You Can'T Put Your Arms Around A Memory

Intro:      [C]     [C4]          [C]      [C9]    (twice)

Verso:
[C] It doesn't pay to [F] try [Am] all the smart boys know [C] why [C4]

[C] it doesn't mean I didn't [F] try [Am] I'll just never know [C] why [C4]



[C] It isn't 'cause [F] I'm all alone [Am] Oh, baby, you're not [C] home [C4]

[C] And when I'm [F] home [Am] Big deal, I'm still [C] alone [C4]



[C] It's so restless, [F] I am, [Am] Beat my head against a [C] pole [C4]

[C] Try to knock some [F] sense, [Am] down 'side my [C] bones [C4]

[C] And even though it don't [F] show, [Am] Those guys are so [C] old [C4]



CHORUS:

[F] You can't put your [G] arms around a [C] memory (3 times)

Don't [F] try, [G] don't try,[C]     [C4]          [C]      [C9]



Verso:

[C] You're just a basket [F] case.[Am] And you got no [C] name [C4]

[C] Could you live with [F] me? [Am] Go on and [C] say [C4]

[C] and even though they don't [F] show [Am]the scars aren't so [C] old [C4]



CHORUS:

[F] You can't put your [G] arms around a [C] memory (3 times)

Don't [F] try, [G] don't try, [C]     [C4]          [C]      [C9]