Forest chords by David Beckingham

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C
Em
Bm
G
B
F#
D
A
F
C#dim
C#m

Intro 1

Verse 1
G 
B 
 (G major) My oh my,  (B major) 
C 
G 
how I waited  (C major) for the  (G major) night to come
B 
C 
G 
B 
G 
B 
C 
 (B major) But when it did,  (C major) I missed  (G major) the day  (B major)  (G major)  (B major)  (C major) 
G 
B 
F# 
G 
B 
C 
 (G major)  (B major)  (F sharp major)  (G major)  (B major)  (C major) 
Em 
Bm 
C 
Em 
Bm 
 (E minor)  (B minor)  (C major)  (E minor)  (B minor) 
C 
 (C major) We are turning
D 
Bear what is  (D major) real and forsake
Em 
D 
A 
all the  (E minor) other  (D major) thing (A major) s
C 
I wanna be the  (C major) forest
I wanna be the forest
D 
I wanna be the  (D major) grass
I wanna be the grass
G 
C 
A solit (G major) ary chor (C major) us
A solitary chorus
D 
I wanna be the  (D major) sound
G 
I wanna be the sound  (G major) 
B 
C 
By and by,  (B major) how I waited  (C major) for a time
G 
B 
 (G major) But when it came,  (B major) 
G 
B 
I just let  (G major) it slip away  (B major) 
G 
B 
 (G major) And now it's gone,  (B major) 
C 
and that can (C major) not be undone
G 
 (G major) So in my mind,
B 
C 
G 
B 
 (B major) I go beg (C major) ging for another  (G major) day  (B major) 
C 
Cause  (C major) I  wanna be like a pine in the
Em 
Bm 
middle of a  (E minor) snowstorm  (B minor) 
C 
Stood  (C major) on the ground, all around me,
Em 
Bm 
the weight of the  (E minor) wind  (B minor) 
C 
D 
How  (C major) to bear what is  (D major) real and
Em 
D 
forsake all the  (E minor) other things  (D major) 
A 
C 
 (A major) I  wanna be the  (C major) forest,
D 
I wanna be the ground  (D major) 
G 
C 
D 
The solitary  (G major) chorus,  (C major) I wanna be the  (D major) sound
F 
As the water runs  (F major) down
Em 
the hill (E minor) s   for miles
G 
And it turns the leaves  (G major) and the trees
And they freeze and all fall
C 
F 
to brittle  (C major) piles  (F major) 
Em 
Every once in a little  (E minor) while
G 
I wanna breathe  (G major) 
C 
Just like a little  (C major) child
C#dim 
Like a little  (C sharpdim) child,
C#m 
C#dim 
C 
G 
C 
G 
like  (C sharp minor)  (C sharpdim) a little  (C major) child  (G major)  (C major)  (G major) 
D 
My oh my,  (D major) 
B 
D 
C 
G 
D 
G 
 (B major) how I  (D major) waited  (C major) for  (G major) the  (D major) light  (G major) 
B 
And when it came,  (B major) 
G 
C 
G 
C 
 (G major) I  just missed  (C major) the  (G major) dark (C major) ness
I wanna be like a pine in the
Em 
Bm 
middle of a  (E minor) snowstorm  (B minor) 
C 
I  (C major) in the ground, all around me,
Em 
Bm 
the weight of the  (E minor) wind  (B minor) 
C 
D 
 (C major) I  don't care what is  (D major) real,
Em 
D 
A 
you can say all the  (E minor) other thing (D major)  (A major) s
C 
I wanna be the  (C major) forest,
D 
I wanna be the  (D major) ground
I wanna be the ground
G 
C 
A solitary  (G major) chor (C major) us, a solitary chorus
D 
I wanna be the  (D major) sound,
I wanna be the sound as the water runs
C 
 (C major) I  want to be the forest,
D 
want to be the  (D major) ground
G 
The  (G major) solitary chorus,
C 
D 
 (C major)  (D major) I want to be the sound