Souvenirs
John Prine (1972)


4/4 | T3 - D u T4 - D u |
      1    2 & 3    4 &

Intro
| [G] | [G] | [C] | [C] | [D7] | [D7] | [G] | [G] |   
| [G] | [G] | [C] | [C] | [D7] | [D7] | [G] | [G] | [G!]    

All the snow has turned to | [C] water   | [C] |   
| [D7] .. Christmas | days have come and | [G] gone. | [G] |   
| [G] .. Broken | toys and faded | [C] colours | [C] |   
| [D7] .. are all that's | left to linger | [G] on. | [G] | [G!]  

I hate graveyards and old | [C] pawn shops | [C] |   
| [D7] .. For they | always bring me | [G] tears. | [G] |   
| [G] .. I can't for-   | give the way they | [C] robbed me | [C] |   
| [D7] .. of my | childhood souve-   | [G] nirs. | [G] | [G!]  

Chorus
| [D7] .. Memo-   | ries, they can't be | [G] boughten. | [G]  
They | [D7] can't be won at | carnivals for | [G] free. | [G] |   
| [D7] . Well it took me | years... to | [G] get those souve- | [G] nirs
And I | [C] don't know how they | slipped away from | [D7] me. | [D7] |   

Instrumental
| [G] | [G] | [C] | [C] | [D7] | [D7] | [G] | [G] |   
| [G] | [G] | [C] | [C] | [D7] | [D7] | [G] | [G] | [G!]  

Broken hearts and dirty | [C] windows | [C] |   
| [D7] .. Make life | difficult to | [G] see. | [G] |   
| [G] .. That's why | last night and this | [C] morning | [C] |   
| [D7] .. Always | look the same to | [G] me. | [G] | [G!]  

I hate reading old love | [C] letters | [C] |   
| [D7] .. For they | always bring me | [G] tears. | [G] |   
| [G] .. I can't | forgive the way they | [C] rob me | [C] |   
| [D7] .. Of my | sweetheart's souve- | [G] nirs. | [G] | [G!] |   

Chorus
| [D7] .. Memo- | ries, they can't be | [G] boughten. | [G]  
They | [D7] can't be won at | carnivals for | [G] free. | [G] |   
| [D7] . Well it took me | years... to | [G] get those souve- | [G] nirs
And I | [C] don't know how they | slipped away from | [D7] me. | [D7] |   

Outro
| [G] | [G] | [C] | [C] | [D7] | [D7] | [G] | [G] | [G!]

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#Last Updated 5/16/22 JJ
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