Chords
The Forgotten Years

Key: C

Introduction:

     Am                                                                                                                         C  
        Few of the sins of the father are visited upon the son,
                  G  
          hearts have been hard,
                                                                                                                     D  
          hands have been clenched into fists too long.
                                Am                                                                                                                      C  
          Our sons need never be soldiers, our daughters will never need guns,
                  G  
          these are the years between,
                                                                                                                        D  
          these are the years that were hard fought and won.
                          Am                                                                                                                      C  
          Now, contracts torn at the edges, old signatures stained with tears,
                G  
          seasons of war and grace,
                                                                                          D  
          they should not be forgotten years.
                                  Am  
          Still it aches like tetanus, it reeks of politics,
                G                                                                                         F  
          how many dreams remain, this is a feeling too strong to contain.
                        C                                                         Am  
The hardest years, the darkest years,
                     F                                                         G  
the roarin' years, the fallen years.
C-  Am              F                                                                                 G  
                                  These should not be forgotten years.
                        C                                                         Am  
The hardest years, the wildest years,
                     F                                              G  
the desperate and divided years
F-  C                                                      G                                                         G7                        Am  
(We will remember), these should not be forgotten years.
                        Am                                                                                                                              C  
        Our shoreline was never invaded, our country was never in flames,
                  G  
             this is the calm we breathe,
                                                                                                          D  
          this is the feeling to strong to contain.
                                Am  
          Still it aches like tetanus, it reeks of politics,
             G  
          signatures stained with tears.
                  F                                                                                      G  
          Who can remember? We've got to remember !
                     Am  
                                  C                                                    Am  
          The blinded years, the binded years,
                                F                                            G  
          the desperate and divided years.
C-  Am            F                                                                                      G  
                                These should not be forgotten years
                          Am         C-  F-  G-  Am  
          Remember !