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The Things We Forget

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[Intro]
(G) | (D/F#) | (Em) | (D/F#) | x 2
I forgot Ghow much I love D/F#that smell of the dirt Emfresh off the plowD/F#  
That tail- Ggate rattle, tires D/F#on gravel, I Emsure do love that soundD/F#  
And I can't Gbelieve I spend D/F#so many years Emrunning from thisD/F#  
It's slow Gand it's small and it's life D/F#outa crawl, but it's Emeverything I missG  
[Chorus]
Where we come Dfrom, where were go- Ain'
How to live Bmright here in the mo- Gment
How to love Dsomebody, let her love Ayou back
When to let Bmher go and cry, when to light- Gen up and laugh
EmSlow it all down and take a long, deep breathC  
GMan, the things we forget | D/F#| |Em  D/F#  
Well, I pulled Goff that old riv- D/F#er road and I looked Emback at my lifeD/F#  
At the long Glost friends and the D/F#might-have-been loves EmI told goodbyeD/F#  
Then I laid Gback on my truck D/F#hood and I pon- Emdered why were hereD/F#  
If you Gstare long enough at the heav- D/F#ens above, man, Emall gets Gcrystal clear
[Chorus]
Where we come Dfrom, where were go- Ain'
How to live Bmright here in the mo- Gment
How to love Dsomebody, let her love Ayou back
When to let Bmher go and cry, when to light- Gen up and laugh
EmSlow it all down and take a long, deep breathC  
GMan, the things we forget
(C) | (C) | (A) | (A) | (C) | (C) | (Em) | (C) | (C)
[Chorus]
Where we come Dfrom, where were go- Ain'
How to live Bmright here in the mo- Gment
How to love Dsomebody, let her love Ayou back
When to let Bmher go and cry, when to light- Gen up and laugh
EmSlow it all down and take a long, deep breathC  
GMan, the things we for- Dget | A| Bm|
[Tag]
GMan, the things we for- Dget | A| Bm|
GYeah, the things we for- Dget

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The Things We Forget

by Mark Wills

Lyrics & chords · Original key

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D/F#

[Intro]

G D/F# Em D/F#

() | () | () | () | x 2

G D/F# Em D/F#

I forgot how much I love that smell of the dirt fresh off the plow

G D/F# Em D/F#

That tail- gate rattle, tires on gravel, I sure do love that sound

G D/F# Em D/F#

And I can't believe I spend so many years running from this

G D/F# Em G

It's slow and it's small and it's life outa crawl, but it's everything I miss

[Chorus]

D A

Where we come from, where were go- in'

Bm G

How to live right here in the mo- ment

D A

How to love somebody, let her love you back

Bm G

When to let her go and cry, when to light- en up and laugh

Em C

Slow it all down and take a long, deep breath

G D/F# Em D/F#

Man, the things we forget | | |

G D/F# Em D/F#

Well, I pulled off that old riv- er road and I looked back at my life

G D/F# Em D/F#

At the long lost friends and the might-have-been loves I told goodbye

G D/F# Em D/F#

Then I laid back on my truck hood and I pon- dered why were here

G D/F# Em G

If you stare long enough at the heav- ens above, man, all gets crystal clear

[Chorus]

D A

Where we come from, where were go- in'

Bm G

How to live right here in the mo- ment

D A

How to love somebody, let her love you back

Bm G

When to let her go and cry, when to light- en up and laugh

Em C

Slow it all down and take a long, deep breath

Man, the things we forget

C C A A C C Em C C

() | () | () | () | () | () | () | () | ()

[Chorus]

D A

Where we come from, where were go- in'

Bm G

How to live right here in the mo- ment

D A

How to love somebody, let her love you back

Bm G

When to let her go and cry, when to light- en up and laugh

Em C

Slow it all down and take a long, deep breath

G D A Bm

Man, the things we for- get | | |

[Tag]

G D A Bm

Man, the things we for- get | | |

G D

Yeah, the things we for- get

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