 
             G   D/F# G 
She's been wrong a---gain 
G                    A 
Bartender's thinkin' to himself 
       G                       A 
As he rubs his towel around a glass 


               G         D      A  Bm 
Now there's a man with a memory 
           A            G   D/F#  G 
There's a woman with a past 
      G               D      A  Bm 
Lost souls on life's highway 
    A            G   D/F#  G 
Forever lookin' back 
             G               D   A  Bm 
When you're livin' for the love 
         A            G   D/F#  G 
And the love doesn't last 
           G          D 
You get a man with a memory 
   A            G 
A woman with a past  
 
  
G           D       A    D 
Bartender turns the TV down 
G                D      A 
Cranks that ol' jukebox up 
G            D           A          D 
Carefully selects which buttons to push 
          G    D/F#  G 
For what each song does 
G          D         A       D 
C twenty-three after J nineteen 
        G           D       A 
It's a tonic for a broken heart 
G          D      A       D 
A little Stardust in the mix 
        G    D/F#  G 
It's a fine, fine art 
G                 A 
Dim the lights a notch or two 
G                         A 
The next round is on the house 
 
Chorus 2: 

For the man with a memory  

And the woman with a past 

Lost souls on life's highway 

Forever lookin' back 

When you're livin' for the love 

And the love doesn't last 

You get a man with a memory 

A woman with a past 
 
 
Bm        A                  G           D/F#   Em 
Oh, we've all got somethin' we've got to get around 
D/F#             G                                    A   Bm  D/F#  G   
Now and then you get the chance to help the lost get found 
A  Bm  G  A 
 
G                    A 
Stackin' chairs and sweepin' up 
G                       A 
He can't help a little smile 
 
Chorus 3: 

Thinkin' bout the man with a memory  

And the woman with a past 

Lost souls on life's highway 

Forever lookin' back 

When you're livin' for the love 

And the love doesn't last 

You get a man with a memory 

A woman with a past 
 

           G          D 
You get a man with a memory 
   A            G 
A woman with a past