If Only for Memories Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
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When you were born, you were [G]not alone

[Verse 1]
Nothing was carved into the stone[Dm]s
Well, yeah,
but don't forget: you [Am]heard someone say
"it [G]won't get better than [C]this."
That was the sound of your father
[G]As he held you up to your mot[Dm]her
No one will ever know a [Am]love as pure as
The [G]one that you felt right [C]then
They held [G]you

[Verse 2]
up,
they held you [Dm]up
[Am]And everybody else,
they fell [G]to the wayside
[C]This is the start, a begin[Am]ning
[G]A prologue to the yarn
that you're spinning
[Dm]One million synonyms will neve[Am]r come
Close to de[G]scribe the feeling

[Verse 3]
[F]Don't ever lea[C]ve. cause if you do,[G] dear
I guaran[Am]tee that you'll
[G]regret [F]the day you did
And you'll miss [C]all the simple things
And you'll see [G]everything
you ever loved
Start fading till there's
nothing left but [Am]dust
An[F]d I believe that

[Verse 4]
[G]every broken
[F]bone is meant to [Am]be
When it [C]heals it will [F]be stronger
than it was be[Am]fore
[F]And I [C]see [G]the things that I pre
[F]tend that I don't [Am]see
And I [C]store them in my [F]head, [Dm]love,
if [G]only for memories

[Interlude 1]
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[Verse 5]
[C]So now you're young and you
[G]feel alone his wife
Friends, family and all the [Dm]good
things now surrounding you
You [Am]can't helping thinking, oh
There's [G]gotta be some more to do
[C]When all the things that you
[G]cherished turn
Into burdens and there [Dm]is
no other path to take
[F]You kno[Am]w what you gotta do
[G]but you don't know [C]how
They hold [G]you

[Verse 6]
back; they
hold you [Dm]down
And you're [Am]gonna feel bad
but you [G]know
That you gotta get [C]out. this is your pain
[G]Your dilemma: do you
stay in the town where
They raised [Dm]ya? or will you sail away?
[Am]Pull the anchor and go [G]in
it for what come what [F]may

[Verse 7]
You have [C]to leave,
cause [G]if you don't, dear
You'll never [Am]see the things
that you [F]read about in books
You saw the [C]films and you were hooked
But [G]everything you want
will come to you
You realize now that you gotta
come see this [Am]through
And I be[F]lieve that

[Verse 8]
[G]every broken
[F]bone is meant to [Am]be
When it [C]heals it will [F]be stronger
than it was be[Am]fore
And I [F]see the [G]things that I
pre[F]tend that I don't
[Am]See and [C]I store them in my h[F]ead, l[Dm]ove, i[F]f only[G] for memories

[Interlude 2]
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[Dm][Am][F][G][C][G]
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I be[F]lieve that

[Verse 9]
[G]every broken
[F]bone is meant [Am]to be
When it heals it [F]will be stronger
than it was be[Am]fore
And [F]I see the [G]things that I pre[F]tend that
I don't [Am]see and I [C]store
them [Am]in my h[F]ead
Love, if [G]only for memories

[Outro 1]
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