Only A Memory Chords by Magnum

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_ [A] _ _ [C#] _ _ [B] Well, he was born his [C#] father's pride and joy, his young [A] life's goal [C#] before it [B] began. _
Dressed up in blue, his [C#] mother's only boy.
Someday [A] this child [C#] would have to be [B] a man. _ _
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He went to school shiny [C#] and white as pearl.
They did [E] not teach [Em] things he [Bm] should love, _ things he would need.
In this [C#] deceitful world, which way [A] to run, [Em] which way [Bm] to turn. _
He became strong, everyone [C#] looked to him.
[E] One of the boys, [Em] the beacon in [C#] the night. _ _
[B] And when he spoke, people [C#] would gather in.
They [A] would stay close, [Em] he'd make them [Bm] feel alright.
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_ [G#] _ _ _ [G#m] precious light, [E] one life, [F#] only a memory to light. _ _
_ [G#] One, one, one [G#m] precious light, one life, [B] only a memory to [F#] light. _
The [E] years of tenderness make them [Bm] burn. _ _
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_ [Bm] _ _ He wasn't [B] scared, he [C#] had no fear of all.
Said his goodbyes, [Em]
marred [Bm] off the wall.
Lest he look back, he [Em] had his mother tall.
Since [A] she'd been away, [E] the [Bm] heavens don't _ _ _ _ _
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_ [Bm] _ _ _ [B] speak to him.
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[C#] There's not a muddy beat, [A] all [B] of his thoughts scattered [Bm] just like a sea.
And he never knew, true [G] love is so surreal.
He [F#] felt no pain, his heart [Bm] started to [B] bleed.
_ [G#] One, one, one [E] precious light, one life, [B] only a [E] memory to [F#] light.
_ _ _ [G#] One, one, [E] one precious light, one life, [B] only a [E] memory [F#] to light.
_ [E] The years of tenderness make [G#] them burn [G#m] bright.
[E] One precious light, _ [B] only a [E] memory [F#] to light. _
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[B] Only a [E] memory [F#] to light. _
[E] The years of tenderness make [Bm] them burn _
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