A Forest Chords

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)
A5
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