You Can't Put Your Arms Around A Memory Chords
You Can't Put Your Arms Around A Memory by Guns N' Roses is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, Csus4, C2, F, Am and G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: C Csus4 C C2
Verse:
C F
It doesn't pay to try
Am C Csus4
all the smart boys know why
C F
it doesn't mean I didn't try
Am C Csus4
I'll just never know why
C F
It isn't 'cause I'm all alone
Am C Csus4
Oh, baby, you're not home
C F
And when I'm home
Am C Csus4
Big deal, I'm still alone
C F
It's so restless, I am,
Am C Csus4
Beat my head against a pole
C F
Try to knock some sense,
Am C Csus4
down 'side my bones
C F
And even though it don't show,
Am C Csus4
Those guys are so old
F
You can't put your
G C
arms around a memory
F G C Csus4 C C2
Don't try, don't try
Verse:
C F
You're just a basket case.
Am C Csus4
And you got no name
C F
Could you live with me?
Am C Csus4
Go on and say
C F
and even though they don't show
Am C Csus4
the scars aren't so old
F
You can't put your
G C
arms around a memory
F G C Csus4 C C2
Don't try, don't try