He Carried Her Memory Chords by Bradley Walker

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[A#] It [F] was all that she left him, [A#] the night that she left him, so [F] he clung to her memory with
all of his [C] might.
_ He [F] carried it with [Cm] him _ [A#] everywhere he [Gm] went, like [F] a soldier [D] who just [E] [F] couldn't [C] give up the [F] fight.
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[C] He took it to work [F] and he brought it back home. _
[C] He took it so hard, [F] couldn't leave it alone.
We all call [Cm] him crazy [D] in [A#] our [F] little town, _
[Dm] the way that [A#] he carried [C] her memory [F] _ _ _
around.
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_ [B] _ [C#] _ [F#] He boxed it up [B] when he sold their old house.
[F#] It rode right beside him there in the [C#] front seat.
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[F#] He _ littered his new place [B] with those same old heartaches [F#] and felt right at home there [C#] with her [F#] memory. _ _
_ [F] _ [D#m] [C#] He took it to church with [F#] him three times a week.
[C#] He took it to bed when [F#] he laid down to [F] sleep.
[F#] The weight [F#m] of remembering [B] just wore [F#] him down, [D#m] the longer [B] he carried [C#] her memory [F#] _ around. _ _ _
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[C#] When _ _ _ [G#m] _
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[G] she never came back, [C] he gave up on Jesus, [G] and he never darkened _ another [D] church _ door.
_ [G] He took up with whiskey [C] and he took up with women, [G] till one night he just [D] couldn't take any [G] more.
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[D] He cried, God forgive me, [G] but I've lost my will.
[D] As he reached for that cold, deadly [G] piece of blue [C] steel,
[G] Then he put [Dm] another [C] big hole in [G] his heart, [Em] the [G] night that [C] he carried [D] her memory _ too far.
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