Strain Your Memory

	  		Intro: D   Bm   (x5) 


Verse 1:
        D 
May the highways cross their fingers and hope 
Bm 
That we may one day find ourselves home 
D 
She sticks her head outside the passenger window 
Bm 
Sighs as traffic stops and goes 
D 
It's been two weeks now living in this southern town 
Bm 
We hoped the change would change our restless minds 
D 
A little rewind to a simpler time 
Bm                                           G 
I swear it's temporary living in this cheap motel 
                  A 
Somewhere in the bible belt 
D 
We made love at that Marietta Motel 6 
Bm 
You fell asleep on my shoulder of commitment 
D 
Took it as a sign everything would be fine 
Bm                                                  G 
Sometimes it takes these kind of nights just to realize 
                         A 
How we want to spend the rest of our lives 


 
        D                         G 
Could a diamond in the rough ever be enough 
          A 
I've been mining for your love 
          D                                G              A 
Since the day that we met I've spent every second in your minefield digging it up 
        G                  A 
Can you strain your memory back to the times 
     G                      A             D 
When trouble wasn't always, always on our minds 
               Bm 
Trouble wasn't always on our minds 
            D                         Bm 
Back to the times when trouble wasn't always on our minds 


G   A   (x2) 


Verse 2:
 
            D 
And now the hotel maids were bangin' down the door 
Bm 
As if they came looking for some answers 
D 
When ya gonna leave? Where ya gonna go? 
Bm 
Will you get your shit together? 
                         G 
When are you gonna marry her? 
                       A 
Well maybe you don't deserve her 
                          G 
Maybe the whole thing was doomed from the start 
                    A 
This inquisition is tearing me apart 


        D                         G 
Could a diamond in the rough ever be enough 
          A 
I've been mining for your love 
          D                              G                A 
Since the day that we met I've spent every second in your minefield digging it up 
        G                  A 
Can you strain your memory back to the times 
     G                     A 
When trouble wasn't always on our minds 
        G                  A 
Can you strain your memory one more time 
     G                     A              D 
When trouble wasn't always, always on our minds 
                    Bm 
When trouble wasn't always on our minds 
            D                         Bm                    D 
Back to the times when trouble wasn't always on our minds