Anna On A Memory John Stewart

Anna on a Memory

Written by John Stewart

'Anna on a Memory' – that song is fun to play! Most of the parts are not as difficult as they maybe look. A picker´s pleasure piece. Small surprise that Art and Charlie both had a version. We started with Art´s, which was right good and Charlie had icing to add to the cake.

'Anna' is from “Cannons in the Rain”, RCA, 1973, re-released together with “Wingless Angels” (originally also RCA, 1975) on one CD by Bear Family Records, 1990. Well done, Bears. That´s a great CD. I'm sure we´ll have to do some more of those songs… But now learn how to play this one.

Dj9

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B-----2----------------

G-----2----------------

D----------------------

A----------------------

E--X-------------------

Bm11

E----------------------

B----------------------

G----2----------------

D---------------------

A--X------------------

E--X------------------

Dm9/G

E-----------------------

B---------3------------

G----2-----------------

D----------------------

A----------------------

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Anna On A Memory John Stewart

Capo 2nd fret

Intro:

(D) (D7) (Em) (G)

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(D)Anna on a memory, (D7, hammer on c-note on chord change)

She come rollin' (Em)by. (bass notes E-D hammer on B on (G))

(D)Anna on a memory (D7, hammer on C-note on chord change)

Makes me laugh, she makes me (G)cry. (G/F#)(Em - hB-E-D)

Makes me (A)think of all the good times,

Like a bluebird learn to (D)fly.(accentuate high notes:

f#-f#-e hammer on f#-e-d. f#-f#-ehf#-e-d)

(D)Blackballed in Abilene, (D7, hammer on c…)

But the morning looked the (Em)same. (bass notes E-D hB on (G) hB)

(D)Blackballed in Abilene, (D7, hammer on c…)

Anna woke up on a (G)train, (G/F#) (Em)

(A)Lookin' at the stray dogs

Running on the highway in the (D)rain.(accentuate high notes:

f#-f#-e hammer on f#-e-d. f#-f#-ehf#-e-d)

- Repeat intro -

(D)Oh, run, dog, (Dj9)run,

(Bm11)You won't catch the (D)sun,

But you can (Dm9/G)try. (G)

(D)Run, dog, (Dj9)run,

(Dm9/G)You'll just catch that (D7)semi rollin' (G)by. (G/F#) (Em)

I (A)see that you caught the back wheels,

That's how all us stray dogs (D) gonna die.

(high notes run: hammer on f#-e-d - hf#-e-d - hf#-e-d (D7, hammer on c…)

Oh, (G)Anna on a memory,

Yeah, she come rollin' (C)by. (high notes run: e-d-e-e-d-c e-d-e-e-d)

(G)Anna on a memory

Makes me laugh, she makes me (C)cry. (C/B) (Am)

Makes me (D)think of all the good times, (D7, hammer on c…)

Like a bluebird learn to (G)fly.

She makes me (D)think of all the good times, (D7, hammer on c…)

Like a bluebird learn to (G)fly. ((C), high notes run e d-c to (G), then

play only first four strings, slide up to 5th fret, slide up to 7th fret:)

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Charlie Woodward, Art Faller & janhauenstein@mx.de