Francis Forever Acoustic Chords

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Instructions were acquired from Mitsiki's performance session on Portals Music. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L05DH-MvPeA.Was this info helpful?

Difficulty:	advanced
Tuning:	C G C F A D
Capo:	no capo

Author cjplaz77 [a] 59. Last edit on Aug 13, 2020

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Chords

F#m11

Gm11

G#m11

Am11

Bm11

C#m11

Em11

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The tuning is actually Drop C#, but that wasn't an option to choose
 
This might be hard to follow, I could not find an easier way to translate these chords! I'm sorry!
 
So when Mitski plays this herself, she doesn't use chords and instead barres an entire fret,
so for these instructions on how to play Francis Forever. Here are the chords you use to play and how to
play them
 
|   F#m11       Gm11      G#m11       Am11       Bm11      C#m11       Em11
| D#|--2--|  D#|--3--|  D#|--4--|  D#|--5--|  D#|--7--|  D#|--9--|  D#|--0--|
| A#|--2--|  A#|--3--|  A#|--4--|  A#|--5--|  A#|--7--|  A#|--9--|  A#|--0--|
| F#|--2--|  F#|--3--|  F#|--4--|  F#|--5--|  F#|--7--|  F#|--9--|  F#|--0--|
| C#|--2--|  C#|--3--|  C#|--4--|  C#|--5--|  C#|--7--|  C#|--9--|  C#|--0--|
| G#|--2--|  G#|--3--|  G#|--4--|  G#|--5--|  G#|--7--|  G#|--9--|  G#|--0--|
| C#|--2--|  C#|--3--|  C#|--4--|  C#|--5--|  C#|--7--|  C#|--9--|  C#|--0--|
 
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[Verse 1]
 
     I   don't know what to do without you
D#|---------------------------------------------------|
A#|---------------------------------------------------|
F#|---------------------------------------------------|
C#|---------------------------------------------------|
G#|----------------------2-2-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0----------|
C#|4-4-4-0-0-0-0-0------------------------------------|
 
     I   don't know where to put my hands
D#|---------------------------------------------------|
A#|---------------------------------------------------|
F#|---------------------------------------------------|
C#|---------------------------------------------------|
G#|--------------------------2-2-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0------|
C#|4-4-4-0-0-0-0-0------------------------------------|
 
    I've been trying to  lay my head down
D#|---------------------------------------------------|
A#|---------------------------------------------------|
F#|---------------------------------------------------|
C#|---------------------------------------------------|
G#|----------------------2-2-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0----------|
C#|4-4-4-0-0-0-0-0------------------------------------|
 
  Em11  G#m11        Am11 Bm11  Em11
But I'm writing this at 3 A     M
 
 
[Chorus 1]
Am11    Bm11     Em11 G#m11  Am11
I don't need the world to see
Am11               Bm11     Em11  G#m11
That I've been the best I can be, but
Am11    Bm11          Em11 G#m11 Am11
I don't think I could stand to be
Am11          Bm11   Em11
Where you don't see me
 
[Solo]
C#m11   Em11   C#m11   Bm11   Em11   G#m11  Em11   G#m11   Em11   Am11   Em11   C#m11  Em11  C#m11  Em11  Bm11
 
[Verse 2]
 
 
    On   sunny days I go out walking
D#|---------------------------------------------------|
A#|---------------------------------------------------|
F#|---------------------------------------------------|
C#|---------------------------------------------------|
G#|----------------2-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0------------------|
C#|4-4-4-0-0-0-0-0------------------------------------|
 
     I  end up on a tree-lined street
D#|---------------------------------------------------|
A#|---------------------------------------------------|
F#|---------------------------------------------------|
C#|---------------------------------------------------|
G#|-----------------2-2-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0---------------|
C#|4-4-4-0-0-0-0-0------------------------------------|
 
     I   look up at the gaps of sunlight
D#|---------------------------------------------------|
A#|---------------------------------------------------|
F#|---------------------------------------------------|
C#|---------------------------------------------------|
G#|---------------------2-2-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-----------|
C#|4-4-4-0-0-0-0-0------------------------------------|
 
Em11 G#m11   Am11    Bm11    Em11
I miss you more than any-     -thing
 
 
[Chorus 1]
 
Am11    Bm11    Em11 G#m11 Am11
I don't need the world to see
Am11               Bm11     Em11  G#m11
That I've been the best I can be, but
Am11    Bm11         Em11 G#m11 Am11
I don't think I could stand to be
Am11          Bm11   F#m11
Where you don't see me
 
 
[Chorus 2]
Am11  N.C.   Bm11  N.C.   Em11 G#m11 Am11
And autumn comes when you're not yet done
Am11           Bm11   Em11 G#m11
With the summer passing by, but
Am11    Bm11          Em11 G#m11 Am11
I don't think I could stand to be
Am11            Bm11  G#m11
Where you don't see me
 
[Ending]
Em11  G#m11  Em11  Am11  Em11  C#m11  Em11 C#m11  Em11  Bm11  Em11  Gm11  G#m11  Em11  G#m11 Em11
  Am11  Em11  C#m11  Em11  Bm11  Em11
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Francis Forever – Mitski

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