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Too Many Memories

Stephen Bruton
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
 (The intro figure is played off a G chord shape with an occasional E on the
 4th string)
I  remember this town  with a girl by my side
 And a love  seldom found  in this day and time
 (chords repeated for all verses)
 And it gets melancholy ev'ry now and again
 When you let your mind go and it drifts way back when
 Life plays it's tricks some cruel but fair
 And even a fool can't pretend they don't care
 (Chorus:)
 When there's too  many memories  for one  heart to hold
 Once a future  so bright  now seems so distant  and cold
 When the shadows  grow long  and your eyes  look so old
 When there's too  many memories for one heart to hold
 There are those moments, and they just never fade
 Like the look in her eyes and the way that life played (?)
 God moved in that moment and the angels all cried
 And they gave you a memory that you'll have till you die
 Now the lesson you learn and you don't dare forget
 What makes you grow old is replacing hope with regret
 with minor variations;2 lines starting with "And" in stead of "When":)
 And there's too many memories....
 And the shadows.....
 And now a couple of requests:
  "Mary watches everything" by Luka Bloom (I need the chords)
  "Where have you been" by OHO (I need the lyrics, I got the chords
  and the cool picking pattern in the intro)

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Readable chord sheet for Too Many Memories by Stephen Bruton

[G]         [C]    [G]               [Am7]

(The intro figure is played off a G chord shape with an occasional E on the
4th string)

[G]I remember this [D]town [G]  with a girl by my [C]side    [D]
And a [Em]love seldom [C]found in this day and [G]time

(chords repeated for all verses)

And it gets melancholy ev'ry now and again

When you let your mind go and it drifts way back when

Life plays it's tricks some cruel but fair

And even a fool can't pretend they don't care

(Chorus:)
When there's [D]too many [Em]memories for [C]one heart to [G]hold
Once a [D]future so [Em]bright now seems so [C]distant and [G]cold
When the [D]shadows grow [G]long and your [D]eyes look so [G]old
When there's [C]too many memories for one heart to [G]hold

There are those moments, and they just never fade

Like the look in her eyes and the way that life played (?)

God moved in that moment and the angels all cried

And they gave you a memory that you'll have till you die

Now the lesson you learn and you don't dare forget

What makes you grow old is replacing hope with regret

with minor variations;2 lines starting with "And" in stead of "When":)

And there's too many memories....

And the shadows.....

And now a couple of requests:
     "Mary watches everything" by Luka Bloom (I need the chords)
     "Where have you been" by OHO (I need the lyrics, I got the chords
      and the cool picking pattern in the intro)

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