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Off "A Different Kind Of Weather" Album
Capo 3rd Fret (for album version)
Verse 1
GFor short lived Ccattle grazing lanDd
wCith the wGhole worlCd in their handDsC  
Gtheir cutting down and bCurnin up the lanDd
CI said Gstrpping the Cmedicine Dman  anCd.....
Call for oDne and ever for eCvery man for himselDf
The cConflict of interest lieDsDsus2  
CSell it off Dcheap avoid poliCtical heDat
and burn uCp in a forest firDeDsus2  Dsus4  D  
chorus
GAnd now that there's nCothing lefDt
CJust a wGhole abovCe our headD  C  
Gletting the Csunshine inD  
Cand thats Ghow the eCnd beginDs 
with a forest firCmaj7e
Verse 2
GThe black clouds Crise into the skDy 
Cup inGto the aCtomspherDe
Cthey're bring down a Gdifferent Ckind of weatheDr 
Cto the Gone we knCew last yeaDr
and though its taCken so lonDg
to do someCthing about iDt
Cwe all can see thats its cleDarDsus2  
We cant beClieve that anyDthing thats gronw uCp for so lonDg
could Cbe cut down this quicDkDsus2  Dsus4  D  
GIn the corner of Ca foreign lanDdC  
in the Gwind that Cblows the sanDdC  
its the Gsting of a Cthousand liDesC  
that burnin Gup in a forest fiDreDsus2  Dsus4  D  
Were burning uGpC  D  
in a Cclear blue skGyC  D  
Cin a fuGneCralD  
iCn a big white GlCieD  
Cin a forest fGirCeD  
            C   G   C   D   Dsus2Dus4  D  Cmaj7  
in a forest fire

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Forest Fire

by The Dream Academy

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 3 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

Dsus2

Dsus4

Cmaj7

Off "A Different Kind Of Weather" Album

Capo 3rd Fret (for album version)

Verse 1

G C D

For short lived cattle grazing land

C G C D C

with the whole world in their hands

G C D

their cutting down and burnin up the land

C G C D C

I said strpping the medicine man and.....

C D C D

all for one and ever for every man for himself

C D Dsus2

The conflict of interest lies

C D C D

Sell it off cheap avoid political heat

C D Dsus2 Dsus4 D

and burn up in a forest fire

chorus

G C D

And now that there's nothing left

C G C D C

Just a whole above our head

G C D

letting the sunshine in

C G C D

and thats how the end begins

Cmaj7

with a forest fire

Verse 2

G C D

The black clouds rise into the sky

C G C D

up into the atomsphere

C G C D

they're bring down a different kind of weather

C G C D

to the one we knew last year

C D

and though its taken so long

C D

to do something about it

C D Dsus2

we all can see thats its clear

C D C D

We cant believe that anything thats gronw up for so long

C D Dsus2 Dsus4 D

could be cut down this quick

G C D C

In the corner of a foreign land

G C D C

in the wind that blows the sand

G C D C

its the sting of a thousand lies

G D Dsus2 Dsus4 D

that burnin up in a forest fire

G C D

Were burning up

C G C D

in a clear blue sky

C G C D

in a funeral

C G C D

in a big white lie

C G C D

in a forest fire

C G C D Dsus2 D Cmaj7

Dus4

in a forest fire

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