The Forgotten Years

  Am                               
   Few of the sins of the father 
               C
are visited upon the son,
       G
    hearts have been hard,
    hands have been clenched into 
          D
fists too long.
            Am                     
    Our sons need never be 
                        C
soldiers, our daughters will never 
need guns,
       G
    these are the years between,
    these are the years that were 
           D
hard fought and won.
          Am                  
    Now, contracts torn at the 
                           C
edges, old signatures stained with 
tears,
      G
    seasons of war and grace,
    they should not be forgotten 
 D
years.

             Am
    Still it aches like tetanus, it 
reeks of politics,
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      G                            
    how many dreams remain, this is
      F
 a feeling too strong to contain.

         C                    
The hardest years, the darkest 
  Am
years,
        F                      G
the roarin' years, the fallen years.
C - Am      F                    
             These should not be 
           G
forgotten years.
         C                    
The hardest years, the wildest 
  Am
years,
        F                  G
the desperate and divided years
F - C                     G      
(We will remember), these should 
                G7         - Am
not be forgotten years.

         Am                        
   Our shoreline was never invaded,
                        C
 our country was never in flames,
       G
     this is the calm we breathe,
    this is the feeling to strong to
    D
 contain.

            Am
    Still it aches like tetanus, it 
reeks of politics,
     G
    signatures stained with tears.
       F                           
    Who can remember? We've got to 
      G
remember !

+ CHORUS     + Am  ~ ~     + CHORUS

             C                    
    The blinded years, the binded 
Am
years,
            F                 G
    the desperate and divided years.
C - Am     F                 
            These should not be 
                G
forgotten years
          Am    C - F - G - Am
    Remember !