Maple Street Memories:The Statler Brothers.
Album - Maple Street Memories - #9 on BB Hot
200 Country in 1987.
INTRO: D
#1.
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We were both nine years old when you came to town
G D
I remember the big Allied Van.
D E7
My momma went over and took you all lunch, my dad
A7
gave your dad a hand.
#2.
D
And the first time I saw you was through the screen
D7 G D
door, when the paper I threw missed the porch.
G D
Lord, it's been years since I carried the news, but
A7 D
I still carry the torch.
CHORUS:
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Maple Street memories and cherry tree games,
G D
summer nights and ice cream cones.
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Take the red from the roses, the sun from the sky,
A7 G
but leave my Maple Street memories alone.
D A7 D
Leave my Maple Street memories alone.
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We played hide-n-seek in the buildings out back
G D
I was easy to find I admit.
D
As the years flew away it got harder to hide
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The fact I thought you were it.
#3.
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Then we stood by the Lilac bush in your yard
G D
Your pink prom gown late in May
G D
Your mom took our pictures, I took your hand
A7 D
and you took my breath away.
CHORUS:
D D7
Maple Street memories and cherry tree games,
G D
summer nights and ice cream cones.
D D7
Take the red from the roses, the sun from the sky,
A7 G
but leave my Maple Street memories alone.
D A7 D
Leave my Maple Street memories alone.
#4.
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I never go back that I don't stand in the yard
G D
and look at your window upstairs.
D
In my mind I see you combing your hair
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blowing kisses at me in the air.
#5.
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Then one time at Christmas I saw you come home,
G D
your arms full of children that day.
G D
It was later that night when I put mine to bed,
A7 D
I put my Maple Street memories away.
OUTRO:
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Maple Street memories and cherry tree games.
G D
Summer nights and bicycle games.
D
Leave me with something my heart can take,
A7 G
but take those Maple Street memories away
D A7 D
Take those Maple Street memories away.
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