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FOREST
WORDS & MUSIC: Earl P. Reinhalter
INTRO: A - D/F# - D - G/B
G - Eb/Bb - Ab
Bb6 - A7sus4 - G
G - A7sus4 - Bb6
Bb6 - A7sus4 - G
G - A7sus4 - Bb6
A D
I. I saw a forest
G
from far off afar,
Eb
so sweet and green
Ab Bb
like a Cuban cigar.
Bb Eb
but nearer and nearer,
Ab
the trees called my name:
E
"we really are diff'rent,
A Bb6
we just look the same."
INSTRUMENTAL: Bb6 - A7sus4 - G
G - A7sus4 - Bb6
Bb6 - A7sus4 - G
G - A7sus4 - Bb6
A D
II. I saw human beings,
G
or so I would try.
Eb
but they kept throwing
Ab Bb
motes in my eye.
Bb Eb
class and age, sex and race
Ab
I would forget.
E
but someone reminds me:
A Bb6
"we're not equal yet."
INSTRUMENTAL: Bb6 - A7sus4 - G
G - A7sus4 - Bb6
Bb6 - A7sus4 - G
G - A7sus4 - Bb6
A7 - Bb6
C - F - Bb - F
C - F - Bb - F
C - F - D - G - E - E7
A - D/F# - D - G/B
G - Eb/Bb - Ab
Bb6 - A7sus4 - G
G - A7sus4 - Bb6
Bb6 - A7sus4 - G
G - A7sus4 - Bb6
Bb6 - A7sus4 - G
G - A7sus4 - Bb6
Bb6 - A7sus4 - G
G - A7sus4 - Bb6
A D
III. the man on the street
G
and the man in the moon
Eb
and the girl in the shadow
Ab Bb
says, "I'm diff'rent, too."
Bb Eb
but I see a forest
Ab
with Eden below.
E
the trees are all diff'rent,
A Bb6
but look where they grow.
INSTRUMENTAL: Bb6 - A7sus4 - G
G - A7sus4 - Bb6
Bb6 - A7sus4 - G
G - A7sus4 - Bb6
(repeat and fade)
© Copyright 1984 Earl P. Reinhalter. All Rights Reserved.
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