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      • Lord, don't give up on me
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PRECIOUS  MEMORIES

Time signature:  4/4

J. B. F. Wright
UNDER CONSTRUCTION:  Notation & youTube keys need to be checked.

Accordion Notation
Beats per bar = 4
Beat symbol  =   Dot ( . ) or equivalent     
Either row (high) =  Buttons  5  to  8
Inside row  (low)  = Buttons  2  to  5  plus o3*

Verse 1 (of 5)

 ;5        "5       "5*       ;6    |    ;6     "6      "5*    ;5     |
 ;2        "2      "o3*      ;3    |    ;3     "3     "o3*   ;2     |
Pre - cious   mem - 'ries,      un - seen   an - gels

  ;7       "7*        "6        "6      "7*   "7   |    ::7*   |  
  ;4       "3*        "3        "3      "3*   "4   |    ::3*   |  
Sent   from   some - where   to    my     soul

  ;5       "5    "5*     ;6    |    ;6   "6    "5*    ;5    |
  ;2       "2   "o3*    ;3    |    ;3   "3   "o3*   ;2    |
How   they   lin - ger,       ev - er   near   me

  ;7     "6    "7*    "6        "7      "7*    |    ::6    |
  ;4     "3    "3*    "3        "4      "3*    |    ::3    |
And   the   sa - cred   pasts   un   -    fold


Chorus:
​                                                                       
 ;8     "7      "8     ;7    |   ;7     "7   "7*    ;6    |
 ;5     "4      "5     ;4    |   ;4     "4   "3*    ;3    |
Pre - cious   mem - 'ries     how   they   lin -  ger

 ;6     "6    "7*  "6   "7*    "6    |    :7   :6   |
 ;3     "3    "3*  "3   "3*    "3    |    :4   :3   |
How   they   ev -  er   flood   my        soul___

;5   "5    "5*    ;6    |   ;6   "6    "5*    ;5    |
;2   "2   "o3*   ;3    |   ;3   "3   "o3*   ;2    |
 In   the    still - ness,       of    the   mid - night

 ;7     "6    "7*  "6       "7       "7*   |   ::6    |
 ;4     "3    "3*  "3       "4       "3*   |   ::3    |
Pre - cious   sa - cred   scenes    un    -    fold


Embedded youTube VIDEOS

Total of 12 videos in various keys:   C,Db=1    Db=2    D=3    Eb=1    E=2    E,F=1    F=1    G=1

Key:  C  from time  0 to 2:14
         Db from 2:15 to End


Singer:  Barbara Mandrell

​Posted by:  ​jerico1960

Key:  Db

Singer:  Randy Travis

​Posted by:  Randy Travis

Key:  Db

Singer:  Tammy Wynette

Posted by:  wilburscott

Key:  D

Singer:   Waylon Jennings

Posted by: recklesscharlie
​

Key:  D

Singer:  Jim Reeves

Posted by:  HomoHumanus



Key:  D

Singer:  Patty Loveless

​Posted by:   beanscot

Key:  Eb

Singer:  Merle Haggard

​Posted by:  donny boonman

Key:  E

Singer:  Emmylou Harris

Posted by: John Grytbakk


Key:  E

Singer:  Willie Nelson

​Posted by:  WillieNelson

Key:  E   from time  0 to 1:58
​         F   from 1:59 to End

Singer:  Andy Griffith

​Posted by:  Andy Griffith - Topic

Key:  F

Singer:  Alan Jackson

​Posted by:  Alan Jackson

​


Key:  G

Singer:  Daniel O'Donnell

Posted by: palredei


Background Materials, Information & Links

​Lyrics:

Precious memories, unseen angels
Sent from somewhere to my soul
How they linger, ever near me
And the sacred past unfolds

Chorus:
​
Precious memories how they linger
How they ever flood my soul
In the stillness, of the midnight
Precious sacred scenes unfold


Precious father, loving mother
Fly across the lonely years
And old home scenes of my childhood
In fond memory appears

In the stillness of the midnight
Echoes from the past I hear
Old-time singing, gladness bringing
From that lovely land somewhere

I remember mother praying
Father, too, on bended knee
Sun is sinking, shadows falling
But their prayers still follow me

As I travel on life's pathway
Know not what the years may hold
As I ponder, hope grows fonder
Precious memories flood my soul

​


Background Links:
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