The Memories Are Restless Tonight
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Afinação: E A D G B ECapotraste: Sem capotraste
"The Memories Are Restless Tonight" - Eddie Noack
B-side on the single "Born Yesterday / The Memories Are Restless Tonight" (1973)
Track 30 of 30 on the album "Ain't the Reaping Ever Done? (1962-1976)" (2015)
Link to song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=huvrhKPh_BE
[Intro]
A G D
D A D A
[Verse 1]
A D E A
I wait for it to happen on this day every year
G D A E
And though it means a heartbreak, I really have no fear
A A7 D
I'll hear them in the distance when all is still and quiet
E A
[Chorus 1]
A A7 D
The memories are restless tonight
E A
It seems they get worse as years go by
A C#m D A
They may torture and tease me 'til I've begun and cry
E A
The memories are restless tonight
[Interlude]
A G D
D A D A
[Verse 2]
A D E A
This day was something special another love ago
G D A E
And on this one occasion, she'll think of me, I know
A A7 D
No matter where she's living, our thoughts again unite
E A
The memories are restless tonight
[Chorus 2]
A A7 D
The memories are restless tonight
E A
They're driving the present out of sight
A C#m D A
They may leave me tomorrow and they have won their fight
E A
But the memories are restless tonight
A C#m D A
They may leave me tomorrow and they have won their fight
E A
But the memories are restless tonight
D A
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