Intro
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[Verse 1]
E A
They came from Scandinavia, the land of midnight sun,
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And crossed the North Atlantic when this century was young.
A
They'd heard that in America every man was free
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To live the way he chose to live and be who he could be.
[Verse 2]
E A
Some of them were farmers there and tilled the frozen soil.
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But all they got was poverty for all their earnest toil.
A E A
They say one was a sailor who sailed the wide world round,
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Made home port, got drunk one night, walked off the pier and drowned.
[Verse 3]
E A
My mother was of Scottish blood, it's there that she was born.
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They brought her to America in 1924.
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They left behind the highlands and the heather-covered hills
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And came to find America with broad expectant dreams and iron wills.
[Verse 4]
E A
My granddad worked the steel mills of central Illinois.
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His daughter was his jewel, his son was just his boy.
A
For thirty years he worked the mills and stoked the coke-fed fires
B E A E
And looked toward the day when he'd at last turn 65 and could retire.
[Chorus]
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And the sons become the fathers and their daughters will be wives
A
As the torch is passed from hand to hand
E B
And we struggle through our lives.
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Though the generations wander, the lineage survives,
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And all of us, from dust to dust, we all become forefathers by and by.
[Interlude]
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[Verse 5]
E A
The woman and the man were wed just after the war
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And they settled in this river town and three fine sons she bore.
A
One became a lawyer and one fine pictures drew
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And one became this lonely soul who sits here now
B E
And sings this song to you.
[Chorus]
G#m C#m
And the sons become the fathers and their daughters will be wives
A
As the torch is passed from hand to hand
E B
And we struggle through our lives.
G#m C#m B C#m C#m7
Though the generations wander, the lineage survives,
A C#m A B E A E A
And all of us, from dust to dust, we all become forefathers by and by.
E A E A
By and by...
E A E A
By and by...
[Outro]
E A E A E A E F
- 1. Chord Gitar Dan Fogelberg - Forefathers Kunci Dasar - Chords.id (Nada Dasar G#)
- 2. Ganti Chord Gitar Dan Fogelberg - Forefathers Kunci Dasar - Chords.id (Nada Dasar G#)
- 3. Author Lagu Andra Ramadhan