Chords
These Reminders

Key: G

Introduction:  G   Bm   Am   C   G  

 G                                                                             Bm 
I am reaching for the mantel where your picture and a candle stand,
 Am                       C         G 
Too harsh a reminder to let stay.
 G                 Bm 
So I find a drawer that?deep and safe and I turn around
       Am                                         C         G 
and I walk away, surprised that I have found the strength at last.
 G                                                           Bm 
Every time the phone will ring I cannot seem to help but think that
 Am                   C             G 
maybe it is you there on the line.
 G                                                                                     Bm 
But I know it?not and I must agree it was all just too hard for
     Am                                   C                                     G 
you and me, so the ringing goes unanswered every time.
 D                 C                           G 
Oh, I am left with these reminders
 D                 C                           G 
Oh, will this hurtin?ver mend?
 D                   C                                                 G 
Oh, it hurts to turn around and find you gone
         Am                     C             G 
And me, here all alone again.
 G                                                                                   Bm 
That old man down at the coffee shop still asks me every time I stop
 Am                       C       G 
by the way, how?the nice lady been?
 G                                                                           Bm 
I just say you? doing fine, and I hope I?right ?ause I hate
                       Am                                 C                                         G 
lying, and truth be known I?wishing you all the best.
 G                                                                                       Bm 
But every black car at every red light still takes my breath cause
   Am               C 
I know it might be you, and that?just something
                                         G 
I cannot deal with yet.
 G                                                                                 Bm 
So I stick to roads that I know you would never have the cause to go
     Am                       C                   G 
And so far I? only broke down twice, that?right.
Chorus
 G                                                                           Bm 
It all comes down to just one thought, we thought we were but
                                         Am                               C                           G 
I guess we? not, and now we? got reminders all around.
 G                                                                         Bm 
You? got yours and I? got mine and someday we? turn around and
                             Am                     C                                           G 
Find that somewhere in the middle the truth was lying.
 D                                 C                       G 
And oh, we? be free of these reminders.
 D                                 C                       G 
Oh, man, this old hurt will finally mend
 D                                 C                   G 
Oh, it won?hurt to turn and find you gone
         Am                     C             G 
And me, here all alone again.
Solo