Jake Etheridge – The Persistence Of Memory chords

[Intro]

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[Verse 1]
C#m                         AI remember driving, and the smell of rain
     E                                     BYour hand was out the window flying like a plane
C#m                    AI remember smiling and staring at your face

Like it could disappear if I blinked or looked away
AOld hickory in your sad dress
                         EWon't let me go just yet


[Verse 2]
     C#m                   AWell I remember sitting on your folks' pull out couch
     E                         BKept saying it was cold, I was staring at your mouth
        C#m                        ABut the more I read by memory, the less I pay it mind
       E                               AJust a story that we tell ourselves, almost a lullaby
ABut your eyes and the TV glow
                          EThey still won't let me go


[Bridge]
     A    E  B       C#m     AOh I know we had our reasons why
      A   E   B         E     ABut I can not hold them in my mind
  A    E  B       C#m B   AI know we had our reasons why, reasons why
            BBut instead I...


[Verse 3]
C#m                 AI remember watching you across the room
     E                           BYeah I knew all your friends but I did not know you
     C#m                      AThen when you said your name, I almost felt sick
    E                        BThe whole world spun around, I loved you so quick
AYou laughed and turned your head
                      EI can't get free of it


[Outro]
     A    E  B       C#m     AOh I know we had our reasons why
       A   E   B       E        AAnd I know we had some real bad times
      A  E   B        C#m B  ABut I cannot hold them in my mind, in my mind