Chords for De La Soul - Memory of… (US) ft. Estelle, Pete Rock

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_ [D] _ [C] _ _ [Em] Hello everyone, my name is Pete Rock and welcome to Nobody Theater.
We're introducing a [A] new series called Memory of [D] Us, based on the hit [Bb] song by De La Soul.
[F] It's the story of a bride to be played by [A] Estelle, [Dm] who has a moment of reflection just
prior to [F] delivering her vows. _
[C] It's a story that blurs the line between memory [Dm] and reality, [Bb] regret and redemption, [Bb] plug one
and plug two.
[Gm] And now we open with Estelle, preparing for her [C] wedding, [Em] contemplating the past. _
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I remember you now, _ [Dm] part of my existence I remember [E] your face, _ [F] you came in and got
me [G] falling apart, you on [Dm] a date, I remember [F] your lips, do you remember [Em] the taste, remember
family name, _ [Dm] your child, my child, my child, [Em] Willie and Dwayne, _ _ [F] different to my world now,
I remember [Em] the ways, _ [D] you gripped my hips so tight [F] now I slow to pace, made me erase
don't [G] remember my ways, _ cause it's so easy to [Dm] fall back to the memory [G] of, and it's easy
to [Am] recall, you let me fall into [G] place, but you're not easy [Dm] to love, I love the memory
[E] now, I remember your lips, I remember [G] your place, how could I forget, a ballad was born
upon a demo of a fly love song, didn't [F] take long before the archer with the wings heard
it, [Em] shot us in the heart [E] with a contract, he knew we were a [Am] hit, the right amount of
soul with a parallel amount [E] of grit, but the archer couldn't see the [F] target of departure,
he gave in your pink slip and called it quits, he understood you would, [C] labeled me the mate
[G] who wronged you, cause I kept wanting to feature with them other females on this [F] song's
too, the word spoken in mono for [Em] monogamy, telling me I had to go cause I [F] chose stereo,
the stereotypical male [E] biology, and now I'm left setting traps for you to [Dm] fall in for me
again, though it hates you, tell me slow [Am] to pace, made me erase, don't [G] remember my ways,
cause _ _ it's so easy [F] to fall back to the memory [G] of, and it's easy to [E] recall, the good and the
bad [Eb] interface, but you're not easy [F] to love, I love the memory of, [Am] our last trip to Vegas
had me feeling like we had [G] a chance, but chance just showed up at the wedding, I guess I didn't
need the hat, for giving [F] Lorna Race the bitter past, but I ain't up for this [G] now, I bought you
everything your pretty feet could fit [Am] in, put you behind the fine steering wheel, sparing you,
drive [G] the nigga crazy, told me to [F] grow up, but shit, you was my baby,
bits and pieces never made nothing decent, when I accommodated [Em] you, you played me like a stranger,
stranger, stranger, I remember you now, room accountability is [Dm] major, apart of what I did
then, remember [G] your face, _ [F] just don't let me trip over [Em] memory lane, cause time [F] can't be replaced, _
shhh, _ man I don't [Em] wanna stay, cause it's so easy [Dm] to fall back to the memory [Em] of,
and it's easy to _ [Am] _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ [Dm] recall, and nothing better to [Am] know,
remember [Em] your face, [G]
remember [Em] your face,
and _ [Dm] _ this _ [Em] _ _ _ [Am] concludes _ our [Em] special presentation of Memory of Us, we'll hope [F] you join us next time
on Nobody Theater, [Am] until then, I am the soul brother number one, [Em] Pete Rock, good evening.
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