{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":2205337,"song":"The Forest Awakes","artist":"David Byrne","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11468172-the-forest-awakes-chords-by-david-byrne/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2205337?type=chord","rating":0,"votes":0,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Am7[/ch]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Am7[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThe Forest awakes[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe desert at dawn[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nA mountain at night[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am7[/ch]\r\nAnd the rhythm moves on[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThe people awake[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThey're marching along[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe streets are alive[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am7[/ch]\r\nWith a terrible song[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nForward and backwards in every direction[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe atoms' perpetual motion[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe shifting of light on the banks of the river[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI'm free, but I'm keeping my clothes on[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Am7[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI'm marching along[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe street where you live[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI'm calling your name[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am7[/ch]\r\nThe song is a gift[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThe song is a road[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe road is a face[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nA face is a time[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am7[/ch]\r\nAnd a time is place[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nA place of relief in a time of confusion[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nA heart is a simple equation[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWith beautiful words and with beautiful people[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nA song is a face, is a mountain[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Solo]\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Em7[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Em7[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Em7[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nA fruit that falls before it's grown[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nI heard a sound and a bird has flown[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIt breaks to pieces above the forest[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nA million particles born today[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nOut beyond the blue horizon[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nAir cannot escape[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nUnderneath the weeping willow[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nI can see your face[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D#[/ch]\r\nFree-form calling all over me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D#[/ch]\r\nCreatures great and small[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nDoctors pulling them out of you[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nHideous, virtuous, both of us[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nCome in my kitchen[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nWhen it rains outside[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G#m[/ch]\r\nSweet inspiration[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G#m[/ch]\r\nSneaks up from behind[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n[ch]E[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThe forest is true[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI know for a fact[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThat the bigger the front[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am7[/ch]\r\nThen the bigger the back[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nMy heart beating still[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThrough the perilous night[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe bombs burst in the air[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am7[/ch]\r\nBut my hair is alright[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe shifting of light on the trees and the houses[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI drowned in an ocean of perfume[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe strangeness of words, how the meaning keeps changing[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut somehow the beauty will find you[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nAm C D Am7\nAm C D Am7\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\nAm C D Am7\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Solo]\nG D Em7 Am\nG D Em7 Am\nG D Em7 Am\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n\n\nAm Am\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\nE E E E\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]\nAm G C D C D G\nAm G C D C D G\nAm G C D C D 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