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[Verse 1]
BmD
Few of the sins of the father are visited upon the son,
A/EA/EE
Hearts have been hard, hands have been clenched into fists too long.
BmD
Our sons need never be soldiers, our daughters will never need guns,
A/EA/EE
These are the years between, these are the years that were hard fought and won.
BmD
Now, contracts torn at the edges, old signatures stained with tears,
A/EA/EE
Seasons of war and grace, these should not be forgotten years.
BmBm
Still it aches like tetanus, it reeks of politics,
AGD/F#A
How many dreams remain, this is a feeling too strong to contain.
[Chorus]
DBm
The hardest years, the darkest years,
GA
the roaring years, the fallen years.
DBmA
These should not be forgotten years.
DBm
The hardest years, the wildest years,
GF#m
the desperate and divided years
EmBmA
We will remember
(These should not be forgotten years).
BmBm
[Verse 2]
BmD
Our shoreline was never invaded, our country was never in flames,
A/EA/EE
This is the calm we breathe, this is a feeling too strong to contain.
BmBm
Still it aches like tetanus, it reeks of politics,
AGD/F#A
Signatures stained with tears. Who can remember? We've got to remember!
[Chorus]
DBm
The hardest years, the darkest years,
GA
the roaring years, the fallen years.
DBmA
These should not be forgotten years.
DBm
The hardest years, the wildest years,
GF#m
the desperate and divided years
EmBmA
We will remember
(These should not be forgotten years).
[Instrumental]
BmBmBmBmBmBmBmAA
[Chorus]
DBm
I said it's The hardest years, the darkest years,
GA
the roaring years, the fallen years.
DBmA
These should not be forgotten years.
DBm
The hardest years, the wildest years,
GF#m
the desperate and divided years
EmBmA
We will remember
(These should not be forgotten years).
DBm
Forsaken, aching, breaking years,
GA
the time and tested heartbreak years.
DBmA
Who needs your ma to sing to you now.
DBm
The blinded years, the binded years,
GF#m
the desperate and divided years
EmBmAA
These should not be forgotten years.
(These should not be forgotten years).
[Outro]
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Remember! Oh We will try...