Memory (1981)       (midi)

 

      G                                              Em

1. Midnight, not a sound from the pavement,

                                          C                                    Bm

    has the moon lost her memory ? She is smiling alone.

               D                                                Em

    In the lamp light the withered leaves collect at my feet,

      G          D         C               G

    and the wind be  -  gins to moan.

 

      G                                    Em

2. Memory, all alone in the moonlight,

                                 C                                    Bm

    I can smile at the old days, I was beautiful then.

            D                                           Em

    I remember the time I knew what happiness was,

    G          D          C          G

    let the memory     live again.

     Bm      Am            Bm         Am   Bm A        D

    Every street lamp seems to beat a fatalistic warning,

     Bm          Em                       A             F#m

    someone mutters and the street lamp gutters,

            Bm      E          A

    and soon it will be morning.

 

      G                                        Em

3. Daylight, I must wait for the sunrise,

                                C                                      Bm

    I must think of a new life, and I mustn`t give in,

                      D                                            Em

    when the dawn comes, tonight will be a memory, too,

     G        D          C           G

    and a new day    will begin.

     Bm          Am         Bm    Am          Bm             A         D

    Burnt-out ends of smoky days, the stale cold smell of morning,

            Bm            Em                 A        F#m        

    the street-lamp dies, another night is over,

      Bm       E        A

    another day is dawning.

 

       G                                   Em

4. Touch me, it`s so easy to leave me,

                                  C                                     Bm

    all alone with the memory of my days in the sun.

                D                                               Em

    If you touch me you`ll understand what happiness is,

     G         D           C             G

    look, a new day     has begun.

 

   (Andrew Lloyd Webber)