{"id":30343,"date":"2026-03-21T23:09:05","date_gmt":"2026-03-21T23:09:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/?p=30343"},"modified":"2026-03-21T23:09:05","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T23:09:05","slug":"thanks-for-the-memory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/thanks-for-the-memory\/","title":{"rendered":"Thanks for the Memory"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"THANKS FOR THE MEMORY\"\r\nWords & Music by Leo Robin & Ralph Rainger\r\nRecorded by The Shep Fields Orchestra, Bob Hope vocal, 1937\r\n \r\nBob Hope and Shirley Ross performance:  https:\/\/youtu.be\/nKgUq5dziEk\r\nFrom the 1938 film \"Big Broadcast of 1938\" (Academy Award winner)\r\n \r\nSong History:  https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thanks_for_the_Memory\r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n[Refrain 1]\r\nE<\/span>     Fm<\/span>          A<\/span>      F#m<\/span>\r\nThanks....for the memory...\r\n \r\n[Verse 1]\r\n   A<\/span>               Em<\/span>     E<\/span>             Cm<\/span>\r\nOf candlelight and wine, castles on the Rhine\r\n     E<\/span>            F#m<\/span>           Bm<\/span>             E<\/span>\r\nThe Parthenon and moments on the Hudson River Line\r\n    D<\/span>      Dm<\/span>  Cm<\/span>    E<\/span>\r\nHow lovely      it  was!\r\n \r\n \r\n[Refrain 2]\r\nE<\/span>     Fm<\/span>          A<\/span>      F#m<\/span>\r\nThanks....for the memory...\r\n \r\n[Verse 2]\r\n   A<\/span>          Em<\/span>      E<\/span>            Cm<\/span>\r\nOf rainy afternoons, swingy Harlem tunes\r\n    E<\/span>               F#m<\/span>              Bm<\/span>                E<\/span>\r\nAnd motor trips and burning lips and burning toast and prunes\r\n      E<\/span>    D<\/span>       A<\/span>\r\nHow lovely    it  was!\r\n\r\n \r\n \r\n[Bridge]\r\nA<\/span>                         D<\/span>       E<\/span>\r\nMany's the time that we feasted\r\n     A<\/span>                       D<\/span>       E<\/span>\r\nAnd many's the time that we fasted\r\n     G<\/span>           Bm<\/span>             Am<\/span>        D<\/span>\r\nOh, well, it was swell while it lasted\r\n   G<\/span>                E<\/span>\r\nWe did have fun and no harm done.\r\n \r\n \r\n[Refrain 3]\r\n    E<\/span>     Fm<\/span>          A<\/span>      F#m<\/span>\r\nAnd thanks....for the memory...\r\n \r\n[Verse 3]\r\n    A<\/span>              Em<\/span>      E<\/span>             Cm<\/span>\r\nOf sunburns at the shore, nights in Singapore\r\n     E<\/span>                F#m<\/span>             Bm<\/span>             E<\/span>\r\nYou might have been a headache but you never were a bore\r\n    D<\/span>      Dm<\/span>  Cm<\/span>    E<\/span>\r\nSo thank you    so  much.\r\n \r\n \r\n[Refrain 4]\r\nE     Fm          A      F#m\r\nThanks....for the memory...\r\n \r\n[Verse 4]\r\n   A           Em       E           Cm\r\nOf sentimental verse, nothing in my purse\r\n     E                 F#m              Bm             E\r\nAnd chuckles when the preacher said \"For better or for worse\"\r\nD          Dm  Cm    E\r\nHow lovely       it  was\r\n \r\n \r\n[Refrain 5]\r\nE     Fm          A      F#m\r\nThanks....for the memory...\r\n \r\n[Verse 5]\r\n    A            Em     E            Cm\r\nOf lingerie with lace, Pilsner by the case\r\n    E               F#m                Bm            E\r\nAnd how I jumped the day you trumped my one-and-only ace\r\n    D      E         A\r\nHow lovely    that   was!\r\n \r\n \r\n[Bridge]\r\nA                      D        E\r\nWe said goodbye with a highball\r\n     A                     D        E\r\nThen I got as \"high\" as a steeple   (Did you?)\r\nG             Bm         Am      D\r\nBut we were intelligent people\r\nG                      E\r\nNo tears, no fuss, Hooray! For us!\r\n \r\n \r\n[Refrain 6]\r\nE     Fm          A      F#m\r\nThanks....for the memory...\r\n \r\n \r\n[Verse 6]\r\n    A              Em     E             Cm\r\nAnd strictly entre-nous, darling how are you?\r\n    E               F#m               Bm               E\r\nAnd how are all the little dreams that never did come true?\r\nD              Fm            A              F#\r\nAw'flly glad I met you, cheerio, and toodle-oo\r\n \r\n \r\n[Outro]\r\n     D        E   A\r\nAnd thank you so much.\r\n
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