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[Verse 1]
      D                           G                   
I saw roses choking in the grass, flaking paint and a 
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broken window pane
  D                              Bm                    
A mailbox barely standing by the driveway, I can almost
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 read the name
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A swing-set and forgotten toys where little girls and 
                  D        Bm
boys played happy games
     D                           A                  
Everything I ever cared about is gone now,  but the 
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memory still remains

[Verse 2]
      D                                G            
The old man from the house across the street asked, 
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“How’s it goin’” and I said “Fine”
             D             Bm                       
But the expression on his face would make me think, 
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that he could almost read my mind.
     G                                                
That Johnson boy from down the road was askin’ if the 
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kids could come and play
        D                                  A       
Lord I wish I could have told him yes, but I just  
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said, I guess no, not today.

[Chorus]
            D                 G          A
I just came home to count the memories
A                             D     C
That I’ve been counting in my mind
                              G          A
I just came home to count the memories
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Of a better day and time

[Verse 2]
         D                                        
All the birds that sang their pretty songs aren’t 
 G                                 D
singing like they did when we were here
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Cause there’s no happiness in music if somebody isn’t 
close enough to care
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I picked a ragged daisy from it’s home out in the 
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corner the yard
     D                               A               
She loves me - She loves me not, Now I don’t have to 
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wonder anymore

[Chorus]
            D                 G          A
I just came home to count the memories
A                             D     C
That I’ve been counting in my mind
                              G          A
I just came home to count the memories
     A               D
Of a better day and time