Josh Pyke
- Forever Song

Drop-D tuning  DADGBE
(capo at second fret - chord names are not transposed)

INTRO:
G#m  A  C#m  Badd2

Eadd4  Esus4  Eadd4  Esus4

VERSE:
G#m (133111@4)A (x02220@1)           C#m (x13321@4)   Badd2
  we sleep together  while all around us
E (022100@1)   F#m (244222@1)               E (022100@1)        A6 (x04xxx@1) peo-ple kill each other where they lie
G#m (133111@4)  A (x02220@1)         C#m (x13321@4)       Badd2
  they lie together  till they find someone better
E (022100@1)       F#m (244222@1)          E (022100@1)     A6 (x04xxx@1) try and negotiate that slow de-mise

VERSE:
G#m (133111@4)   A (x02220@1)              C#m (x13321@4)       Badd2
  but I just can't credit  that type of effort for a
E (022100@1)     F#m (244222@1)             E (022100@1)       A6 (x04xxx@1) piece of nothing on the edge of a knife
G#m (133111@4) A (x02220@1)            C#m (x13321@4)     Badd2
  sli-ces you so thin  you dry like sheets in the wind
E (022100@1)      F#m (244222@1)                 E (022100@1)         A6 (x04xxx@1) hold a candle behind through you see the light

LINK:
'C#m 'Badd2  A6  G#m11  F#m*

Badd2  Bsus2/4  Badd2  `

CHORUS:
C#m (x13321@4)    Badd2          E (022100@1)      `
  I want the song I can sing for-ever I don't
F#m (244222@1)  C#m (x13321@4)                 F#m (244222@1)     C#m (x13321@4) care for structure just to know it's mine
C#m (x13321@4)      Badd2       E (022100@1)         `
  I'd hate to see this thing we've developed be-
F#m (244222@1)  C#m (x13321@4)             Badd2
  come your burden or my waste of
                         (2/4 bar)
TAG:
E (022100@1) `  F#m (244222@1)`        G#m (133111@4)`  A (x02220@1)`
time     my waste of time______

RE-INTRO:
G#m  A  C#m  Badd2

Eadd4  Esus4  Eadd4  Esus4

VERSE:
G#m (133111@4) A (x02220@1)          C#m (x13321@4)           Badd2
  the afternoon can  bring with it shallow moods but
E (022100@1)        F#m (244222@1)             E (022100@1)        A6 (x04xxx@1) I'd jump a harbour wall to clear your mind
G#m (133111@4)A (x02220@1)              C#m (x13321@4)      Badd2
  I  quarter the years  you drop the sails till we're clear
E (022100@1)         F#m (244222@1)                 E (022100@1)          A6 (x04xxx@1) I'll look for reefs you map the stars in the night

VERSE:
G#m (133111@4)     A (x02220@1)          C#m (x13321@4)       Badd2
  and his-tory tells us  of worlds we'll know nothing of
E (022100@1)          F#m (244222@1)           E (022100@1)     A6 (x04xxx@1) then retro-spect becomes a shackle tight on
G#m (133111@4) A (x02220@1)         C#m (x13321@4)   Badd2
  the ankles of us  so in the future we trust
E (022100@1)        F#m (244222@1)                 E (022100@1)          A6 (x04xxx@1) we cross our fingers like some kids telling lies

LINK:
'C#m 'Badd2  A6  G#m11  F#m*

Badd2  Bsus2/4  Badd2  `

CHORUS:
C#m (x13321@4)    Badd2          E (022100@1)      `
  I want the song I can sing for-ever I don't
F#m (244222@1)  C#m (x13321@4)                 F#m (244222@1)     C#m (x13321@4) care for structure just to know it's mine
C#m (x13321@4)      Badd2       E (022100@1)         `
  I'd hate to see this thing we've developed be-
F#m (244222@1)  C#m (x13321@4)             Badd2    E (022100@1) come your burden or my waste of time

CHORUS-2:
C#m (x13321@4)   Badd2          E (022100@1)           `
  I wan-na know that I know what I'm talking about
F#m (244222@1)   C#m (x13321@4)             F#m (244222@1)      C#m (x13321@4) until I do well all the walls seem white
C#m (x13321@4)      Badd2           E (022100@1)           `
  but when I'm sure that I know what I'm talking about
F#m (244222@1)       C#m (x13321@4)                 Badd2
  I'll take your burden if you'll say it's
                                 (2/4 bar)
TAG:
E (022100@1) `  F#m (244222@1)  `        G#m (133111@4)`  A (x02220@1)`
mine_____ you say it's mine______ say it's
E (022100@1) `  F#m (244222@1)  `        G#m (133111@4)`  A (x02220@1)`
mine_____ you say it's mine_________

OUTRO:
G#m  A  C#m  Badd2

Eadd4/9

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TUNING:  6 5 4 3 2 1
Drop-D   DA DG BE

CHORDS:  (Notes at Fret-2 are held by the capo)
   G#m  A   C#m  Badd2  Eadd4  Esus4  E   F#m  A6  G#m11  F#m*  Bsus2/4  Eadd4/9
E|-----------------2---------------------------2-----2-----2------2--------2---|
B|-12---14---2-----2------9-----10----9---10---2-----2-----2------2--------9---|
G|-13---14---9-----8------2-----2-----9---11---6-----4-----2------9--------7---|
D|-13---14---11----9------9-----9-----9---11---7-----6-----4------9--------9---|
A|-11---12---11----9------7-----7-----7---9----7-----6-----4------9--------7---|
D|-----------11----9------2-----2-----2--------7-----6-----4------9--------2---|

The song can be played in standard tuning without the capo by simply
ignoring the extensions and using familiar chords:  E F#m G#m A B C#m