Verse 1: I can hear the cannons calling as though across a dream E|-1-3-4-3-1--3-----------------------| B|----------4--1--1–0--3-4-1----------| G|--------------------0---------------| D|------------------------------------| A|------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------| And i can smell the smoke of Hell in every stitch and seam E|--3–1---3-1-6-4-3-4-3---------------| B|-1---4-1---4------------------------| G|------------------------------------| D|------------------------------------| A|------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------|
And like flowers, the bodies tumble around this muddied lot E|-1-3-4-3-1-3------------------------| B|----------4-1-1-0–3–4-1-------------| G|-----------------0------------------| D|------------------------------------| A|------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------| I cannot hear them scream “Forget me not” E|--3-1-------------------------------| B|-1---4-3-1-0--4-1-------------------| G|-------------0----------------------| D|------------------------------------| A|------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------| Verse 2: Your voice, it carries over the hubbub and the hum E|-1–3-4-3-1--3-----------------------| B|----------4--1--1–0--3-4-1----------| G|--------------------0---------------| D|------------------------------------| A|------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------| And it paints the sky and circles high like the beating of a drum E|----3-1---3–1-----6-3-3-1-3–--------| B|-1-1---4–4---4-4-4------------------| G|------------------------------------| D|------------------------------------| A|------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------| You will scream “I won’t forget you”, and I’ll cover my cold ears E|-1-3-4-3-1-3------------------------| B|----------4-1-1-1–0–3–4-1-----------| G|-------------------0----------------| D|------------------------------------| A|------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------| It cannot be a lie if no-one hears E|--3-1-------------------------------| B|-1---4-3-1-0--4-1-------------------| G|-------------0----------------------| D|------------------------------------| A|------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------| Verse 3: ‘Cause although you say good day to me i know i don’t belong E|-1-3-4-3-1--3-----------------------| B|----------4--1-1–1–0-3-4-1----------| G|--------------------0---------------| D|------------------------------------| A|------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------| And although you hold my hand and say “i love you”, you are wrong E|----3-1---3–1---6-3-3-1-3–----------| B|-1-1---4–4---4-4--------------------| G|------------------------------------| D|------------------------------------| A|------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------| Because love does not exist here, in this garden there’s no feeling E|-1-3-4-3-1-3-----4-3-1-3------------| B|----------4-1-1-1-----4-1-----------| G|------------------------------------| D|------------------------------------| A|------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------| And you say the words so often that i barely know the meaning E|----4-3-1-3-----6-4-3-4-3-----------| B|-1-1-----4-1-1–1---------1----------| G|------------------------------------| D|------------------------------------| A|------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------| And when all the flowers are rotten and all the cannons shot E|-1-3-4-3-1-3------------------------| B|----------4-1-1-0–3–4-1-------------| G|-----------------0------------------| D|------------------------------------| A|------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------| I’ll scream, but you won’t hear, “Forget me not” E|--3-1-------------------------------| B|-1---4-3-1-0--4-1-------------------| G|-------------0----------------------| D|------------------------------------| A|------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------| Verse 4: And in years to come, you’ll wander to the place upon our hill E|-1-3-4-3-1--3-----------------------| B|----------4--1--1–0--3-4-1----------| G|--------------------0---------------| D|------------------------------------| A|------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------| And then you’ll cry to a painted sky “I loved him then, i love him still” E|--3–1------3-1---6-4-3-1-6-4-3------| B|-1---4-4-4----4–4-------------------| G|------------------------------------| D|------------------------------------| A|------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------| Then you’ll strew some sage and lillies and roses where i rot E|-1-3-4-3-1-3------------------------| B|----------4-1-1-0–3–4-1-------------| G|-----------------0------------------| D|------------------------------------| A|------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------| Of all fhe flowers you picked, i knew you would forget forget-me-nots E|--3-1-------6-4-3-1-----------------| B|-1---4-3-1-1-------1-0-4-1----------| G|----------------------0-------------| D|------------------------------------| A|------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------|
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