• Song:

    Forgotten Years

  • Artist:

    Midnight Oil

  • Album:

    Oil From the Outback

Intro:

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Riff A:

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Riff 2:

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Verse:

B5                                      D5
Few of the sins of the father       Are visited upon the son
D5      A5                                                       E5
Hearts   have been hard       Hands have been clenched into fists too long
E5   B5                                    D5
Our sons need never be soldiers   Our daugters will never need guns
D5    A5                                                          E5
These are the years between   These are the years that were hard fought an won

PLAY RIFF 1


B5                                   D5
Conttracts torn at the edges  Old signatures stained with tears
   A5                                          E5
Seasons of war and grace   The should not be forgotten years    Still it

PLAY RIFF 1


B5                      B5
aches like tatanus   It reeks of politics
A5                    A5       D5                    A5       A5
How many dreams remain     This is a feeling too strong to contain

Chorus:

PLAY RIFF 2


       D5                D5               G5                  A5         D5   D5
The hardest years the darkest years the roarin' years teh fallen years
      D5               A5
These should not be forgotten years
       D5                 D5               G5            G5        E5
The hardest years the wildest years the desperate and divided years
B5           D5                A5
We will remember

         These should not be forgotten years

PLAY RIFF A

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B5                                      D5
Our shore line was never invated   Our country was never in flames
 A5                                                   E5
This is the calm we breathe This is the feeling strong to contain  Still it

PLAY RIFF 1


B5                      B5
Aches like tetanus   It reeks like politics
A5                            A5
Signatures stained with tears
    D5                A5     A5
Who can remember  We've got to remeber


Chorus:

The hardest years, the darkest years...
Forsaking aching breaking years.
The Time and tested heartbreak years.
These should not be forgotten years.

The blinded years, the binded years.
The desperate and divided years.
These should not be forgotten years
Remember
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