Am G F G
Am G F G


[Verse]

    Am                     G             F   G
The pink crucifix with the ivory Jesus I wanted
    Am                        G                       F G
The man with the blood on his hands as I ran from the river
Am                   G                         F       G
Kissing my cousin, before they took her to the graveyard
Am                          G                      F     G
Trembling at night from the violence I heard from my bedroom


[Chorus]

C     G      Dm
These are my memories
C     G      Dm
These are my memories, coming home


[Interlude]

Am G F G
Am G F G


[Verse 2]

Am                            G                         F    G
Called up at school `cause my hand wasn`t there to say "present"
Am                      G/A                   F   G
Running the gauntlet outside the Club Rado at dawn
Am             G                      F        G
Rory and me without a spare string between us
Am                    G                       F   G
Catching the last bus halfway through "I`m so glad"


[Chorus 2]

C     G      Dm
These are my memories
C     G      Dm
These are my memories, coming home


[Interlude]

Am G/A F/A G/A


[Verse 3]

Am                 G                            F    G
Philip and me and "the brush" riding round in a transit
    Am                           G                           F   G
The Bailey, the Strangley`s, the smoke and the speed and the acid
  Am                     G         F    G
I lost my virginity to a Tipperary woman
  Am                            G                       F       G
A heart that was broken, but it wasn`t the first or the last time


[Chorus 3]

C     G      Dm
These are my memories
C     G      Dm
These are my memories, coming home


[Bridge]

Em Bm F C
Em Bm F Am G


[Interlude]

Am G F G
Am G F G


[Verse 4]

Am                     G                              F      G
Under the wings of the man they called Green, I found freedom
      Am                    G                        F      G
Three children, one wife, a twist of the knife and a scandal
  Am                      G                      F     G
Divorce, separation, some kind of salvation came lately
   Am                    G                          F    G
So many have gone, but I know it`s just business as usual


[Chorus 4]

C     G      Dm
These are my memories
C     G      Dm
These are my memories
C     G      Dm
These are my memories
C     G      Dm
These are my memories
C     G      Dm
These are my memories
C     G      Dm
These are my memories, coming home


[Interlude]

Am G F G
Am G F G


[Coda]

      Am            G         F  G
These memories keep coming back
      Am            G         F  G
These memories keep coming back
Am  G            F  G
All those years ago
Am  G            F  G
All those years ago


[Outro]

Am G F G
Am G F G
Am G F G
Am G F G