The Things We Forget Written by Connie Harrington & Wendell Mobley Recorded by Mark Wills Intro.: | (G) | (D/F#) | (Em) | (D/F#) | x 2 I forgot (G) how much I love (D/F#) that smell of the dirt (Em) fresh off the plow (D/F#) That tail-(G)gate rattle, tires (D/F#) on gravel, I (Em)sure do love that sound (D/F#) And I can't (G) believe I spend (D/F#) so many years (Em) running from this (D/F#)
It's slow (G) and it's small and it's life (D/F#) outa crawl, but it's (Em) everything I miss (G) (Chorus) Where we come (D) from, where were go-(A)in' How to live (Bm) right here in the mo-(G)ment How to love (D) somebody, let her love (A) you back When to let (Bm)her go and cry, when to light-(G)en up and laugh (Em)Slow it all down and take a long, deep breath (C) (G) Man, the things we forget | (D/F#) | (Em) | (D/F#) Well, I pulled (G) off that old riv-(D/F#)er road and I looked (Em) back at my life (D/F#) At the long (G) lost friends and the (D/F#)might-have-been loves (Em) I told goodbye (D/F#) Then I laid (G) back on my truck (D/F#) hood and I pon-(Em)dered why were here (D/F#) If you (G)stare long enough at the heav-(D/F#)ens above, man, (Em) all gets (G)crystal clear (Chorus) Where we come (D) from, where were go-(A)in' How to live (Bm) right here in the mo-(G)ment How to love (D) somebody, let her love (A) you back When to let (Bm)her go and cry, when to light-(G)en up and laugh (Em)Slow it all down and take a long, deep breath (C) (G) Man, the things we forget Inst.: | (C) | (C) | (A) | (A) | (C) | (C) | (Em) | (C) | (C) (Chorus) Where we come (D) from, where were go-(A)in' How to live (Bm) right here in the mo-(G)ment How to love (D) somebody, let her love (A) you back When to let (Bm)her go and cry, when to light-(G)en up and laugh (Em)Slow it all down and take a long, deep breath (C) (G) Man, the things we for-(D)get | (A) | (Bm) | (Tag) (G) Man, the things we for-(D)get | (A) | (Bm) | (G) Yeah, the things we for-(D)get