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Artist: Foo Fighters
Song: Word Forward
Album: Greatest Hits
Released: 2009
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!There are two different Em7-Chords in V1!:
Em7  Em7*
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Intro: |: Em- Dsus4- C- G/H- C- Dsus4- G:| 2x
Verse 1:
G   G/H   Em7  Em7*
Good bye Jimmy, farewell youth
Cadd9  Dsus4/ F   A7sus4  Cadd9  
I must be on my way I've had enough of you
G   G/H   Em7  Em7*
Was a young man, proud and true
Cadd9  Dsus4/ F  
Just a simple boy with nothing left to lose
Pre-Chorus:
Em   D/F#   C(Csus2)
Years that I've wasted
D(G) D   Em   D#  
These I owe you's
Verse 2:
They're just fucking worG5dsH5  
This is life or E5deaD5th
C5It's time to clear the air
F5You bA5ettC5er save your breath
G5Say have H5you heard
Say have you E5hearD5d
C5The Poison in my heart
F5And voices in my head
Pre-Chorus:
EmYears D/F#that I've wCastCsus2ed
D(G) D   Em   D#  
These I owe you's
Chorus:
I meant every
EmworDd for CwoG/Hrd for CworDd forwGard
EmWorDd for CwoG/Hrd for CworDd forwGard
EmWorDd for CwoG/Hrd for CworDd forwGard
EmWorDd for CwoG/Hrd for CworDd forwGard
Bridge:
D#But it's only Gwords
D#I meant every Gword
EmThey're just fucking D#words
[Intro again]x2
Outro:
Em   D   C   G/H   C   D   G- G  Em  
|: Word for word for word forward :| 8x
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