Forsythia chords by
Caleb Caudle
Jerry Douglas
Sam Bush And Elizabeth Cook

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Simplified

Key: C major•

Intro 1

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Verse 1
C C 
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I was breathing in the
ashes
G G 
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Looking for some truth
F F 
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I saw an old timer
C C 
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G G 
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Chewing tobacco and picking country blues
C C 
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I wouldn't have it any other way
G G 
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They were slow as molasses days
F F 
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Had a slingshot made from
an oak tree branch
C C 
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G G 
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Soup cans lined up on the fence
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F F 
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Verse 2
G G 
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It was all I knew
C C 
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F F 
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Bright as a forsythia bush in bloom
C C 
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When the light's right
G G 
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Early April,
C C 
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late afternoon

Interlude 1

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Verse 3
C C 
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Kept a buckeye in my pocket
G G 
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Horseshoe by the door
F F 
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A melody in my head
C C 
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G G 
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I hadn't heard anybody sing before
C C 
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And I wouldn't have it any other way
G G 
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They were sweet as sugar cane days
F F 
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And the hardware store had hard candy
C C 
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G G 
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And harmonica's in the key of C
F F 
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Good advice was free

Verse 4

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It was all I knew

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Bright as a forsythia bush in bloom

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When the light's right

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Early April,

Interlude 2

late afternoon

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Verse 5
F F 
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And it all made sense
G G 
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It was all I  knew
C C 
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F F 
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Bright as a forsythia bush in bloom
C C 
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G G 
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C C 
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When the light's right
G G 
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Early April, late afternoon