Keep a Memory by The Stanley Brothers and the Clinch Mountain Boys
King LP 615
Recorded at King Record Studios, Cincinnati, Ohio
Track 7 at 13:59 ends at 16:38
Standard Tuning
Key: E


[Intro]
   
   

[Chorus]

Keep a memory 

of our love de

ar
             
Never ever let

    
 it stray
             
Why betray the

              
 heart you've 


broken
            
I'll find happ

           
iness some way

.


[Instrumental]
    
   
    
    


[Verse 1]

When I think a

bout you darli

ng
             
I often hang m

           
y head and cry
             
Words just can

              
't explain my 


feelings
           
Just to know I

            
've lived a li

e


[Chorus]

Keep a memory 

of our love de

ar
             
Never ever let

    
 it stray
             
Why betray the

              
 heart you've 


broken
            
I'll find happ

           
iness some way

.


[Instrumental]
     
    
     
   


[Verse 2]

When our old f

riends ask abo

ut you
             
Many times I c

     
an't reply
             
Just the thoug

              
ht of your nam

  
e darling
           
Makes me wish 

             
that I could d

ie.


[Chorus]

Keep a memory 

of our love de

ar
             
Never ever let

    
 it stray
             
Why betray the

              
 heart you've 


broken
            
I'll find happ

             
iness some way

    
.