Dan Fogelberg - Forefathers

They c^Came from Scandinavia, the la^Fnd of midnight sun, And c^Crossed the North Atlantic when this c^Amentury was young. They'd he^Fard that in America every man was free To l^Five the way ^Che ch^Fose to live and ^Gbe who he could ^Cbe. ^{F C}

^CSome of them were farmers there and ti^Flled the frozen soil. But a^Cll they got was poverty for ^Amall their earnest toil. They s^Fay one was a sailor w^Cho s^Failed the wide world round, Made home port, g^Cot dr^Funk one night, walked o^Gff the pier and dr^Cowne^Fd.^{C F C F C F}

My m^Cother was of Scottish blood, it's t^Fhere that she was born. They b^Crought her to America in ^Am1924. They l^Feft behind t^Amhe hi^Fghlands a^Amnd the h^Feather-covered hills And came to find ^AmAme^Frica with br^Goad expectant dreams and iron wi^Clls.^{F C}

My g^Cranddad worked the steel mills of c^Fentral Illinois. His da^Cughter was his jewel, his ^Amson was just his boy. For th^Firty years he worked the mills and stoked the coke-fed fires And looked toward the day when he'd at l^Gast turn 65 and could re^Ctire^F. ^C

And the s^Emons become the fathers and their daughter^Ams will be wives As the to^Frch is passed from hand to hand And we st^Cruggle through our li^Gves. Though the ge^Emnerations wander, the ^Amlinea^Gge surv^Amives,^Am7 And a^Fll of us, f^Amrom d^Fust to dust, ^Amwe a^Gll become forefathers by and ^Cby.

The w^Coman and the man were wed j^Fust after the war And they s^Cettled in this river town and t^Amhree fine sons she bore. O^Fne became a lawyer and one fine pictures drew And o^Fne became t^Amhis l^Fonely soul ^Amwho s^Fits here now And s^Gings this song to y^Cou.

And the s^Emons become the fathers and their daughter^Ams will be wives As the to^Frch is passed from hand to hand And we st^Cruggle through our li^Gves. Though the ge^Emnerations wander, the ^Amlinea^Gge surv^Amives,^Am7 And a^Fll of us, f^Amrom d^Fust to dust, we a^Gll become forefathers by and ^Cby^F. ^{C F} By and b^Cy..^F. ^{C F} By and b^Cy..^F. ^{C F}