Key: C
Introduction:
C E7
You are still my boy
F A7
Even though you're gone now
Dm A7 Dm G
We have your memories lingerin' on
F B7
Boyish laughter rings out clear
C A7
And it seems you must be near
D7 Dm7
Footsteps sound and I look around
G9 G
And I look to see if you are here
C E7
You still claim a part
F A7(9) A7
Of that hopeful place I call my heart
Dm A7 Dm G
Hopeless is a word I never learned
F B7
Though my head knows what is true
C A7
That we've seen the very last of you
D7 Dm7
My heart won't listen, it just keeps missin'
G
That lovin' boy that it once knew
C E7
You will always be
F
You will always be
A7(9) A7
Somewhere deep inside of me
Dm A7
I know it, yes I know it
Dm G
I can feel it
Am E7
I ain't no prophet claimin' doom now
Am
Somehow I never learned the knack
C E7
You got a boy, you give him room now
Dm G G+
And then there's nothin' ever gonna bring him back, oh
C E7
You are still my boy
F A7(9) A7
Even though, even though you're gone now
Dm A7 Dm
I hear your laughter lingerin' on
G
I hear it, yes it's true
F B7
And no matter what I do
C A7
No matter where, no matter where I'm goin' to
Dm G
I'll always have my memories
Em A7
I'll always have my memories
Dm G F
I'll always have my memories of you
C
Of you