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“I REMEMBER EVERYTHING” by John Prine

[Intro]
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                                                  I've been down this

[Verse 1]

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  Road before    I remember every tree                 Every single

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  Blade of grass holds a special place for me       And I remember

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  Every town      and every hotel room            And every song I 

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  Ever sang    on a guitar out of tune              And I remember

[Chorus]
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  Everything     Things I can't forget      The way you turned and

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  Smiled at me on the night that we first met       And I remember

  C                               G
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  Every night  your ocean eyes of blue      How I miss you in the

  D7/F#                            G
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  Morning light like roses miss the dew

[Interlude]
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                                                I've been down this

[Verse 2]
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  Road before      alone as I can be               Careful not to

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  Let my past   go sneaking up on me           Got no future in my

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  Happiness though regrets are very few         Sometimes a little

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  Tenderness  was the best that I could do          And I remember

[Chorus]
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    Everything   things I can't forget          Swimming pools of  

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  Butterflies  that slipped right through the net   And I remember 

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  Every night  your ocean eyes of blue       How I miss you in the 

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  Morning light    like roses miss the dew     How I miss you in the 


[Outro]

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  Morning light  like rose miss the dew

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