Red House Painters - Have You Forgotten from the album Songs For A Blue Guitar released 1996 Island Records written by Mark Kozelek transcribed by Brian Fenton (fentonb@mathds1.ul.ie) C F G Am G F I can't let you be, cause your ,.... C F wrapped in white .... G Am G F like an angel ... G Am and shut out what .... F Am G F cause your friends are ... G Am and when they ... F Am G F somehow they feel ....
(same chords as above for the next verse:) When we were kids, we hated ..... C G Am G F Have you forgotten how ....x2 I can't believe all the good ..... When we were kids, we hated ..... Have you forgotten .....x6 ===================== This is played with a capo on the 3rd fret. The F chord at all times is played with an open E string (the light E string, not the heavy one). In the chorus, he plays the barred C and G shapes i.e. the C is played at the 11th fret etc. In the verse, for the C chord pull off the E note to a D, and for the first F chord pull off the A note to a G. The F that ends each line has a little bit that goes E-F-D-E on the D string. It's easy. The one part I wasn't 100% sure about is the first F in the 3rd and 4th lines of each verse. An F seems to work fine, but on the record, you can hear a B note from the bass. I guess it's just another of those brilliant Red House Painter things! Genius! I'm sticking to my F though.
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