forest for the trees chords by A-ha

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Intro 1

Verse 1
Am 
I
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F 
don't live in a time
C 
Dm 
Where the truth prevails
Am 
G 
Em 
Things just seem to  happen
F 
Am 
Dm 
On an escalating scale

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Verse 2

They play you for a fool

To weaken your resolve

Drowning you in details

To make you miss the whole

Sunbeams

Verse 3
E 
and  for
Em 
C 
D 
get- me- nots
Am 
E 
C 
D 
Beads of amber, parking lots
Am 
E 
C 
D 
From your view, you see a lot
F 
C 
G 
What you really see
F 
B 
Forest for the trees

Interlude 1

Verse 4

I don't live in a world

Big on clarity

The way it's coming at us

So relentlessly

Verse 5
Am 
Em 
F 
Where does one thing end
Am 
Dm 
Am 
And the next one start
Em 
Where to  begin
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Am 
Dm 
To keep it all apart
Am 
Sunbeams

Verse 6
E 
and  for
Em 
C 
D 
get- me- nots
Am 
E 
C 
D 
Keys are in the flower pot
Am 
E 
C 
D 
A rider brings his horse to trot
F 
C 
G 
All is lost on me
F 
B 
Forest for the trees

Interlude 2

Verse 7
Am 
E 
Sunbeams and  forget-
C 
D 
me- nots
Am 
E 
C 
D 
Awoken by a rifle shot
Am 
E 
C 
D 
From your view, you see a lot
F 
C 
G 
But never the whole piece
F 
B 
Dm 
Forest for the trees

Verse 8
Am 
E 
C 
We're running out of movieplots
D 
Am 
E 
Your stomach's tied
C 
D 
into a knot
Am 
E 
C 
D 
Crackles as the needle drops
F 
C 
G 
On a somber melody
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C 
G 
F 
C 
G 
A heartbreak elegy
Unsurprisingly
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B 
Dm 
Am 
F 
Called "Forest for the trees"
G 
Em 
Am 
Oooh, aaah...