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I Can’t Forget / Pixies ( a Leonard Cohen cover )
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(tuning: tune your guitar 1/2 a tone lower to match the recording
exactly).
Intro: D
G C G C Eb F
G
I stumbled out of bed
Em
I got ready for the struggle
G
I smoked a cigarette
Em D
And I tightened up my gut
C Am
I said this can’t be me
B F Em
Must be my double
G C G
And I can’t forget (I can’t forget)
C Eb
And I can’t forget (I can’t forget)
F G
I can’t forget but I don’t remember what
G C G C Eb F G
G
I’m burning up the road
Em
I’m heading down to Phoenix
G
I got this old address
Em D
Of someone that I knew
C Am
It was high and fine and free
B F Em
Ah, you should have seen us
G C G
And I can’t forget (I can’t forget)
C Eb
And I can’t forget (I can’t forget)
F G
I can’t forget but I don’t remember who
B
I’ll be there today
Em B
With a big bouquet of cactus
F Em D
I got this rig that runs, runs on memories
G C
And I promise, cross my heart,
G C
They’ll never catch us
Eb D
But if they do, just tell them it was me
G
I loved you all my life
Em
And that’s how I want to end it
G
The summer’s almost gone
Em D
The winter’s tuning up
C
The summer’s gone
Am B F Em
But a lot goes on forever
G C G
And I can’t forget (I can’t forget)
C Eb
I can’t forget (I can’t forget)
F G
I can’t forget but I don’t remember what
G C G C Eb F G
— Transcribed by Assaf Sagi , 16/9/97 —