Forever Now The Reels
(Written by Steve Prestwich, founding member and long-
term drummer for the band Cold Chisel in 1982).
Intro: G C D D G
Verse 1
G
Taking her seat at the bar,
G D7
don’t talk to anyone.
G
Plane leaving soon for afar,
D7
where she don’t know anyone.
Em C
She thinks of her precious time,
Em D
there’s no-one she leaves behind,
C D7
who could change her mind.
Chorus 1
C Am
Is this the way it’s gonna be forever,
C Am
Is this the way it’s gonna be forever,
C Am G C G
Is this the way it’s gonna be forever now.
G
You take a whole lot of lonliness,
C G
Wrap it up with some tenderness,
C G
Send it off to some emptiness,
C Am G C G
With all my love.
G
Yeah it’s only left you and me,
C G
There’ll be nothing we need to see,
C G D7
Only one thing can set you free,
C Am G C G D7
Is all my love.
Verse 2
G
Making his way down the stairs,
G D7
He can’t help but looking back.
G
Thinks of the things that they shared,
D7
There’ll be no more turning back.
Em C
He thinks of the day they met,
Em D
The words she said of love,
C D7
He just can’t forget.
Chorus 2
C Am
Just the way they wanna be forever,
C Am
Just the way they wanna be forever,
C Am G C G
Tell me it will always be forever now.
G
You take a whole lot of lonliness,
C G
Wrap it up with some tenderness,
C G
Send it off to some emptiness,
C Am G C G
With all my love.
G
Yeah it’s only left you and me,
C G
There’ll be nothing we need to see,
C G D7
Only one thing can set you free,
C Am G
Is all my love.
C Am D7
Only one thing can set you free,
C Am G C G C G C G
Is all my love.