All Of My Memories

Words & Music by John Denver
from Aerie (1971)




G                   C                      G
All of my memories lay in the life of the highway
C                                             G
All of my nights in old motels and sleeping alone
C                                         G
All of my days on the road with no one beside me
                        C                    G
All of my dreams of a place that I can call home

                                 C                        G
Somewhere in the shade near the sound of a sweet singin' river
      C                                                     G
Somewhere in the sun where the mountains make love to the sky
      C                                      G
Somewhere to build me a faith, a farm and a family
                              C                      G
Somewhere to grow older, and somewhere a reason to try

            D                       C                    G
'Cause I'm tired of big cities and so tired of big city ways
   Bm                        C                     G
Scratchin' off sunsets, and walkin' around in the maze
       D                            C                   G
Some sweet taxi dancer's tryin' to save me from bein' alone
          Bm                               C                        G
Ah, it's much worse than lonely, there is no place that I really belong
              D                D7
I want to be home 

     G                         C                   G
I'm leavin' this city life In my mind I'm flyin' away
     Bm                  C                     G
I'm leavin' tomorrow and all of the old yesterdays
     D                            C                           G
I'm leavin' the trash cans, the bright lights, the telephone lines
     Bm                    C                     G
I'm leavin' my sorrows and all of my memories behind
               D          D7
To see what I find

   G                             C                        G
Somewhere in the shade near the sound of a sweet singin' river
      C                                               G
Somewhere in the sun where the mountains make love to the sky
      C                                G
Somewhere to build me a faith, a farm, and a family
                              C                      G
Somewhere to grow older, and somewhere a reason to try
                          C                        G
Somewhere to grow older, somewhere to laydown and die