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Forgetting Is Believing

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Finger positions are given relative to capo on 4th fret.
A few of these chord shapes are non-standard, or at least for where they are played on the fretboard here.
For that reason, the chords are labeled as to what they actually are (as best I can tell).
The chords might seem intimidating at first but this song is really fun to jam out to once you get the gist!
Intro and Verse 1:
   B/F#x5543x
  F#/C#55403x
    G#m02200x
Pre-refrain:
      B35543x
     C#57765x
    G#m02200x
Refrain:
      B35543x
    G#m02200x
Interlude and Verse 2:
   B/F#x5543x
  F#/C#55403x
    G#m02200x
Bridge and chorus/outro:
    D#mx2443x
  F#/C#55402x
      B35543x
[Intro]
B/F#             F#/C#   G#m
[Verse 1]
B/F#Been there alwaysF#/C#  G#m  
B/F#Will be there againF#/C#  G#m  
B/F#Bend it awayF#/C#  G#m  
B/F#Bend it back againF#/C#  G#m  
B/F#It's a truce
F#/C#Standing toe to G#mtoe
Yea B/F#bold
F#/C#Throwing the G#mfirst blow
B/F#To leave a couple teeth to spit outF#/C#  G#m  
B/F#We swam out a waysF#/C#  G#m  
B/F#I hope we don't start to crampF#/C#  G#m  
B/F#At least it's not a raceF#/C#  G#m  
B/F#Can always float on our backsF#/C#  G#m  
[Pre-refrain]
Well it's a Btruth, it's 
C#True in what they G#msay
It's a Bhoax
C#And you don't even G#mknow
You just Blaugh
C#Laugh and when you G#mdon't
You just Bstare
C#And it's not even G#mthere
It's a Bjoke
C#And it's always a G#mbig deal
[Refrain]
BTo people it don't matter at G#mall
BThey call in all the folks that you G#mknow
BAnd their voice is always so very G#msmall
AaaaggggB/F#ghghhhF#/C#  G#m  
[Interlude]
Repeat 2x:    B/F#     F#/C#   G#m  
[Verse 2]
B/F#If we lend our gazeF#/C#  G#m  
B/F#It's likened not to come backF#/C#  G#m  
B/F#Well hold your breath babeF#/C#  G#m  
B/F#There's always one more laughF#/C#  G#m  
B/F#Set a good paceF#/C#  G#m  
[Bridge]
B/F#It's the kind a sorta thing that always wins
D#m      F#/C#     B
D#mAnd
F#/C#When we finally Bcross the D#mline
F#/C#When you're Bdragging D#mbehind
F#/C#Your stroke will be the Bleast that D#mdefines
[Chorus]
F#/C#There's always a BdistanceD#m  
Between a F#/C#shot and a BwhistleD#m  
Between a F#/C#shot and a BwhistleD#m  
Between a F#/C#shot and a Bwhistle

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Forgetting Is Believing

by Nathaniel Rateliff

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 4 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

B/F#

F#/C#

G#m

D#m

Finger positions are given relative to capo on 4th fret.

A few of these chord shapes are non-standard, or at least for where they are played on the fretboard here.

For that reason, the chords are labeled as to what they actually are (as best I can tell).

The chords might seem intimidating at first but this song is really fun to jam out to once you get the gist!

Intro and Verse 1:

B/F#

x5543x

F#/C#

55403x

G#m

02200x

Pre-refrain:

35543x

57765x

G#m

02200x

Refrain:

35543x

G#m

02200x

Interlude and Verse 2:

B/F#

x5543x

F#/C#

55403x

G#m

02200x

Bridge and chorus/outro:

D#m

x2443x

F#/C#

55402x

35543x

[Intro]

B/F# F#/C# G#m

[Verse 1]

B/F# F#/C# G#m

Been there always

B/F# F#/C# G#m

Will be there again

B/F# F#/C# G#m

Bend it away

B/F# F#/C# G#m

Bend it back again

B/F#

It's a truce

F#/C# G#m

Standing toe to toe

B/F#

Yea bold

F#/C# G#m

Throwing the first blow

B/F# F#/C# G#m

To leave a couple teeth to spit out

B/F# F#/C# G#m

We swam out a ways

B/F# F#/C# G#m

I hope we don't start to cramp

B/F# F#/C# G#m

At least it's not a race

B/F# F#/C# G#m

Can always float on our backs

[Pre-refrain]

Well it's a truth, it's

C# G#m

True in what they say

It's a hoax

C# G#m

And you don't even know

You just laugh

C# G#m

Laugh and when you don't

You just stare

C# G#m

And it's not even there

It's a joke

C# G#m

And it's always a big deal

[Refrain]

B G#m

To people it don't matter at all

B G#m

They call in all the folks that you know

B G#m

And their voice is always so very small

B/F# F#/C# G#m

Aaaaggggghghhh

[Interlude]

B/F# F#/C# G#m

Repeat 2x:

[Verse 2]

B/F# F#/C# G#m

If we lend our gaze

B/F# F#/C# G#m

It's likened not to come back

B/F# F#/C# G#m

Well hold your breath babe

B/F# F#/C# G#m

There's always one more laugh

B/F# F#/C# G#m

Set a good pace

[Bridge]

B/F#

It's the kind a sorta thing that always wins

D#m F#/C# B

D#m

And

F#/C# B D#m

When we finally cross the line

F#/C# B D#m

When you're dragging behind

F#/C# B D#m

Your stroke will be the least that defines

[Chorus]

F#/C# B D#m

There's always a distance

F#/C# B D#m

Between a shot and a whistle

F#/C# B D#m

Between a shot and a whistle

F#/C# B

Between a shot and a whistle

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