JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - "Forgotten Years" adalah lagu hit dari grup musik Midnight Oil.
Rilis pada 1990 silam, lagu ini menjadi singel kedua dari album Blue Sky Mining.
Singel ini berhasil menduduki peringkat pertama dalam daftar Billboard Modern Rock.
Baca juga: Lirik dan Chord Lagu Put Down That Weapon dari Midnight Oil
Simak lirik dan chord lagu "Forgotten Years" dari Midnight Oil berikut ini.
[Verse 1]
Bm
Few of the sins of the father
D
Are visited upon the son
A
Hearts have been hard
E
Hands have been clenched in a fist too long
[Verse 2]
Bm
Our sons need never be soldiers
D
Our daughters will never need guns
A
These are the years between
E
These are the years that were hard fought and won
[Verse 3]
Bm
Now, contracts torn at the edges
D
Old signatures stained with tears
A
Seasons of war and peace
E
These should not be forgotten years
[Pre-Chorus]
Bm
Still it aches like tetanus
It reeks of politics
A G
How many dreams remain?
D A
This is a feeling too strong to contain
[Chorus]
D Bm
The hardest years, the darkest years
G A
The roarin' 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
Bm A
We will remember
(These should not be forgotten years)
[Verse 4]
Bm
Our shoreline was never invaded
D
Our country was never in flames
A
This is the calm we breathe
E
This is a feeling too strong to contain
[Ulangi Pre-Chorus dan Chorus 2x]
[Outro]
D Bm
Forsaking, aching, breaking years
G A
The time and tested heartbreak years
D
These should not be forgotten years
Bm A
Who needs someone to sing to you now?
D Bm
The blinded years, the binded years
G Bm
The desperate and divided years
G F#m Em
These should not be forgotten years
Bm A
(These should not be forgotten years)
Bm
Remember