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Sixpence None The R... We Have Forgotten Guitar Tab

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WE HAVE FORGOTTEN

D (xx0323)
G (320033)
A (x02220)
Em (022000)

[D] Dreams, incon[G]sistent [A] angel [D] things
Horses [G] bred with [A] star-laced [D] wings
But it’s so [G] hard to [A] make them [D] fly, [A] fly, [G] fly

These wings beat the night sky above the town
One goes up and one goes down
And so the chariot hits the ground, bound, bound

CHORUS
We have for[Em]gotten [D] [G] how it used to [Em] be [D] [G]
(Don’t try to make me fly)
How it used to [Em] be [D] [G]
(I’ll stay here, I’ll be fine)
How it used to [Em] be [D] [G]
(Don’t go and let me down)
How it used to [Em] be [D] [G]
(I’m starting to like this town)

When wings beat the night sky above the ground
When I am wearing the truth and down
And all my barely fears are bound, bound, bound

We have forgotten how it used to be
(Am I in love with this?)
How it used to be
(My constant brokenness)
How it used to be
(Don’t go. I’ll shoot you down)
How it used to be
(I’m starting to like this town)

REPEAT BOTH CHORUSES

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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
 
 
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scotty 2 hotty
Rhythm Player
#1 by scotty 2 hotty at Feb 27, 1983 at 11:45 PM EST
we've forgotten how it used to be... in the garden of eden, when we weren't broken. now all we can do is romance our failures until we think they're beautiful. but we've forgotten what beauty really is.
 
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Joe
Average
#2 by Joe Blurton at Nov 13, 1988 at 5:56 AM EST
Before their new record label completely revamped Sixpence’s official website, Matt Slocum explained the first three songs on this album are a trilogy. Despite whatever double spiritual meaning these lyrics may have, We Have Forgotten is about groping for one’s dreams and them seeing them crash when everything in life distracts you from your real goal. In this case, the money and excitement of being in a band distracted Sixpence from their simple dream of creating good art. The line about starting to like this town is an expression of this complacency. Anything describes trying to create art despite the powers at be simply exploiting the subject for money. The metaphor of giving birth is used here. Not to mention them using his talents to be forged into just another Jesus band. In Waiting Room of the World the subject calls out to the same baby, born in artistic haste to please the puppet masters, and ask when it’s true form will appear. In other words, this trilogy, together with other songs on this album, is about how the CCM industry screwed them over. I would cite my sources as proof, but like I said, their old website is gone.
 
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chris
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#3 by chris at Sep 13, 1990 at 7:42 PM EST
Dreams are easy to have but hard to make reality. The writer is content with that and doesn't want to try to change the way it goes because it'll eventually go wrong.
 
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MetJustice
Wanna Be
#4 by MetJustice at Sep 18, 1990 at 5:59 AM EST
pardon, i mean in their self titled album and before that.
 
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Justin
Rhythm Player
#5 by Justin Lepera at Feb 24, 1997 at 9:46 PM EST
i believe you and i remember the old site but never came across that. sad, slocum seems like a very deep person. i love this album and while i treasure their new works i believe there is something very special they had after their self-titled album that kind of dissapeared.
 
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kyle
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#6 by kyle anderson at Jul 26, 2002 at 1:18 AM EST
The first time I heard this song was the first time that I believe that I heard "real" music and lyrics. I am very fond of this tune.
 
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Jay Dizzle
Wanna Be
#7 by Jay Dizzle holden at Nov 13, 2006 at 4:18 PM EST
Yeah, I think it's about not wanting to wake up from a dream.