I Heard A Forest Praying chords by
Johnny Mathis
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Key: C major

Intro 1

F#dim

Cdim

Caug

I heard a forest

Verse 1
E E 
 
Abdim Abdim 
 
praying
Gm Gm 
 
C C 
 
D D 
 
The trees were cold and bare.
F F 
 
Csus4 Csus4 
 
Bbm Bbm 
 
F F 
 
Dm Dm 
 
What was      the forest praying?
Caug Caug 
 
Eaug Eaug 
 
Caug Caug 
 
C C 
 
Let me repeat their
F F 
 
prayer.
Caug Caug 
 
Eaug Eaug 
 
F F

Verse 2
Bbm Bbm 
 
Eb Eb 
 
Trees make a playground
Ab Ab 
 
Fm Fm 
 
Ab Ab 
 
for children
Fm Fm 
 
Db Db 
 
C C 
 
Trees hide a   lovers lane.
F F 
 
Am Am 
 
C C 
 
Dm Dm 
 
Shelter the tired and the weary,
Eaug Eaug 
 
Bdim Bdim 
 
E E 
 
Abdim Abdim 
 
G G 
 
C C 
 
Bring  ing them     hope again.
Fm Fm 
 
Man turned the

Verse 3
Bbm Bbm 
 
Gdim Gdim 
 
field s
F#dim F#dim 
 
F F 
 
and the forest
Fdim Fdim 
 
Bbm Bbm 
 
Gdim Gdim 
 
Cdim Cdim 
 
F F 
 
Into   a battlefield  grim.
Bb Bb 
 
Gdim Gdim 
 
Ab Ab 
 
Db Db 
 
Men took a tree,  an innocent tree
Dm Dm 
 
Gsus4 Gsus4 
 
G G 
 
And made a cross for
C C 
 
Csus4 Csus4 
 
C C 
 
Csus4 Csus4 
 
C C 
 
Him.
Am Am 
 
I   heard

Verse 4
E E 
 
Abdim Abdim 
 
a forest praying.
C C 
 
Gm Gm 
 
D D 
 
I  heard the heavens weep.
Dm Dm 
 
F F 
 
Bbm Bbm 
 
C C 
 
Bbm Bbm 
 
F F 
 
Dm Dm 
 
Just as the dawn was   breaking,
Bbm Bbm 
 
Caug Caug 
 
Eaug Eaug 
 
C C 
 
And night was gone   to
Am Am 
 
F F 
 
Abdim Abdim 
 
sleep.

Outro 1

Bbm

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