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Remember When The Music

Harry Chapin
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Strum
D-DU-UDU
 For this song  = x02420 (low-high)
 Remember  when the music
Came  from wooden boxes strung with silver  wire
 And as  we sang the words, it would set  our minds on fire,
 We believed  in things, and so  we'd sing.
 Remember when the music
 Brought us all together to stand inside the rain
 And as we'd join our hands, we'd meet in the refrain,
 For we had dreams to live, we had hopes to give.
 Remember when the music
 Was the best of what we dreamed of for our children's time
 And as we sang we worked, for time was just a line,
 It was a gift we saved, a gift the future gave.
 Remember when the music
 Was a rock that we could cling to so we'd not despair,
 And as we sang we knew we'd hear an echo fill the air
 We'd be smiling then, we would smile again.
 Oh all  the times I've listened, and all  the times I've heard
 All the melodies  I'm missing, and all  the magic words,
 And all  those potent voices, and the  choices we had then,
 How I'd  love to find we had that kind of choice  again.
 Remember when the music
 Was a glow on the horizon of every newborn day
 And as we sang, the sun came up to chase the dark away,
 And life was good, for we knew we could.
 Remember when the music
 Brought the night across the valley as the day went down
 And as we'd hum the melody, we'd be safe inside the sound,
 And so we'd sleep, we had dreams to keep.
 And I feel that something's coming, and it's not just in the wind.
 It's more than just tomorrow, it's more than where we've been,
 It offers me a promise, it's telling me "Begin",
 I know we're needing something worth believing in.
 Remember when the music
 Came from wooden boxes strung with silver wire
 And as we sang the words, it would set our minds on fire,
 We believed in things, and so we'd sing.

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Readable chord sheet for Remember When The Music by Harry Chapin

For this song [A9] = x02420 (low-high)

[E]  [A9]  [E]  [A9]

Re[E]member when the music
[A9]Came from wooden boxes strung with si[E]lver wire
And [B]as we sang the words, it would s[A9]et our minds on fire,
We be[E]lieved in things, and [B]so we'd sing.

Remember when the music
Brought us all together to stand inside the rain
And as we'd join our hands, we'd meet in the refrain,
For we had dreams to live, we had hopes to give.

Remember when the music
Was the best of what we dreamed of for our children's time
And as we sang we worked, for time was just a line,
It was a gift we saved, a gift the future gave.

Remember when the music
Was a rock that we could cling to so we'd not despair,
And as we sang we knew we'd hear an echo fill the air
We'd be smiling then, we would smile again.

Oh al[A]l the times I've listened, and a[E]ll the times I've heard
All the m[A]elodies I'm missing, and a[E]ll the magic words,
And a[C#m]ll those potent voices, and the[Abm] choices we had then,
How I'd[F#m] love to find we had that kind of [B]choice again.  [B/A]       [B]         [Ab]             [B]

Remember when the music
Was a glow on the horizon of every newborn day
And as we sang, the sun came up to chase the dark away,
And life was good, for we knew we could.

Remember when the music
Brought the night across the valley as the day went down
And as we'd hum the melody, we'd be safe inside the sound,
And so we'd sleep, we had dreams to keep.

And I feel that something's coming, and it's not just in the wind.
It's more than just tomorrow, it's more than where we've been,
It offers me a promise, it's telling me "Begin",
I know we're needing something worth believing in.

Remember when the music
Came from wooden boxes strung with silver wire
And as we sang the words, it would set our minds on fire,
We believed in things, and so we'd sing.

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