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A MEMORY  written by Don Langdon
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 Em           Am        Dm                    G              C/G      Am             Dm                     G                                                                                                                                                                                                    
I remember Daddy         looking down for me     He was nearly blind      from some strange disease                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
 Am       Em            Am                   Em                  Am      Em                 (      B  C     B     C   E) D                                                                                                       
. I was looking up          he seemed so far away      I was wanting him           to come home that  day                                                                                                                                                                   
 Em           Am         Dm                    G                     C/G            Am                 Dm       G                                             
. Daddy came home               needed a place to die         To spend his last days       with his wife and child                                                                              
 Am       Am7  Em         Am       Am7   Em       Am          Em              (B) C              D     Dsus4 D                                                                           
. I couldn't hug him        but I could see          He wanted a life to live      to be with mom and me                                                                                                                                                              
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 G               Bm                  C   (B    C  E) D                            G     (F#)          Bm              C   (B  CE       )D                                                                                                                                                                   
He'd been gone  away             two years from his wife       He'd been sick and dying  for so long in my life                                                          
 (B C) C                 D             G         (F#)           (E) Em                        (BC) C/G       Dsus4  D  G                                                                                                         
.   I couldn't hug or touch him      you don't know what that's like    .  mmmm       mmmm     mmmm                                                                                      
 Em                 Am        Dm                   G                     C/G             Am            Dm           G                                                                                                                                                                           
. I remember that last time      Daddy babysitting me   . Telling me to close my eyes      he be here with me                                                                                                          
 Am             Em             Am                   Em                       Am             Em       (B     C        B      C E)D                                                                                            
.  Woke up in the morning        something wasn't right   Everyone was crying   that night stole a  life                                                                                                                                                                                        
 Em               Am           Dm             G                            C/G          Am            Dm                   G                                                                                                                                                                                                                
. A horse drawn carriage           carried Dad away . It wasn't far to go             mom cried all the way                                                                                           
 Am         Am7    Em      Am         Am7   Em                Am                Em         (B)  C              D        Dsus4 D                                                               
.  They buried my dad           don't remember where     The old wooden cross  had fallen down somewhere                                              
 
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 G               Bm                  C   (B    C  E) D                            G     (F#)          Bm              C   (B  CE       )D                                                                                                                                                                   
He'd been gone  away             two years from his wife       He'd been sick and dying  for so long in my life                                                          
 (BC) C                 D             G         (F#)           (E) Em                        (BC) C/G       Dsus4  D  G                                                                                                         
.   I couldn't hug or touch him      you don't know what that's like    .  mmmm       mmmm     mmmm                                                                                      
                                                                 
 G               Bm                  C   (B    C  E) D                            G     (F#)          Bm              C   (B  CE       )D                                                                                                                                                                   
He'd been gone  away             two years from his wife       He'd been sick and dying  for so long in my life                                                          
 (BC) C                 D             G         (F#)           (E) Em                        (BC) C/G       Dsus4  D  G                                                                                                         
.   I couldn't hug or touch him      you don't know what that's like    .  mmmm       mmmm     mmmm                                                                                      
 (out (B/C) C/G       Dsus4  D  G