A Memory Of You Song Lyrics and Chords by Jim and Jesse
A Memory Of You
Recorded by Jim and Jesse
Written by Larry Roll
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I turned the key in the
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lock
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walked slowly into the
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room
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Your presence hung like a
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heavy
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And I
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knew that death
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had come to
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soon
The star may be shining for
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somebody
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moon may be giving us
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light
But
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all that I have is a
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memory of you
And I'
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m lost in
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a world black a
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s
night
Death came to soon to the
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one that I love
And
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now I must travel
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alone
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Just a wandering boy
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with a broken heart
Whose
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sweetheart and
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pal is now
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gone
Repeat #2
I'll travel on through thi
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s world of despair
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l just force myself to g
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o
on
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find myself wishing
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every
day
I could
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be with her
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in the
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beyond
Repeat #2
FAQ
Who sang the the song A Memory Of You?
- The song A Memory Of You was sang by Jim and Jesse.
Who is Jim and Jesse?
- Jim & Jesse were an American bluegrass music duo composed of brothers Jim McReynolds (February 13, 1927 - December 31, 2002) and Jesse McReynolds (born July 9, 1929). The two were born and raised in Carfax, a community near Coeburn, Virginia. Their grandfather, Charles McReynolds, had led the band "The Bull Mountain Moonshiners" who recorded at the famous Bristol Sessions in 1927.
