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CYou say that I can be your friend
G7Forget my love for Cyou
CYou say there's nothing left for me
G7To find somebody Cnew
FYou tell me to forget the things
CThat's in the past and gone
CYou just as well to tell the sun
G7To rise before it's Cdawn
Cause I can't G7forget you  Foh how I've Ctried
CYou take a bird and clip its wings
G7And it will fly no Cmore
CBut you can't make that bird forget
G7That it once flew beCfore
Like I can't G7forget you  Foh how I've Ctried
CYou're gonna wake some morning
G7And find your world gone Cwrong
CYou're gonna wish for the happiness
G7That only we have Cknown
FYou will be crying
CTears of regret
CYou're gonna remember the love sweetheart
G7You told me to forCget
But I didn't G7forget you  Foh how I've Ctried

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How Ive Tried

by Porter Wagoner

Lyrics & chords · Original key

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You say that I can be your friend

G7 C

Forget my love for you

You say there's nothing left for me

G7 C

To find somebody new

You tell me to forget the things

That's in the past and gone

You just as well to tell the sun

G7 C

To rise before it's dawn

G7 F C

Cause I can't forget you oh how I've tried

You take a bird and clip its wings

G7 C

And it will fly no more

But you can't make that bird forget

G7 C

That it once flew before

G7 F C

Like I can't forget you oh how I've tried

You're gonna wake some morning

G7 C

And find your world gone wrong

You're gonna wish for the happiness

G7 C

That only we have known

You will be crying

Tears of regret

You're gonna remember the love sweetheart

G7 C

You told me to forget

G7 F C

But I didn't forget you oh how I've tried

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