Can't Rembermber To Forget You
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Shakira
Bm Em
I left a note on my bedpost
A D (C)
Said not to repeat yesterday's mistakes
Bm Em
What I tend to do when it comes to you
A D (C)
I see only the good, selective memory
Bm Em
The way he makes me feel yeah, gotta hold on me
A D (C)
I've never met someone so different
Oh here we go
Bm Em
He a part of me now, he a part of me
A (pause)
So where you go I follow, follow, follow, oh
Chorus #1
Bm A Em
Ohohohoh ohohohoh
G F#
I can't remember to forget you
Bm A G
Ohohohoh ohohohoh
D A/C#
I keep forgetting I should let you go
Bm A Em
But when you look at me, the only memory
G F#
Is us kissing in the moonlight
Bm A G
Ohohohoh ohohohoh
(Pause)
I can't remember to forget you
Bm Em A
Ooooh
D A/C#
I can't remember to forget you
Bm Em A D*
Ooooh
verse 2: Rihanna
Bm
I go back again
Em
Fall off the train
A
Land in his bed
D C
Repeat yesterday's mistakes
Bm Em A
What I'm trying to say is not to forget
D A/C#
You see only the good, selective memory
Bm
The way he makes me feel like
Em
The way he makes me feel
A D
I never seemed to act so stupid
C
Oh here we go
Bm Em
He a part of me now he a part of me
Shakira
A (pause)
So where he goes I follow, follow, follow, oh
Chorus 2: Both
Bm A Em
Ohohohoh ohohohoh
G F#
I can't remember to forget you
Bm A G
Ohohohoh ohohohoh
D A/C#
I keep forgetting I should let you go
Bm A Em
But when you look at me, the only memory
G F#
Is us kissing in the moonlight
Bm A G
Ohohohoh ohohohoh
(pause)
I can't remember to forget you
Bridge: Shakira
Bm Em
I rob and I kill to keep him with me
A D A/C#
I do anything for that boy
Bm Em
I'd give my last dime to hold him tonight
A D*
I do anything for that boy
Bridge Cont.: Rihanna
Bm Em
I rob and I kill to keep him with me
A D A/C#
I do anything for that boy
Bm Em
I'd give my last dime to hold him tonight
A D*
I do anything for that boy
Chorus 3: Both
Bm A Em
Ohohohoh ohohohoh
G F#
I can't remember to forget you
Bm A Em
Ohohohoh ohohohoh
D A/C#
I keep forgetting I should let you go
Bm A Em
But when you look at me, the only memory
G F#
Is us kissing in the moonlight
Bm A Em
Ohohohoh ohohohoh
G F#
I can't remember to forget you
Bm A Em
But when you look at me, the only memory
D A/C#
Is us kissing in the moonlight
Bm A G
Ohohohoh ohohohoh
(pause)
I can't remember to forget you
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