I JUST CAME HOME TO COUNT THE MEMORIES
As recorded by Gillian Welch & David Rawlings
(From the 2022 Album SOMETHING BORROWED, SOMETHING NEW:
A TRIBUTE TO JOHN ANDERSON)



Capo 4th fret.
If you don't want to use a capo transpose +4 steps.



[Intro]



[Verse 1]
             
I saw roses ch

              
oking in the g

             
rass flaking p

              
aint in a brok

   
en window pane
              
A mailbox bare

             
ly standin' by

            
 the driveway,

              
 I can almost 

     
read  the name
             
A swing set an

              
d forgotten to

              
ys where littl

              
e girls and bo

             
ys played happ

      
y games
             
Everything I e

              
ver cared abou

             
t is gone now 

              
but the memori

             
es still remai

   
n


[Verse 2]
             
And the old ma

              
n from the hou

              
se across the 

             
street asked h

              
ow's it goin' 

    
and I said fin

e
              
The expression

             
 on his face w

             
ould make me t

             
hink that he c

              
ould almost re

      
ad my mind
             
That Johnson b

              
oy from down t

              
he road was as

              
king if the ki

              
ds could comе 

        
and play
             
Lord, I wish I

              
 could have to

             
ld him yes but

              
 I just said I

           
 guess son not

 today


[Chorus]
             
I just camе ho

              
me to count th

            
e memories I'v

              
e been countin

     
g in my mind
           
Just came home

             
 to count the 

             
memories of a 

             
better day and

     
 time


[Verse 3]
             
All the birds 

              
that sang such

              
 pretty songs 

             
aren't singing

              
 like they did

      
 when we were 

here
              
Cause there's 

              
no happiness i

           
n music if som

              
ebody isn't cl

             
ose enough to 


care
             
So I picked ar

              
ranged daisy f

              
rom its home i

              
n the corner o

          
f the yard
             
He loves me, h

              
e loves me not

             
, I don't have

         
 to wonder any

more


[Chorus]
             
I just came ho

              
me to count th

            
e memories I'v

              
e been countin

            
g in my mind
              
Just came home

             
 to count the 

             
memories of a 

         
better day and

 time
          
Just came home

             
 to count the 

             
memories, gues

              
s it's time to

              
 say goodbye