Sweet Memories Chords
by Roy Orbison
Sweet Memories by Roy Orbison is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords E7, A, A4/7, A7, A7/9, D, F#m, D6, E, Cdim, D9, Fdim, Bm5-/7, B7, D7M, Dm6, C#7, D6/9, E4/7 and F. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
E7 A A4/7 A7 A7/9 D F#m D6
My world is like a river, as dark as it is deep
E Cdim E7 D9 Fdim Cdim E7 Fdim E7 Bm5-/7 A
Night after night the past slips in and gathers all my sleep
E7 A A4/7 A7 A7/9 A7 D F#m D6
My days are just an end - ess stream of emptiness to me
B7 D D7M D6 A F#m D9 Dm6 Fdim A
Filled only by the fleeting moments of her memory
E7 E7 A A C#7 C#7 F#m B7
Sweet memories, sweet memories
A F#m D9 E7 A
M-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-mm.
E7 A A4/7 A7 A7/9 A7 D F#m D6
She slipped into the silence of my dreams again last night
E Cdim E7 D9 Fdim Cdim E7 Fdim E7 Bm5-/7 A
Wandering from room to room, she's turning on each light
E7 A A4/7 A7 A7/9 A7 D F#m D6
Her laughter spills like water from the river to the sea
B7 D D7M D6 A F#m D9 Dm6 Fdim A
And I'm swept away from sadness, clinging to her memory
E7 E7 A A C#7 C#7 F#m B7
Sweet memories, sweet memories
A F#m D9 D6/9 E7 E4/7 F Dm6 A
M-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-mm.