Midnight Oil – Forgotten Years (Guitar)

 Bm                                D
Few of the sins of the father are visited upon the son,

 A/E                    A/E                           E
Hearts have been hard, hands have been clenched into fists too long.

     Bm                               D
Our sons need never be soldiers, our daughters will never need guns,

 A/E                          A/E                           E
These are the years between, these are the years that were hard fought and won.

      Bm                               D
Now, contracts torn at the edges, old signatures stained with tears,

 A/E                       A/E                   E
Seasons of war and grace, these should not be forgotten years.

           Bm                    Bm
Still it aches like tetanus, it reeks of politics,

 A                 G    D/F#                  A
How many dreams remain, this is a feeling too strong to contain.

     D                   Bm
The hardest years, the darkest years,

     G                  A
the roaring years, the fallen years.

D    Bm       A
              These should not be forgotten years.

     D                  Bm
The hardest years, the wildest years,

     G             F#m
the desperate and divided years

Em   Bm           A
       We will remember

      Bm                               D
Our shoreline was never invaded, our country was never in flames,

 A/E                         A/E                   E
This is the calm we breathe, this is a feeling too strong to contain.

          Bm                     Bm
Still it aches like tetanus, it reeks of politics,

 A                       G     D/F#                    A
Signatures stained with tears. Who can remember? We've got to remember!

     D                   Bm
The hardest years, the darkest years,

     G                  A
the roaring years, the fallen years.

D    Bm        A
               These should not be forgotten years.

     D                  Bm
The hardest years, the wildest years,

     G             F#m
the desperate and divided years

Em   Bm          A
       We will remember

                D                   Bm
I said it's The hardest years, the darkest years,

     G                  A
the roaring years, the fallen years.

D    Bm        A
               These should not be forgotten years.

     D                  Bm
The hardest years, the wildest years,

     G             F#m
the desperate and divided years

Em   Bm          A
       We will remember

     D                   Bm
Forsaken, aching, breaking years,

     G                  A
the time and tested heartbreak years.

D    Bm                      A
        Who needs someone to sing to you now.

     D                  Bm
The blinded years, the binded years,

     G             F#m
the desperate and divided years

Em   Bm                     A                     A
     These should not be forgotten years.

      Bm     D              A   G   F#m  Em      B
Remember!    Oh     We will try...