Album: COUNTRY TO COUNTRY | Song lyrics to: FORGIVE AND FORGET
"FORGIVE AND FORGET"
Verse 1
Where we gonna put our hatred
When it's time to say a prayer?
Seems like we've gotten kinda tired
Of these balls & chains we wear.
Well, if we really wanna make things right,
You know it's gonna be an uphill fight,
And only God can give the strength to try to …
Chorus 1
Forgive & forget,
Forgive & forget,
'Cause we can't build our dreams on regret,
Forgive & forget.
Verse 2
To mess things up is human,
But forgiveness is divine.
To forgive someone who's hurt you
Takes lovin' of a Godly kind.
If we really wanna move ahead
And clear the bitterness out of our head,
We need Jesus to give us love instead to …
Chorus 2
Forgive & forget,
Forgive & forget,
'Cause we can't build our dreams on regret,
Forgive & forget.
Bridge
It's the noblest revenge,
It's thinkin' with your heart,
And asking for forgiveness is a loving place to start to …
Chorus 3
Forgive & forget,
Forgive & forget,
'Cause we can't build our dreams on regret,
Forgive & forget.
Verse 3
They say that love is blind,
But hatred's blindness too.
When you stand & point that finger,
There's three pointin' back at you.
But if you can't forgive the one who's askin' you,
You break the bridge you'll need to cross over some day soon,
'Cause nobody's perfect,
And that goes for me, too!
"FORGIVE AND FORGET" (with chords)
Capo: 1st fret
Intro: (E)-(A)-(E)-(A)-(E)-(A)
Verse 1
(E)Where we gonna put our hatred
(A)When it's time to say a (E)prayer?(A)
(E)Seems like we've gotten (A)kinda tired
Of these balls & chains we (E)wear.(A)
(F#)Well, if we (A)really wanna make (B)things right,
(F#)You know it's (A)gonna be an up(D)hill figh(B)t,
(F#)And only Go(A)d can give the s(B)trength to try to …
Chorus 1
(E)Forgive & for(A)get,
(E)Forgive & for(A)get,
(F#)'Cause we can't build our dreams on reg(E)ret,
Forgive & for(E)get.(A)
(E)-(A)
Verse 2
To (E)mess things up is human,
(A)But forgiveness is div(E)ine.(A)
(E)To forgive someone who's hu(A)rt you
Takes lovin' of a Godly ki(E)nd.(A)
(F#)If we rea(A)lly wanna mo(B)ve ahead
And (F#)clear the b(A)itterness (D)out of our h(B)ead,
(F#)We need Je(A)sus to give us love inst(B)ead to …
Chorus 2
(E)Forgive & for(A)get,
(E)Forgive & for(A)get,
(F#)'Cause we can't build our dreams on re(B)gret,
Forgive & for(E)get.
Bridge
It's the (C#m)noblest revenge,
It's thin(A)kin' with your heart,
And ask(F#)ing for forgiveness is a (B)loving place to start to …
Chorus 3
(E)Forgive & for(A)get,
(E)Forgive & for(A)get,
(F#)'Cause we can't build our dreams on re(B)gret,
(E)Forgive & forget.
(E)-(A)-(E)-(A)-(F#)-(B)
Verse 3
(E)They say that love is blind,
(A)But hatred's blindness to(E)o.
(E)When you stand & point that fin(A)ger,
There's three pointin' back at y(E)ou.(A)
(F#)But if you ca(A)n't forgive the (B)one who's askin' you,
You (F#)break the br(A)idge you'll need to cr(D)oss over some (D)day soon,
(F#)'Cause nobody's per(A)fect,
And that go(B)es for me, too!
Repeat Chorus twice