Jerry Jeff Walker – Friends And Memories (Guitar)

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SONG: FRIENDS AND MEMORIES ARTIST: JERRY JEFF WALKER TAB BY: DON CZARSKI EMAIL: [email protected] NOTE: This type of song isn't as easy to play along to since he is speaking the words instead of singing them. The best way to learn this song is to get into a rhythm with the guitar first. After getting the flow of the guitar then you can try speaking the words while playing. INTRO: G Em7 Am7 D G Em7 Am7 D VERSE:

        G
Well I had this old guitar I found

         C                 G
In this second hand music shop

                     Em
Well I gave it to a friend one night

Am                             D  D
After he'd lost one hell of a lot

PRE-CHORUS:

   C
I said "go write a song to sing"

G                         C  C
As you travel down lifes road

    G            Em7
As music as you travel

        Am          D       G  Em7 Am7 D
Always lightens up your load

VERSE:

     G
Well I miss that old guitar a lot

             C                G
You know it had the sweetest tone

                Em
But I loved my friend a lot

        Am                   D  D
Didn't want to see him all alone

PRE-CHORUS:

          C
When you give something away you love

        G                       C  C
How it means much more when you do

    G                Em
And as you look back on your life

       Am      D       G  Em Am7 D
Those moments defined you

CHORUS:

        C
And you only get one life to live

          G
So go on live it with a flair

Am7                 D
Try to be a positive

   G          Am      G
Occasionally take it there

C                                  G
 And a smile can lift the darkest hours

         C   C
But be aware

       G      D        Em      Em7
Some chances come your way but once

      Am     D       G  Em7 Am7 D
Then vanish in thin air

VERSE:

         G
Well my goodness how the years have flown

 C                   G
And robbed me of my youth

        Em
But my friends and memories

      Am7            D   D
Stand out as living proof

PRE-CHORUS:

          C
That the loving is that pass through us like

  G                        C   C
Brush strokes through the heart

 G                Em7       Am    D       G  G
Are woven in the fabric of everything we are

CHORUS:

        C
And you only get one life to live

G
 So live it with a flair

Am               D
Try to be a positive

    G
And occasionally take that dare

 C
And if true love should find you friend

        G
Pull it in

          C  C
Hold it close

             G       D          Em
'Cause it's little things like wedding rings

      Am        D        G   G  Am7  D
That sometimes mean the most

OUTRO:

G
I had this old guitar I found

      C                 G
In a second hand music shop.