PRECIOUS TO ME
(WORDS AND MUSIC © 2001: SUSIE SALLEY)


A D A E
JEROMIE WAS A JEWEL, SHE NEVER FINISHED SCHOOL
A D E E
BUT SHE MARRIED THE MAN OF HER DREAMS
A D A E
CLYDE WAS A CHARMER A NATURAL BORN FARMER
A D E E
UNEDUCATED BUT A GENIUS BY ALL MEANS
D D A E
THEY PLEDGED THEIR TROTH TO THEE ALONG WITH GWEN AND FEEK
A D E E
FROM THE BACK SEAT OF AN OLE MODEL T
A D A E
LITTLE GIRLS THEY WOULD RAISE THRU HARD DEPRESSION DAYS
A E A A
THOSE STORIES SO PRECIOUS TO ME

CHORUS
A E A A
THOSE STORIES SO PRECIOUS TO ME
D D A A
SOMETIMES I THINK I SEE
D D A F#m
THOSE GRAND OLE FACES FROM LONG AGO PLACES
A A E E
WATCHING OVER ME
A E A A
THOSE STORIES SO PRECIOUS TO ME
D D A A
SUCH HAPPINESS THEY BRING
D D A E
LITTLE GIFTS FROM ABOVE FROM THE FOLKS THAT I LOVE
A E A A
THOSE STORIES SO PRECIOUS TO ME








BRIDGE
D D A D
BUT NOW THAT I'M GROWN I'VE GOT STORIES OF MY OWN
A E A A
OH HOW I TREASURE THOSE DAYS

A D A E
IN OLE SLING BACK CHAIRS LIKE WE DIDN'T HAVE A CARE
A D E E
ME AND MA BENEATH THAT OLE WALNUT SHADE
A D A E
PURPLE HULLS WE COULD SHELL BY THE BUSHEL BAIL
A D E E
MY MEMORIES I HOPE WILL NEVER FADE
D D A E
OF GRANDADDY SO DEAR CALLED THE CORN ROAST-NEERS AND
A D E E
HE WORKED THAT GARDEN EVERYDAY
A D A E
HE LOVED A GOOD JOKE AND A KING EDWARD SMOKE, HIS
A E A A
COUNTRY WAYS SO PRECIOUS TO ME

CHORUS #2
A E A A
MY MEMORIES SO PRECIOUS TO ME
D D A A
SOMETIMES I THINK I SEE
D D A F#m
THOSE GRAND OLE FACES FROM LONG AGO PLACES
A A E E
WATCHING OVER ME
A E A A
MY MEMORIES SO PRECIOUS TO ME
D D A A
SUCH HAPPINESS THEY BRING

BRIDGE D D A D
WHEN PLAY PRETTIES WERE TOYS AND COPS WERE DO RIGHT BOYS
A E A A
MY MEMORIES SO PRECIOUS TO ME
D D A E
LITTLE GIFTS FROM ABOVE FROM THE FOLKS THAT I LOVE
A E A A
MY MEMORIES SO PRECIOUS TO ME
A E AD AEA
MY MEMORIES SO PRECIOUS TO ME

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