Memories chords

[VERSE 1]
I[Am]'m a very tired old and wo[G]rn out man
[Am] and my eyes have long been[G] blind
m[F]ost things that people s[C]ay to me
j[G]ust seem to slip my mind

[VERSE 2]
[Am] Oh but the suffering and p[G]ainful times
t[Am]hat were in years long g[G]one
[F] Are still as clear upon my [C]memory
as t[G]he numbers on my arm

[CHORUS]
W[Am]hat will become of all the m[G]emories
a[Am]re they to scatter with the d[G]ust in the breeze
And who will st[F]and before the wo[C]rld
k[F]nowing what to sa[C]y
w[F]hen the very last survivor [G] fades away

[VERSE 2]
W[Am]hen I hold my grandson [G] close to me
a[Am]nd his fingers trace the pattern of my t[G]ears
[F]He asks me Zeide tell me w[C]hy do you cry
[G]what is it that you fear

[VERSE 4]
O[Am]h and I tell him there once was an[G]other child
w[Am]ho smelled this sweet and felt t[G]his warm
B[F]ut he was taken from [C]before my eyes
[G]and only I remained to mourn

[CHORUS]
W[Am]hat will become of all the [G]memories
a[Am]re they to scatter with the du[G]st in the breeze
A[F]nd who will stand before the w[C]orld
[F]that now wishes t[C]o deny
H[F]ow will they believe in someone
w[G]ho never heard the cry

[VERSE 5]
[Am]There's little I can say or do to [G]make things change
[Am]time has a way of passing by so f[G]ast
L[F]ike a fleeting shadow n[C]o one will recall
t[G]he faces of the past

[CHORUS]
original religious final chorus
W[Am]hat will become of all the m[G]emories
a[Am]re they to scatter with the d[G]ust in the breeze
Y[F]et one thought gives me c[C]omfort
i[F]ts all that I have [C]left
F[Am]or I know that G-d in Hea[G]ven wont forget

[CHORUS]
non religious final chorus
W[Am]hat will become of all the m[G]emories
a[Am]re they to scatter with the d[G]ust in the breeze
And who will st[F]and before the wo[C]rld
k[F]nowing what to sa[C]y
w[F]hen the very last survivor [G] fades away