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Sun Forest

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[Intro]
F#m D F#m D
F#m E Bm D
[Verse 1]
F#mI lay in the forest amongst the butterfliDes and the fireflies
And the burning horses and the flaminF#mg trees
As a spiral of children Dclimb up to the sun
Waving goodbye to you and F#mgoodbye to me
As the past pulls away and the Efuture begins
I say goodbye to all Bmthat as the future rolls iDn
Like a wave, like a waveE  
And the past, with its savage undertowF#m,  lets go
[Bridge]
D E F#m
[Chorus]
DCome on, everyone, come Eon, everyone
F#mA spiral of children climbs up to the sun
DTo the sun, to the sun, Eand on each golden rung
F#mA spiral of children climbs up to the sunD  E  F#m  
[Verse 2]
And a man called Jesus, He Dpromised He would leave us
With a word that would light up the F#mnight, oh, the night
But the stars hang from Dthreads and blink off one by one
And it isn't any funF#m, no, it isn't any fun
To be standing here Ealone with nowhere to be
With a man mad with Bmgrief and on each side a thief
DAnd everybody hanging from a tree, from a Etree
And everybody hanging F#mfrom a tree
[Chorus]
DCome on, everyone, come Eon, everyone
F#mA spiral of children climbs up to the sun
DTo the sun, to the sun, Etaking everyone
F#mA spiral of children climbs up to the sun
[Bridge]
 D   E    F#mx2
[Verse 3]
There is nothing more Dvaluable than beauty, they say
There is nothing more valuable than loveF#m  
And I lie amongst the leaves and the burning Dtrees
And the fields of smoke and the black butterF#mflies
And the screaming horses and your Ebright green eyes, so beautiful
Oh, your Bmbright green eyes, so beautifDulE  F#m  

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Sun Forest

by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

F#m

[Intro]

F#m D F#m D

F#m E Bm D

[Verse 1]

F#m D

I lay in the forest amongst the butterflies and the fireflies

F#m

And the burning horses and the flaming trees

As a spiral of children climb up to the sun

F#m

Waving goodbye to you and goodbye to me

As the past pulls away and the future begins

Bm D

I say goodbye to all that as the future rolls in

Like a wave, like a wave

F#m

And the past, with its savage undertow, lets go

[Bridge]

D E F#m

[Chorus]

D E

Come on, everyone, come on, everyone

F#m

A spiral of children climbs up to the sun

D E

To the sun, to the sun, and on each golden rung

F#m D E F#m

A spiral of children climbs up to the sun

[Verse 2]

And a man called Jesus, He promised He would leave us

F#m

With a word that would light up the night, oh, the night

But the stars hang from threads and blink off one by one

F#m

And it isn't any fun, no, it isn't any fun

To be standing here alone with nowhere to be

With a man mad with grief and on each side a thief

D E

And everybody hanging from a tree, from a tree

F#m

And everybody hanging from a tree

[Chorus]

D E

Come on, everyone, come on, everyone

F#m

A spiral of children climbs up to the sun

D E

To the sun, to the sun, taking everyone

F#m

A spiral of children climbs up to the sun

[Bridge]

D E F#m

[Verse 3]

There is nothing more valuable than beauty, they say

F#m

There is nothing more valuable than love

And I lie amongst the leaves and the burning trees

F#m

And the fields of smoke and the black butterflies

And the screaming horses and your bright green eyes, so beautiful

Bm D E F#m

Oh, your bright green eyes, so beautiful

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