Tom: D
D Bm G A D Bm A A
Bm Bm
[Verse 1]
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.
[Chorus]
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
(These should not be forgotten years).
Bm Bm
[Verse 2]
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!
[Chorus]
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
(These should not be forgotten years).
[Instrumental]
Bm Bm Bm Bm
Bm Bm Bm A A
[Chorus]
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
(These should not be forgotten years).
D Bm
Forsaken, aching, breaking years,
G A
the time and tested heartbreak years.
D Bm A
Who needs your ma 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.
(These should not be forgotten years).
[Outro]
Bm D A G F#m Em B
Remember! Oh We will try...
