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Down At The End Of Memory Lane

Jimmie Davis

Written by Jimmie Davis and Robert Anthony Jones

Key of C · Chords: I IV V

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Verse 1

C                  F
Down at the end of Memory lane
C                            G7
Where many have walked it in gladness
C                   F
But I am the one to walk it last
  C         G7          C
I walked it alone in sadness

Verse 2

F                           C
I received a letter from my darling
                                 G7
I opened it and this is what she said
C                           F
I’m sorry if I hurt you but now it is too late
C                  G7             C
For another man my darling I have wed

Verse 3

               F
I remember her sweet little face
C                      G7
And her pretty eyes of blue
C           F
Golden hair hanging down her back
C           G7              C
Tied with a big blue ribbon bow

Verse 4

F                                C
We were childhood chums together there
                                  G7
I loved her with all my heart and soul
    C                       F
But she left me for another without a thought or care
    C                   G7              C
And she left me in this world alone and cold