title: Thanks For The Memory
key: Theme
harp type: Chromatic
genre: F
skill: Any

THANKS FOR THE MEMORY chrom
By: Leo Robin, Ralph Rainger
From: “Big Broadcast Of 1938
Bob Hope and Shirley Ross, Rod Stewart
Key: F
Thanks for the memory
Of rainy afternoons, swingy Harlem tunes
Motor trips and burning lips
and burning toast and prunes
How lovely it was
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Thanks for the mem-o-ry
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Of can-dle-light and wine,
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Cas-tles on the Rhine
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The Par-the-non, and mo-ments on
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the Hud-son Riv-er line
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How love-ly it was
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Thanks for the mem-o-ry
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Of rain-y af-ter-noons
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Swing-y Har-lem tunes
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And mo-tor trips and burn-ing lips
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And burn-ing toast and prunes
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How love-ly it was
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Man-y’s the time that we feast-ed
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And man-y’s the time that we fast-ed
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Oh well, it was swell while it last-ed
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We did have fun, and no harm done
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And thanks for the mem-o-ry
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Of sun-burns at the shore
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Nights in Sing-a-pore
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You might have been a head-ache,
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but you nev-er were a bore
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So thank you so much
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Thanks for the mem-o-ry
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Of sen-ti-men-tal verse
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Noth-ing in my purse
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And chuck-les when the preach-er said
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For bet-ter or for worse
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How love-ly it was
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Thanks for the mem-o-ry
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Of lin-ge-rie with lace,
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Pils-ner by the case
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And how I jumped the day
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you trumped my one and on-ly ace
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How love-ly it was
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We said good-bye with a high-ball
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Then I got as high as a steep-le
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But we were in-tel-li-gent peo-ple
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No tears, no fuss, hur-ray for us
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So thanks for the mem-o-ry
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And strict-ly en-tre nous,
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Dar-ling, how are you?
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And how are all the lit-tle dreams
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that nev-er did come true?
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Awf-‘ly glad I met you,
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Chee-ri-o, and too-dle-oo
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And thank you, so much