The Forest Chords
by Rick Wakeman
The Forest by Rick Wakeman is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, D/G, C/G, D/F#, Em, B7/E, D, C, Bm, Am, C#dim, G/D, B7/Eb, G/B and B7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: G D/G C/G G D/F#
Em B7/E Em D Em
G D/G C/G D/F#
Em B7/E Em D C
Em D G ...
G D/G C/G G
Journey on through ages gone, to the centre of the earth
D/F# Em B7/E Em D Em
Past rocks of quartz and granite, which gave mother nature birth
G D/G C/G G
Burial ground of ancient man, his life no more is seen
D/F# Em B7/E Em D G
A journey through his time unknown, I wonder where he's been
Bm Am Bm C D G
(Wonder where he's been, wonder where he's been, wonder where he's been)
G D/G C/G G D/F#
The shore now gone behind the hills, a forest in our sight
Em B7/E Em D Em
Rocks and distant mountains, batherd in waves of blinding light
G D/G C/G G
Forests from far gone time, no living man has seen
C C#dim G/D B7/Eb Em D C
A private prehistoric world, for you and I a dream
(C G/B Am Em D/F# Em D C G/B Am G)
G D C G D/F#
Brownish hue dictates my eye, no colour hides their fear,
Em B7 Em D Em
Flowers faded, dull and cold, now bleached by atmosphere
G D C G D/F#
Creatures twisting under trees, huge monsters soaked with rage
Em B7 Em D Em
Hidden deep below our eath, a frightening, bygone age
G D C G
Their shepherd came, now long extinct, a huge primeval man
C C#dim G/D B7/Eb Em D C
The three men filled with disbelief, just turned as one and ran
(C G/B Am Em D/F# Em D C G/B Am G)