Album: Seventeen Seconds (1980)
- For a standalone guitar, mixing guitar, bass and synth elements.
- Put flanger, a lot of reverb and some delay.
- You can play Am C F Dm with open chords while singing, or play the notes on the E string with the A string
as a drone (see the sequence before verse 1).
- See that lesson https://youtu.be/x115IAE0iYs by Anyone Can Play Guitar, especially for the final solo.
I have just indicated the first fret positions to begin improvising that solo.
[Synth intro]
e|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|
G|----------------|----------------|
D|-------------0--|-------------0--|
A|-0---3----------|-0---3----------|
E|---------1------|---------1------|
[Guitar & bass intro]
e|------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------|
B|------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------|
G|------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------|
D|----7------3----2----3--|-----7------3----2----3--|----7---9---10---3--|
A|--0------0----0----0----|---0------0----0----0----|--0---0---0----0----|
E|------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------|
e|--------------------|------------------|-----------------------|
B|--------------------|------------------|-----------------------|
G|--------------------|------------------|-----------------------|
D|-7-5-7-9-10-9-7-5-7-|-5-7-9-10-9-7-5-7-|---7------3----2----3--|
A|--------------------|------------------|-0------0----0----0----|
E|--------------------|------------------|-----------------------|
(drums begin, tempo is faster)
e|------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
B|------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
G|------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D|----7------3----2----3--|-----7------3----2----3--|-----7------3----2----3--|
A|--0------0----0----0----|---0------0----0----0----|---0------0----0----0----|
E|------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
e|------------------|---------------|
B|------------------|---------------|
G|------------------|---------------|
D|----7---9---10---7|-5-3-2-0-------|
A|--0---0---0----0--|0-0-0-0--0---0-|
E|------------------|-----------0---|
Am C F Dm
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------------|
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------------|
A|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--|
E|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-| x4
[Verse 1]
Am C
Come closer and see
F Dm
see into the trees
Am C
find the girl
F Dm
while you can
Am C
Come closer and see
F Dm
see into the dark
Am C
just follow your eyes
F Dm
just follow your eyes
[Interlude]
B5 C5 F#5 C5
B5 C5 F#5 F5
Am C F Dm
Am C F Dm
Am C F Dm
Am C F Dm
[Verse 2]
Am C
I hear her voice
F Dm
calling my name
Am C
The sound is deep
F Dm
in the dark
Am C
I hear her voice
F Dm
and start to run
Am C
into the trees
F Dm
into the trees...
[Interlude]
B5 C5 F#5 C5
B5 C5 F#5 F5 Am C F Dm
Into the trees !
Am C F Dm
Am C F Dm
Am C F Dm
[Verse 3]
Am C
Suddenly I stop
F Dm
but I know it's too late
Am C
I'm lost in a forest
F Dm
all alone
Am C
The girl was never there
F Dm
it's always the same
Am C
I'm running towards nothing
F Dm
again and again and again and again...
[Interlude]
B5 C5
and again and again and again and again
F#5 C5
and again and again and again and again
B5 C5
and again and again and again and again
F#5 F5
and again and again and again and again...
[Outro]
Am C F Dm (x8)
(just a sketch of the solo to improvise, each note is played several times)
e|-----------------------|
B|-----------------------|
G|-----------------------|
D|-7-5-7-9-10-9-7-5-4-...|
A|-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0----|
E|-----------------------|
(stroke down, up, then palm mute)
Am C F Dm (x7)
(repeat several times, fading like an echo)
A5A Forest chords and lyrics
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Album: Seventeen Seconds (1980) - For a standalone guitar, mixing guitar, bass and synth elements. - Put flanger, a lot of reverb and some delay. - You can play Am C F Dm with open chords while singing, or play the notes on the E string with the A string as a drone (see the sequence before verse 1). - See that lesson https://youtu.be/x115IAE0iYs by Anyone Can Play Guitar, especially for the final solo. I have just indicated the first fret positions to begin improvising that solo. [Verse 1] [Interlude] B5 C5 F#5 C5 B5 C5 F#5 F5 Am C F Dm Am C F Dm Am C F Dm Am C F Dm [Verse 2] [Interlude] B5 C5 F#5 C5 Am C F Dm Am C F Dm Am C F Dm [Verse 3] [Interlude] [Outro] (stroke down, up, then palm mute) A5
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