A Few Old Memories

Dolly Parton

Written by Hazel Dickens

Key of G · Chords: I IV V

Verse 1

G
Just a few old memories
                      C
Slipped in through my door
                              G
Though I thought I had closed it
           D7
So tightly before

Verse 2

                   G
I can't understand it
                        C
Why it should bother my mind
                   G
For it all belongs to
D7                G
Another place and time

Verse 3

               C
Just a few old keep-sakes
                G
Way back on the shelf
                   C
No they don't mean nothing
                                 D7
Well I'm surprised they're still left

Verse 4

                    G
Just a few old love letters
                   C
With the edges all brown
                 G
And an old faded picture
       D7            G
I keep turned upside down

Verse 5

Just a few old memories
                  C
Going way back in time
                  G
Well I can hardly remember
                     D7
I don't know why I'm crying

Verse 6

                   G
I can't understand it
                    C
Well I'm surprising myself
                     G
First thing tomorrow morning
     D7             G
I'll clean off that shelf

Verse 3

               C
Just a few old keep-sakes
                G
Way back on the shelf
                   C
No they don't mean nothing
                                 D7
Well I'm surprised they're still left