Intro: D5  G5  D5  G5 
 
G5             D5     A5        D5 
Ol' Johnny's got a heart of gold 
G5      D5           A5 
Ask anyone around here 
     G5               D5        A5    D5 
But some nights his eyes are far away 
      G5    D5   G5 
And filled with tears 
 G5          D5             A5            D5 
Sweet Mary Lou's just as good as they come 
        G5            D5             A5 
With a weakness for all the wrong men 
G5         D5           A5       D5 
From the look on her face tonight 
             G5   D5 G5 
She's been wrong a---gain 
G5                    A5 
Bartender's thinkin' to himself 
       G5                       A5 
As he rubs his towel around a glass 


               G5         D5      A5  B5 
Now there's a man with a memory 
           A5            G5   D5  G5 
There's a woman with a past 
      G5               D5      A5  B5 
Lost souls on life's highway 
    A5            G5   D5  G5 
Forever lookin' back 
             G5               D5   A5  B5 
When you're livin' for the love 
         A5            G5   D5  G5 
And the love doesn't last 
           G5          D5 
You get a man with a memory 
   A5            G5 
A woman with a past  
 
  
G5           D5       A5    D5 
Bartender turns the TV down 
G5                D5      A5 
Cranks that ol' jukebox up 
G5            D5           A5          D5 
Carefully selects which buttons to push 
          G5    D5  G5 
For what each song does 
G5          D5         A5       D5 
C twenty-three after J nineteen 
        G5           D5       A5 
It's a tonic for a broken heart 
G5          D5      A5       D5 
A little Stardust in the mix 
        G5    D5  G5 
It's a fine, fine art 
G5                 A5 
Dim the lights a notch or two 
G5                         A5 
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 
 
 
B5        A5                  G5           D5   E5 
Oh, we've all got somethin' we've got to get around 
D5             G5                                    A5   B5  D5  G5   
Now and then you get the chance to help the lost get found 
A5  B5  G5  A5 
 
G5                    A5 
Stackin' chairs and sweepin' up 
G5                       A5 
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 
 

           G5          D5 
You get a man with a memory 
   A5            G5 
A woman with a past
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