Artist: Willie Nelson
[VERSE 1]
[E]The lights go out each evening at eleve[A]n
[E]And up and down our block there's not a sou[A]nd
[E]I close my eyes and search for peaceful slum[A]ber
[D]And just then the local me[E]mory comes around[A]
[D]Piles of blues against the door
To make sure [A]sleep will come no more
[A]He's the hardest working memory in this t[E]own
[D]Turns out happiness again
And then lets lonel[A]iness back in
[D]And each night the local me[E]mory comes around[A]
[INTERLUDE]
[VERSE 2]
[E]Each day I say tonight I may escape hi[A]m
[E]I pretend I'm happy and never even a fro[A]wn
[E]But at night I close my eyes and pray sleep f[A]inds me
[D]But again the local me[E]mory comes around[A]
[D]Rids the house of all good news
Then sets [A]out my crying shoes
[A]What a faithful memory never lets me do[E]wn
[D]We're both up till light of day
Chasing happiness [A]away
[D]And each night the local m[E]emory comes around[A]
[D]And each night the local m[E]emory comes around[A]
[E]The lights go out each evening at eleve[A]n
[E]And up and down our block there's not a sou[A]nd
[E]I close my eyes and search for peaceful slum[A]ber
[D]And just then the local me[E]mory comes around[A]
[D]Piles of blues against the door
To make sure [A]sleep will come no more
[A]He's the hardest working memory in this t[E]own
[D]Turns out happiness again
And then lets lonel[A]iness back in
[D]And each night the local me[E]mory comes around[A]
[INTERLUDE]
[VERSE 2]
[E]Each day I say tonight I may escape hi[A]m
[E]I pretend I'm happy and never even a fro[A]wn
[E]But at night I close my eyes and pray sleep f[A]inds me
[D]But again the local me[E]mory comes around[A]
[D]Rids the house of all good news
Then sets [A]out my crying shoes
[A]What a faithful memory never lets me do[E]wn
[D]We're both up till light of day
Chasing happiness [A]away
[D]And each night the local m[E]emory comes around[A]
[D]And each night the local m[E]emory comes around[A]
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