More than a memory
F C
1. People say she's only in my
head,
Am
Dm
it's gonna take time, but I'll forget.
F
C
They say I need to get on with
my life,
Bb F
what
they don't realize.
C
Is when you're dialing 6 numbers just to hang up the phone,
Em
drivin' 'cross town just to
see if she's home,
Am
waking
a friend in the dead of the night,
F
just
to hear him say it's gonna be alright.
C
When you find the things to do
not to fall asleep,
G
'cause you know she'll be
there in your dreams,
F Dm C
that's
when she's more than a memory.
F C
2. Took
a match to everything she ever wrote,
Am
Dm
watched
her words go up in smoke.
F
C
Tore all her pictures off the
wall,
Bb F
that ain't helping me at all.
C
'Cause when you're talkin out loud and nobody's there,
Em
you
look like hell and you just don't care,
Am
drinkin more than you ever drank
F
and
sinking down lower than you ever sank.
C
When you find yourself falling
down upon your knees,
G
prayin' to God, beggin' him
"please",
F Dm C
- Bb - F
that's
when she's more than a memory !
C Bb - F
She's more, she's mo.....re !
F
G C
3. 'Cause when you're dialin' her number just
to hang up the phone,
Em
drivin' 'cross town just to
see if she's home,
Am
waking
a friend in the dead of the night,
F - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - -
just
to hear him say it's gonna be alright.
C
When you find the things to do
not to fall asleep,
G
'cause you know she'll be
there in your dreams,
F Dm C
that's
when she's more than a memory.
+ C - G - Am
- F - - -
F C
+ People say she's only in my head,
Am
it's gonna take time till I ....
(orig. = capo 1st) (Garth
Brooks)