This version is from my piano book, complete with modulations. The notes in
brackets are the bass notes leading to the next chord, if you want to play them. Enjoy :)
MEMORY – Andrew Lloyd Webber
Midnight. Not a sound from the pavement.
Has the moon lost her mem’ry? She is smiling alone.
In the lamplight the withered leaves collect at my feet
And the wind begins to moan.
Mem’ry. All alone in the moonlight
I can smile at the old days, I was beautiful then.
I remember the time I knew what happiness was,
[B, A]
Let the mem’ry live again.
[G, F#]
Ev’ry street lamp seems to beat a fatalistic warning.
Someone mutters and a street lamp sputters and soon it will be morning.
Daylight. I must wait for the sunrise,
I must think of a new life, and I mustn’t give in.
When the dawn comes tonight will be a memory too
G7 C [G, Ab, Bb]
And a new day will begin.
[Interlude]
Cm Cm/C# Bbm/C# Cm Cm/C# Cm Ab Eb [Eb, D]
Burnt out ends of smoky days, the stale cold smell of the morning.
The street lamp dies, another night is over, another day is dawning.
Touch me. It’s so easy to leave me
All alone with the mem’ry of my days in the sun.
If you touch me, you’ll understand what happiness is.
N.C.
Look, a new day has begun.
A7 X02020
Ab XX6544
Am XO221O
Am7 X02010
Bb XX3331
Bb7 XX3334
Bb9sus X11111
Bbm/C# X4332X
C X32010
Cm XX5543
Cm/C# X4101X
Cm7 XX1313
C# XX3121
Dm/F 1X3231
Dm7 XX0211
Dmaj7 XX0222
Eb XX5343
Ebmaj7 X11333
Em 022000
Em/F 122000
F 133211
F7 xx1211
Fm7 XX1111
G 320003
G7 320001
Gm7 xx3333