Forgotten Years original guitar chords by
Midnight Oil

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Key: D major

Intro 1

D

Bm7

G

A

D

Bm7

D/A

A

B5

B5

B5

B5

E5

A5

D5

Verse 1
B B 2
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Few of the sins of the father,
D D 
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are visited upon the son
A/E A/E 
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Hearts have been hard, our hands
E E 
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have been clenched in a fist too long
B B 2
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Our sons will never be soldiers,
D D 
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our daughters will never need guns
A/E A/E 
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These are the years between
E E 
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These are the years that were hard
fought and won

Verse 2
B B 2
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Now contracts torn at the edges,
D D 
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old signatures stained with tears
A/E A/E 
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Sea   sons of war and peace,
E E 
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these should not be forgotten yaers
B B 2
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Still it aches like tetanus,
Bm Bm 2
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it reeks of politics
A A 
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A/G A/G 
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How many dreams remain?
D/F# D/F# 
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G/A G/A 3
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This   is a feeling too strong to contain

Chorus 1
D D 
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Bm7 Bm7 2
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The hardest years, the dark  est years,
G G 
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A A 
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the roarin' years, the fallen years
D D 
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Bm7 Bm7 2
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D/A D/A 2
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A A 
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These should not be forgotten years
D D 
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Bm7 Bm7 2
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The hardest years, the wild  est years,
G G 
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D/F# D/F# 
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the desperate and divid    ed years
Em7 Em7 
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Bm7 Bm7 2
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D/A D/A 2
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We will remem   ber
A A 
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(... not be forgotten years)

Interlude 1

B5

B5

B5

B5

E5

A5

D5

Verse 3
B B 2
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Our shoreline was never invaded,
D D 
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our country was never in flames
A/E A/E 
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This  is the calm we breathe,
E E 
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this is a feeling too strong to contain
B B 2
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Still it aches like tetanus,
Bm Bm 2
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it reeks of politics
A A 
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A/G A/G 
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Signatures stained with tears
D/F# D/F# 
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G/A G/A 3
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Who    can remember, we've got   to remember

Chorus 2
D D 
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Bm7 Bm7 2
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The hardest years, the dark  est years,
G G 
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A A 
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the roarin' years, the fallen years
D D 
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Bm7 Bm7 2
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D/A D/A 2
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A A 
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These should not be forgotten years
D D 
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Bm7 Bm7 2
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The hardest years, the wild  est years,
G G 
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D/F# D/F# 
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the desperate and divid    ed years
Em7 Em7 
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Bm7 Bm7 2
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D/A D/A 2
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We will remem   ber
A A 
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(... not be forgotten years)

Interlude 2
B5 B5 2
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B5 B5 2
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B5 B5 2
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B5 B5 2
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B5 B5 2
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B5 B5 2
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B5 B5 2
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B5 B5 2
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E5 E5 
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A5 A5 
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D5 D5 5
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B B 2
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B B 2
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A/B A/B 
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A/B A/B 
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A/B A/B 
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A/B A/B 
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D/A D/A 2
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D/A D/A 2
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G/A G/A 3
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G/A G/A 3
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Chorus 3
D D 
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Bm7 Bm7 2
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I said it's the hardest years, the dark  est years,
G G 
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A A 
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the roarin' years, the fallen years
D D 
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Bm7 Bm7 2
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D/A D/A 2
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A A 
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These should not be forgotten years
D D 
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Bm7 Bm7 2
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The hardest years, the wild  est years,
G G 
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D/F# D/F# 
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the desperate and divid    ed years
Em7 Em7 
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Bm7 Bm7 2
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D/A D/A 2
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We will remem   ber
A A 
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(... not be forgotten years)

Chorus 4
D D 
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Bm7 Bm7 2
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Forsaking aching break ing years,
G G 
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A A 
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the time and tested heartbreak years
D D 
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Bm7 Bm7 2
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D/A D/A 2
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A A 
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Who needs someone to sing  to you now?
D D 
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Bm7 Bm7 2
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The blinded years, the bind  ed years,
G G 
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D/F# D/F# 
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the desperate and divid    ed years
Em7 Em7 
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Bm7 Bm7 2
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D/A D/A 2
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These should not be forgotten years
A A 
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(... forgotten years)

Outro 1

B

B

D

D

A

A/G

D/F#

Esus2

Oh, we will try

B

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