The Rolling Stones - Memory Motel

Capo: 3rd fret

[Intro]
D Bm G Em7
D Bm G Em7

[Verse 1]
D Bm
Hannah honey was a peachy kind of girl
G Em7
Her eyes were hazel and her nose was slightly curved
D Bm
We spent a night at the Memory Motel
G Em7
It’s on the ocean I guess you know it well
D Bm
It took a starry night to steal my breath away
G Em7 D Bm G Em7
Down on the waterfront her hair all drenched in spray

[Verse 2]
D Bm
Hannah baby was a honey of a girl
G Em7
Her eyes were hazel her teeth were slightly curved
D Bm
She took my guitar and she began to play
G Em7
She sang a song to me stuck right in my brain

[Chorus]
D Bm G Em7
You’re just a memory of a love that used to be
D Bm G
You’re just a memory of a love
Em7
That used to mean so much to me

[Interlude]
A G D
A D G
D

[Bridge]
G Dsus4/F# D A D G D
She got a mind of her own and she use it well, yeah (Well, she’s one of the kind)
G Dsus4/F# D A D G D
Got a mind
G Dsus4/F# D A D
She got a mind of her own, yeah, and she use it mighty fine

[Verse 3]
D Bm
She drove her pickup truck painted green and blue
G Em7
The tires were wearin’ thin she’s done a mile or two
D Bm
When I asked her where’s she headed for
G Em7
Back up to Boston I’m singin’ in a bar
D Bm
I’ve got to fly today on down to Baton Rouge
G Em7
My nerves was shot already the road ain’t all that smooth
D Bm
Across in Texas is the rose in San Antone
G Em7
I keep on a feelin’ that gnawin’ in my bone

[Chorus]
D Bm G
You’re just a memory (just a memory)
Em7 D
Of a love that used to mean so much to me (just a memory)
Bm G
You’re just a memory (just a memory)
Em7
Of a love that used to mean so much to me
D Bm
You’re just a memory girl
G
You’re just a sweet old memory
Em7
And it used to mean so much to me
D
Sha-la-la-la
Bm
Sha-la-la-la
G
Sha-la-la-la
Em7
Sha-la-la-la
D Bm G
You’re just a memory of a love
Em7
That used to mean so much to me

[Interlude]
A G D
A D G
D

[Bridge]
G Dsus4/F# D A D G D
She got a mind of her own and she use it well, yeah
G Dsus4/F# D A D G D
Mighty fine, ‘cause she’s one of a kind
G Dsus4/F# D
She got a mind of her own, she’s one of a kind
A D
And she use it well

[Verse 4]
D Bm
On the seventh day my eyes were all aglaze
G Em7
We’ve been ten thousand miles we’ve been in fifteen states
D Bm
Every woman seem to fade out of my mind
G Em7
I hit the bottle then I hit the sack and cried
D Bm
What’s all this laughter on the twenty second floor
G
It’s just some friends of mine
Em7
And they’re bustin’ down the door
D Bm G Em7
It’s been a lonely night at the Memory Motel

[Chorus]
D Bm G
You’re just a memory girl (just a memory)
Em7
And it used to mean so much to me
D Bm G
You’re just a memory girl (just a memory)
Em7
And it used to mean so much to me
D Bm
You’re just a memory girl
G
You’re just a sweet old memory
Em7
And it used to mean so much to me
D Bm G
You’re just a memory of a love
Em7 A
That used to mean so much to me

[Outro]
G Dsus4/F# D A D G D
She got a mind of her own and she use it well, yeah
G Dsus4/F# D A D G D
(Well, she’s one of the kind)