"Now and Forever" Blue Rodeo
From LP Diamond Mine – 1989
Cut time - 2/2 @ 92 BMP - equivalent to 4/4 @ 184 BPM
INTRO (3 1/2 bars G into guitar lick on beat 3)
|G |G |G |G
|G |D |Em |Em |G |D |Em |Em
e|-----|-------|------|--------|--------|------|------|--------|--------|
B|-----|-------|------|--------|--------|------|------|--------|--------|
G|-----|-------|------|--------|--------|------|------|--------|--------|
D|-----|-------|-0----|------0-|-2------|------|-0----|------0-|-2------|
A|-----|-----2-|------|----2---|--------|----2-|------|----2---|--------|
E|-0-2-|-3-----|----3-|-0------|----0-2-|-3----|----3-|-0------|--------|
VERSE 1
G D Em
I don't know if I ever wanted
D C G
The things you said we wanted together
C D
Now and forever
G D Em
Too many nights I'd lie awake
D C
Listening to every breath you'd take
G
Like a stranger
C D
Feel so out of place here
CHORUS
Em C G G
I don't wonder what went wrong
Em C G D
But I wish your memory would leave me alone
Em D Em
Now and forever
[INTRO GUITAR LICK – ONLY 5 bars]
G D Em Em
VERSE 2
G D Em
I sit alone in this empty house
D C
And your voice just like a ghost
G
It comes to me
C D
Chill passes through me
G D Em
I packed your clothes and photographs
D C G
Sent your little treasures back to where you're living
C D
Guess now I'm forgiven
CHORUS
Em C G G
I can't believe it's true
Em C G D
I thought I'd always be in love with you
Em D Em
Now and forever
[Accordion Solo followed by guitar solo]
VERSE 3
G D Em
My life goes on just like before
D C
In and out of closing doors
G
I don't love it
C D
But I learn to rise above it
G D Em D C
I found a girl now who will love me the way I want her to
G
She don't shout it
C D
We don't ever talk about it
CHORUS
Em C G G
I can't believe it's true
Em C G D
I thought I'd always be in love with you
Em D Em
Now and forever
[INTRO Lick TO FADE]
