Misc Musicals – Cats - Memory (Guitar)

D Tuning (D-G-C-F-A-D)
Key
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Chords

[Verse 1]
C                              Am
Midnight, not a sound from the pavement

                      F                       Em
Has the moon lost her memory? She is smiling alone

       Dm                               Am
In the lamplight the withered leaves collect at my feet

        G      F       C
And the wind begins to moan
[Verse 2]
C                        Am
Memory, all alone in the moonlight

                   F                         Em
I can smile at the old days, I was beautiful then

    Dm                          Am
I remember the time I knew what happiness was

        G      F     C
Let the memory live again
[Bridge]
Em       F       Em         F
Every streetlamp seems to beat

  Em  C     D   G
A fatalis - tic warning

Em        Am7          D          Gmaj7
Someone mutters, and a streetlamp gutters

    Em       G/A A7 D
And soon it will be morning
[Verse 3]
C                             Am
Daylight, I must wait for the sunrise

                  F                            Em
I must think of a new life, and I mustn't give in

         Dm                            Am
When the dawn comes, tonight will be a memory too

      G       F/G    C
And a new day will begin
[Instrumental] Ab Fm Db Cm Bbm7 Fm Eb Db Ab [Bridge]
Cm           Db   Cm        Db
Burnt out ends of smokey days

    Cm         Ab    Bb7 Eb
The stale cold smell of morning

  Cm7        Fm7           Bb7      Ebmaj7
A streetlamp dies, another night is over

 Cm     F7     Bb
Another day is dawning
[Verse 4]
Eb                        Cm
Touch me, it's so easy to leave me

                   Ab                       Gm
All alone with the memory of my days in the sun

       Fm                               Cm
If you touch me, you'll understand what happiness is

        Bb      Ab/Bb Eb
Look, a new day has begun