Verse 1
[C] [Am] [F] [C] [Am] [F]
There's glitter on the floor after the party
[C] [Am] [F]
Girls carrying their shoes down in the lobby
[C] [Am] [F]
Candle wax and Polaroids on the hardwood floor
You and me from the night before but
Chorus 1
[C] [Am] [F] [C]
Don't read the last page
[C] [Am] [F] [C]
But I stay when you're lost and I'm scared and you’re turning away
[Am] [F] [C]
I want your midnights
[C] [Am] [F] [C]
But I'll be cleaning up bottles with you on New Year’s Day
Verse 2
[C] [Am] [F] [C] [Am] [F]
You squeeze my hand three times in the back of the taxi
[C] [Am] [F]
I can tell that it's gonna be a long road
[C] [Am] [F]
I'll be there if you're the toast of the town babe
Or if you strike out and you're crawling home
Chorus 2
[C] [Am] [F] [C]
Don't read the last page
[C] [Am] [F] [C]
But I stay when it's hard or it’s wrong or we're making mistakes
[Am] [F] [C]
I want your midnights
[C] [Am] [F] [C]
But I'll be cleaning up bottles with you on New Year’s Day
[Post-Chorus]
[C] [Am] [F] [G]
Hold on to the memories, they will hold on to you
[C] [Am] [F] [G]
Hold on to the memories, they will hold on to you
[C] [Am] [F] [G]
Hold on to the memories, they will hold on to you
[Am] [Em] [F] [G]
And I will hold on to you
Bridge
[C] [Am] [F] [G]
[C] [Am] [F] [G]
[C] [Am] [F] [G]
Please don't ever become a stranger whose
[C] [Am] [F] [G]
Laugh I could recognize anywhere
[C] [Am] [F] [G]
Please don't ever become a stranger whose
[C] [Am] [F] [G]
Laugh I could recognize anywhere
Verse 3
[C] [Am] [F] [C] [Am] [F]
There's glitter on the floor after the party
[C] [Am] [F]
Girls carrying their shoes down in the lobby
[C] [Am] [F]
Candle wax and Polaroids on the hardwood floor
You and me forevermore
Chorus 3
[C] [Am] [F] [C]
Don't read the last page
[C] [Am] [F] [C]
But I stay when it's hard or it’s wrong or we're making mistakes
[Am] [F] [C]
I want your midnights
[C] [Am] [F] [C]
But I'll be cleaning up bottles with you on New Year’s Day
[Post-Chorus]
[C] [Am] [F] [G]
Hold on to the memories, they will hold on to you
[C] [Am] [F] [G]
Hold on to the memories, they will hold on to you
[C] [Am] [F] [G]
Hold on to the memories, they will hold on to you
[Am] [Em] [F] [G]
And I will hold on to you
(Hold on...
Outro
[C] [Am] [F] [G]
Please don't -------- ever become a stranger
...to the memories they will hold on to you)
[C] [Am] [F] [G]
Whose laugh -------- I -- could recognize ----- anywhere
(Hold on to the memories they will hold on to you)
[C] [Am] [F] [G]
Please -------- don't -------- ever become a stranger
(Hold on to the memories they will hold on to you)
[C] [Am] [F] [G]
Whose laugh I could recognize ------ anywhere
(And I will hold on to you)
[C] [Am] [F]
[C] [Am] [F]
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