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"THANKS FOR THE MEMORY" Words & Music by Leo Robin & Ralph Rainger Recorded by The Shep Fields Orchestra, Bob Hope vocal, 1937 From the 1938 film "Big Broadcast of 1938" (Academy Award winner) [Refrain 1]
E13ThanksFdim....for the A6memory.F#m.. [Verse 1] Of Acandlelight and Edimwine, cE7astles on the CdimRhine E7 F#m7 Bm7-5 E7 The Parthenon and moments on the Hudson River Line How D9lovely Dm6 Cdim it wE7as!
[Refrain 2]
E13ThanksFdim....for the A6memory.F#m.. [Verse 2] Of Arainy afterEdimnoons, sE7wingy Harlem Cdimtunes E7 F#m7 Bm7-5 E7 And motor trips and burning lips and burning toast and prunes How loE7vely D9 it wAas!
[Bridge]
AMany's the tAM7ime that we feD9asted E7 And mAany's the AM7time that we fD9asted E7 Oh, wGell, it was Bm7swell while it Am7lasted D7 We Gdid have G/F#fun and E7no harm done.
[Refrain 3]
And E13thanksFdim....for the A6memory.F#m.. [Verse 3] Of sAunburns at the Edimshore, nE7ights in SingaCdimpore E7 F#m7 Bm7-5 E7 You might have been a headache but you never were a bore So tD9hank yoDm6u Cdim so mE7uch.
[Refrain 4]
E13ThanksFdim....for the A6memory.F#m.. [Verse 4] Of Asentimental Edimverse, noE7thing in my Cdimpurse E7 F#m7 Bm7-5 E7 And chuckles when the preacher said "For better or for worse" D9How lovely Dm6 Cdim it E7was
[Refrain 5]
E13ThanksFdim....for the A6memory.F#m.. [Verse 5] Of lAingerie with Edimlace, PE7ilsner by theCdim case E7 F#m7 Bm7-5 E7 And how I jumped the day you trumped my one-and-only ace How D9lovely E7 that Awas!
[Bridge]
AWe said goodAM7bye with a D9highball E7 Then AI got as AM7"high" as a sD9teeple E7(Did you?) GBut we were inBm7telligent pAm7eople D7 GNo tears, no G/F#fuss, HoorE7ay! For us!
[Refrain 6]
E13ThanksFdim....for the A6memory.F#m..
[Verse 6]
And Astrictly entre-Edimnous, dE7arling how areCdim you? E7 F#m7 Bm7-5 E7 And how are all the little dreams that never did come true? DAw'flly glad I Fdimmet you, cheerAio, and toodle-F#7oo
[Outro]
And tD9hank you E7so mAuch.