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The Forest Awakes

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[Intro]
Am C D Am7
Am C D Am7
[Verse 1]
The AmForest awakes
The Cdesert at dawn
A Dmountain at night
And the Am7rhythm moves on
The Ampeople awake
They're Cmarching along
The Dstreets are alive
With a Am7terrible song
[Chorus]
AmForward and Gbackwards in Cevery diDrection
The Catoms' perDpetual Gmotion
The Amshifting of Glight on the Cbanks of the Driver
I'm Cfree, but I'm Dkeeping my Gclothes on
[Instrumental]
Am C D Am7
[Verse 2]
I'm Ammarching along
The Cstreet where you live
I'm Dcalling your name
The Am7song is a gift
The Amsong is a road
The Croad is a face
A Dface is a time
And a Am7time is place
[Chorus]
A Amplace of reGlief in a Ctime of conDfusion
A Cheart is a Dsimple eGquation
With Ambeautiful Gwords and with Cbeautiful Dpeople
A Csong is a Dface, is a Gmountain
[Solo]
G D Em7 Am
G D Em7 Am
G D Em7 Am
[Bridge]
AmA fruit that falls before it's grown
GI heard a sound and a bird has flown
AmIt breaks to Gpieces aCbove the Dforest
AmA million Gparticles Cborn toDday
Am Am
BmOut beyond the blue horizon
BmAir cannot escape
F#mUnderneath the weeping willow
F#mI can see your face
D#Free-form calling all over me
D#Creatures great and small
FDoctors pulling them out of you
FHideous, virtuous, both of us
F#mCome in my kitchen
F#mWhen it rains outside
G#mSweet inspiration
G#mSneaks up from behind
[Instrumental]
E E E E
[Verse 3]
The Amforest is true
I Cknow for a fact
That the Dbigger the front
Then the Am7bigger the back
My Amheart beating still
Through the Cperilous night
The Dbombs burst in the air
But my Am7hair is alright
[Chorus]
The Amshifting of Glight on the Ctrees and the Dhouses
I Cdrowned in an Docean of Gperfume
The Amstrangeness of Gwords, how the Cmeaning keeps Dchanging
But Csomehow the Dbeauty will Gfind you
[Outro]
Am G C D C D G
Am G C D C D G
Am G C D C D G

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The Forest Awakes

by David Byrne

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Am7

Em7

F#m

G#m

[Intro]

Am C D Am7

[Verse 1]

The Forest awakes

The desert at dawn

A mountain at night

Am7

And the rhythm moves on

The people awake

They're marching along

The streets are alive

Am7

With a terrible song

[Chorus]

Am G C D

Forward and backwards in every direction

C D G

The atoms' perpetual motion

Am G C D

The shifting of light on the banks of the river

C D G

I'm free, but I'm keeping my clothes on

[Instrumental]

Am C D Am7

[Verse 2]

I'm marching along

The street where you live

I'm calling your name

Am7

The song is a gift

The song is a road

The road is a face

A face is a time

Am7

And a time is place

[Chorus]

Am G C D

A place of relief in a time of confusion

C D G

A heart is a simple equation

Am G C D

With beautiful words and with beautiful people

C D G

A song is a face, is a mountain

[Solo]

G D Em7 Am

[Bridge]

A fruit that falls before it's grown

I heard a sound and a bird has flown

Am G C D

It breaks to pieces above the forest

Am G C D

A million particles born today

Am Am

Out beyond the blue horizon

Air cannot escape

F#m

Underneath the weeping willow

F#m

I can see your face

Free-form calling all over me

Creatures great and small

Doctors pulling them out of you

Hideous, virtuous, both of us

F#m

Come in my kitchen

F#m

When it rains outside

G#m

Sweet inspiration

G#m

Sneaks up from behind

[Instrumental]

E E E E

[Verse 3]

The forest is true

I know for a fact

That the bigger the front

Am7

Then the bigger the back

My heart beating still

Through the perilous night

The bombs burst in the air

Am7

But my hair is alright

[Chorus]

Am G C D

The shifting of light on the trees and the houses

C D G

I drowned in an ocean of perfume

Am G C D

The strangeness of words, how the meaning keeps changing

C D G

But somehow the beauty will find you

[Outro]

Am G C D C D G

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