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A Forest by The Cure - Guitar Chords

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Version 1 Version 2

            Album: Seventeen Seconds (1980)
- For a standalone guitar, mixing guitar, bass and synth elements. 
- Put some flanger, a lot of reverb and some delay.
- I play Am C F Dm with open chords and B C F# C with barre chords. 
- Interludes: you can also use powerchords.
- Outro: for the real guitar part, see this 1979 TV performance: 
         --.ina.fr/video/I08010384/the-cure-a-forest-video.html
- The last seven Am C F Dm sequences, based on bass, can also be played with powerchords. 

[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|--------------------|------------------|-----------------------|

(faster tempo, drums begin)
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  (x4)

[Verse]
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]
B C F# C
B C F# F
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]
B C F# C
B C F# F           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]
     B                   C 
and again and again and again and again
     F#                  C
and again and again and again and again
     B                   C 
and again and again and again and again
     F#                  F
and again and again and again and again...

[Outro] 
Am C F Dm (x8)
(stroke down, up, then palm mute)
Am C F Dm (x7)
(repeat several times, fading like an echo)
A5 
        

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