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Folloton Wood

Ben Howard

PopEasy for beginners3 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

D××
G
A×

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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Intro 
D G 
D G 
 
 Verse 1:
D 
Oh you Screamed Hallelujah darling, 
D                                  G 
startled all the sleeping Starlins on the wire. 
G     D 
As we walked up the footpath through the fields, 
D                       G 
how the rain did reveal your heart. 
G       D 
And the rope swing from the balance held the weight, 
D                            G 
shadows fall and a cold wind blows. 
G               D 
And you said oh maybe we're just lost souls here, 
D 
maybe oh everybody goes. 
 
Pre-Chorus
G          D                   G 
Oh we were young oh ho we were young. 
G          D                   G 
Oh we were young oh ho we were young. 
 
 
A            D            G 
Still don't, don't you forget. 
G    A        D                G 
That rope you tied around your neck. 
G     D                                G 
Don't free you darling, oh oh ho oh ho oh 
G     D                                G 
Don't free you darling, oh oh ho oh ho oh 
Verse 1:
 
G      D 
And it took them three days to find you, 
A           D              G 
tired torch lights and dog scents. 
G       D 
Oh they led you down from the highest branches, 
D             G 
cold eyes and frozen arms. 
G            D 
And my my my your beauty was so dumbfounded, 
D                                         G 
lace white dress and your hair as long as Follaton Woods. 
G       D 
And the whole town just stood there crying looking at the darkness, 
D             G 
for something wholesome and good. 
 
Pre-Chorus
 
G     D           G 
Oh good, oh ho oh oh. 
G     D           G 
Oh good, oh ho oh oh. 
 
 
A            D            G 
Still don't, don't you forget. 
G    A        D                G 
That rope you tied around your neck. 
G     D                                G 
Don't free you darling, oh oh ho oh ho oh 
G     D                                G 
Don't free you darling, oh oh ho oh ho oh 
 
Instrumental 
D        G 
Mmm Mmm Mmmm 
D        G 
Mmm Mmm Mmmm 
D        G 
Mmm Mmm Mmmm 
 
Bridge:
D 
Morning white mist came across the plane, 
D    G 
blue skies and rain. 
D 
Oh and it was the strangest day, 
D                          G 
people taking cover people holding shame. 
 
D G 
 
Outro 
G 
Oh you'd left your 
D        G 
Heart oh ho oh ho oh. Oh you'd left your 
D        G 
Heart oh ho oh ho oh. Oh you'd left your 
D        G 
Heart oh ho oh ho oh. Oh you'd left your 
D        G 
Heart oh ho oh ho oh. Oh you'd left your 
D 
Heart 
          
 

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Chord set

D · G · A

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.