The Forest chords by
David Byrne
David Byrne
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Key: G major
Intro 1
Bm
Bm

E
E

Bm
Bm

E
E

Bm
Bm

E
E

A
A

E
E

Bm
Bm

E
E

Verse 1
Bm
Bm

D
D

The forest awakes
E
E

A
A

D
D

E
E

A desert at dawn
Bm
Bm

A mountain at night
And the rhythm moves on
E
E

The
Verse 2
A
A

D
D

people awake
E
E

They're marching along
A
A

Bm
Bm

The streets are alive
E
E

With a terrible song
Bm
Bm

E
E

Forwards and backwards in every
Verse 3
F#m
F#m

D
D

E
E

direction
Bm
Bm

E
E

A
A

E
E

Bm
Bm

The abs' perpetual motion
E
E

Bm
Bm

The shifting of light on
A
A

F#m
F#m

D
D

E
E

the bank s of the river
Bm
Bm

E
E

I'm free, but I'm keeping my clothes on
Verse 4
E
E

Bm
Bm

D
D

E
E

I'm marching along
The street where you live
Bm
Bm

I'm calling your name,
E
E

The song is a gift
The song is a road
Bm
Bm

E
E

A road is a face
Bm
Bm

E
E

A face is a time
And a time is a place
Bm
Bm

A place of relief and
E
E

a time of confusion
The heart is a simple equation
With beautiful words and
with beautiful people
A
A

The heart is a face, is a mountain
E
E

Bm
Bm

A
A

E
E

Interlude 1
Bm
Bm

A
A

E
E

F#m
F#m

A
A

Bm
Bm

F#m
F#m

A
A

D
D

E
E

Bm
Bm

A
A

E
E

A
A

D
D

E
E

F#m
F#m

A
A

Verse 5
A
A

D
D

A
A

A fruit that falls before it's grown
D
D

A
A

I heard a sound and a bird has flown
Bm
Bm

A
A

E
E

A
A

Bm
Bm

It breaks to pieces above the forest
A
A

E
E

A
A

D
D

A
A

A million particles born today
E
E

D
D

A
A

E
E

A
A

Out beyond the blue horizon
D
D

A
A

E
E

F#
F#

Air cannot escape
B
B

C#
C#

B
B

Underneath the weeping willow
G#m
G#m

C#
C#

G#m
G#m

C#
C#

I can see your face
F
F

G
G

F
F

Free- form, climbing all over me
Am
Am

C
C

F
F

Creatures great and small
G
G

F
F

Doctors pulling them out of you
G
G

F
F

C#
C#

Hideous, virtuous, both of us
F#
F#

Come
Verse 6
C#
C#

B
B

C#
C#

in my kitchen
when it rains outside
Bbm
Bbm

F#
F#

C#
C#

Sweet inspiration sneaks up from
Interlude 2
behind
C#
C#

F#
F#

C#
C#

Bm
Bm

D
D

Bm
Bm

D
D

F#aug
F#aug

F#
F#

Verse 7
F#
F#

C#
C#

Bm
Bm

Forest is true
E
E

Bm
Bm

E
E

I know for a fact
A
A

E
E

A
A

The bigger the front
Bm
Bm

E
E

Bm
Bm

Then the bigger the back
E
E

My
Verse 8
Bm
Bm

heart beating still
E
E

Through the perilous night
The bombs burst in air
My hair is alright
E
E

The shifting of light on
the trees and the houses
Bm
Bm

I drown in an ocean of perfume
E
E

E
E

A
A

The strangeness of words
How the meaning keeps changing
Bm
Bm

But somehow the beauty will find you
Outro 1
Bm
Bm

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