The Only Thing I Know

( capo on 2nd fret ) Intro : G , Am , Em , Em G Am Em i’m living with your memory G Am Em in the attic in my mind G Am Em and you’ve been getting by without me G Am Em but i’ve been spending all my time G Am Em with a girl that i remember G Am Em who’ll never leave or need to grow G Am Em ’cos when you left , you left your memory G Am Em now it’s the only thing i know G Am Em when the past gives me discomfort G Am Em and the future is a cost G Am Em the way i’m choosing to remember G Am Em i’ll forever be the man i never was G Am Em G Am Em and y - - - - o - - - - u , you F - - - A - - - D - - - E G Am Em G Am Em but the memory remains , the same G Am Em G Am Em and i - - - - - - - - - i , i can’t ch - - - A - - - nge G Am Em and i think that living with your memory G Am Em is slowly driving me insane G Am Em you were perfect but you’re empty G Am Em and it gets so lonely in my mind G Am Em ’cos your image in my memory’s G Am Em the only shred of you that’s left behind G Am Em you were real but then you left me G Am Em and that’s the part i can’t accept G Am Em so i’ll keep on living with your memory G Am Em because it’s all that i’ve got left G Am Em it’s all that i’ve got left