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  • Try to Remember

    Sharon Baird posted on September 23, 2011 10:41

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    This song has been done by many artists, but the Kingston Trio was one of my Dad's favorites.  The song was written by Tom Jones (no, not that Tom Jones) and Harvey Schmidt composed the music. and is from the musical comedy "The Fantasticks". The Fantasticks is a 1960 musical with music by Harvey Schmidt and lyrics by Tom Jones.

    "Try to Remember" was originally sung by Jerry Orbach in the Original Off-Broadway production of The Fantasticks. The song made the Billboard Hot 100 pop chart three times in 1965 in versions by Ed Ames, Roger Williams, Barry McGuire, The Kingston Trio, The Sandpipers, and The Brothers Four.

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Claude Lacelle
# Claude Lacelle
Thursday, September 27, 2012 1:38 PM
Sharon, great song!

Here is the Text version ...

Try To Remember
Tom Jones

[C] [Am] [F] [G]

[C] Try to re-[Am]member the [F] kind of [G] September,
when [C] life was [Am] slow and [F] oh, so [G] mellow.
[C] Try to re-[Am]member the [F] kind of [G] September,
when [C] grass was [Am] green and [F] grain so [G] yellow.

[C] Try to re-[Am]member the [F] kind of [G] September,
when [C] you were a [Am] young and a [F] callow [G] fellow.
[C] Try to re-[Am]member, and [F] if you re-[G]member,
then [C] follow [Am] [F] follo…[G]…ow.

[C] [Am] [F] [G]

[C] Try to re-[Am]member when [F] life was so [G] tender,
that [C] no one [Am] wept ex-[F]cept the [G] willow.
[C] Try to re-[Am]member when [F] life was so [G] tender,
that [C] dreams were [Am] kept be-[F]side your [G] pillow.

[C] Try to re-[Am]member when [F] life was so [G] tender
that [C] love was an [Am] ember a-[F]bout to [G] billow.
[C] Try to re-[Am]member and [F] if you re-[G]member,
then [C] follow [Am] [F] follo…[G]…ow.

[C] [Am] [F] [G][C] [Am] [F] [G]

[C] Deep in De-[Am]cember it's [F] nice to re-[G]member,
al-[C]though you [Am] know the [F] snow will [G] follow.
[C] Deep in De-[Am]cember it's [F] nice to re-[G]member,
with-[C]out a [Am] hurt the [F] heart is [G] hollow.

[C] Deep in De-[Am]cember it's [F] nice to re-[G]member,
the [C] fire of Sep-[Am]tember that [F] made you [G] mellow.
[C] Deep in De-[Am]cember our [F] hearts should re-[G]member,
then [C] follow [Am] [F] follo…[G]…[C]ow [Am] [F] follo…[G]…[C]ow.

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