Dont You Forget About Me
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Afinação: E A D G B ECapotraste: Sem capotraste
Recorded live from Abbey Road Studios, London
Single released on November 20, 2019
Youtube link: https://youtu.be/AffCqOj3nyw
Spotify link: https://open.spotify.com/track/09YeOSHcAdk3Bqel03yIw9?si=cf8b467059a847bf
Original song by Simple Minds
[Intro]
D Em
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey
D Em G
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
| D Em | Em |
| D Em | G |
[Verse 1]
Em G
Won't you come see about me?
D A
I'll be alone, dancing you know it baby
Em G
Tell me your troubles and doubts
D A
Given me everything inside and out and
Em G
Love's strange, so real in the dark
D A
Think of the tender things that we're working on
Em G
Slow chains may pull us apart
D A
When the life gets into your heart, baby
[Chorus]
Em G D
Don't you forget about me
A
Don't, don't, don't, don't
Em G D
Don't you forget about me
A
Don't, don't, don't, don't
[Interlude]
C
Will you stand above me?
G
Look my way, never love me
C A
Rain keeps falling, rain keeps falling down
[Instrumental]
| D Em | Em |
| D Em | G |
| D Em | Em |
| D Em | G |
[Verse 2]
Em G
Love's strange, so real in the dark
D A
Think of the tender things that we're working on
Em G
Slow chains may pull us apart
D A
When the life gets into your heart, baby
[Chorus]
Em G D
Don't you forget about me
A
Don't, don't, don't, don't
Em G D
Don't you forget about me
A
Don't
[Bridge]
Em
As you walk on by
G D A
Will you call my name?
Em
As you walk on by
G D A
Will you call my name?
[Instrumental]
| Em | G | D | A |
| Em | G | D | A |
[Chorus]
Em G D
Don't you forget about me
A
Don't, don't, don't, don't
Em G D
Don't you forget about me
A
Don't, don't, don't, don't
[Post-Chorus]
Em G
La, la-la-la-la
D A
La-la-la-la, la-la-la-la-la-la
Em G
La, la-la-la-la
D A
La-la-la-la, la-la-la-la-la-la
[Outro]
Em G
(As you walk on by) Don't you forget about me
D A
(Will you call my name?) Don't, don't, don't, don't
Em G
(As you walk on by) Don't you forget about me
D A Em
(Will you call my name?) Don't, don't, don't, don't
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