The Gift Of Years
Eric Bogle
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(início)
D G A7 D Well, old friend, here I am, I told you I'd be back G A7 D And as usual mate, I'm bloody late; it's 75 years down the track G A7 D For the last time here I stand in this familiar foreign land G A7 D Back with the mates I left behind, fixed forever in their time
Verse 2
D G A7 D And all the ghosts, of all the boys who haunt this lonely place G A7 D Only one of them wears your cheery grin & your Queensland joker's face G A7 D But I drown in all the bloody dreams of helpless young men's dying screams G A7 D I feel your hand give my arm a shake & your voice say "steady, mate"
Verse 3
D G A7 D And the country that you died for, mate, you would not know it now G A7 D The future that we dreamed of, mate, got all twisted up somehow G A7 D The peace that we were fighting for, the end to stupid senseless war G A7 D So it couldn't happen to our kids - well old mate, it did
Verse 4
D G A7 D But thank you for the gift of years & the flame that brightly burned G A7 D For the time you bought & the lessons taught, tho' often wasted & unlearned G A7 D "Lest we forget" cry the multitudes, as if I ever ever could G A7 D So forgive an old man's tears, & thank you for the years
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