Biography:
The late Dan Fogelberg (August 13, 1951, Peoria, Illinois – December 16, 2007, Deer Isle, Maine) was an American singer/songwriter who had several gold and platinum releases in the late 1970's and early 80's. During his solo career, under assistance of Eagles manager Irving Azoff, he rose to prominence and epitomized the soft rock 70s sound. He also voiced his concerns on social and ecological issues, including the No Nukes concerts, and worked in the studio with a diverse variety of musicians including Van Morrison
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Other songs:
- Go Down Easy
- Leader Of The Band
- Longer
- Run For The Roses
- Same Auld Lang Syne
- Same Old Lang Syne
- A Love Like This
- A Voice For Peace
- All There Is
- Along The Road
- Anyway I Love You
- As The Raven Flies
- Be On Your Way
- Believe In Me
- Better Change
- Captured Angel
- Changing Horses
- Comes And Goes
- Crow
- Dancing Shoes
- Days To Come
- Diamonds To Dust
- Face The Fire
- Faces Of America
- Forefathers
- Full Circle
- Ghosts
- Give Me Some Time Now
- Hard To Say
- Heart Hotels
- Hearts And Crafts
- Hickory Grove
- High Country Snows
- Icarus Ascending
- Illinois
- In The Passage
- Lessons Learned
- Long Way Home Live In The Country
- Looking For A Lady
- Loose Ends
- Lost In The Sun
- Love Gone By
- Magic Every Moment
- Make Love Stay
- Man In The Mirror
- Missing You
- More Than Ever
- Morning Sky
- Mountain Pass
- Nether Lands
- Netherlands
- Next Time
- Nexus
- Old Tennessee
- Once In Love
- Once Upon A Time
- Part Of The Plan
- Promises Made
- Reach Haven Postcard
- Reason To Run
- Rhythm Of The Rain
- River Of Souls
- Scarecrows Dream
- Sketches
- Slow Below The Surface
- Soft Voice
- Someones Been Telling You Stories
- Sometimes A Song
- Song For A Carpenter
- Souvenirs
- Stars
- Sutters Mill
- Sweet Magnolia
- Tell Me To My Face
- The Colors Of Eve
- The Higher You Climb
- The Innocent Age
- The Last Nail
- The Last To Know
- The Long Way
- The Minstrel
- The Outlaw
- The Power Of Gold
- The Reach
- The River
- The Sand And The Foam
- The Way It Must Be
- Theres A Place In The World For A Gambler
- These Days
- To The Morning
- Tucson Arizona
- Wandering Shepherd
- Where Only The Heart May Know
- Wysteria
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FOREFATHERS
Dan Fogelberg
Capo 2
[Intro]
C F C F C F C F
[Verse 1]
C F
They came from Scandinavia, the land of midnight sun,
C Am
And crossed the North Atlantic when this century was young.
F
They'd heard that in America every man was free
F C F G C F C
To live the way he chose to live and be who he could be.
[Verse 2]
C F
Some of them were farmers there and tilled the frozen soil.
C Am
But all they got was poverty for all their earnest toil.
F C F
They say one was a sailor who sailed the wide world round,
C F G C F C F C F C F
Made home port, got drunk one night, walked off the pier and drowned.
[Verse 3]
C F
My mother was of Scottish blood, it's there that she was born.
C Am
They brought her to America in 1924.
F Am F Am F
They left behind the highlands and the heather-covered hills
Am F G C F C
And came to find America with broad expectant dreams and iron wills.
[Verse 4]
C F
My granddad worked the steel mills of central Illinois.
C Am
His daughter was his jewel, his son was just his boy.
F
For thirty years he worked the mills and stoked the coke-fed fires
G C F C
And looked toward the day when he'd at last turn 65 and could retire.
[Chorus]
Em Am
And the sons become the fathers and their daughters will be wives
F
As the torch is passed from hand to hand
C G
And we struggle through our lives.
Em Am G Am Am7
Though the generations wander, the lineage survives,
F Am F Am G C
And all of us, from dust to dust, we all become forefathers by and by.
[Interlude]
C F C F C F C F C F C F C F
[Verse 5]
C F
The woman and the man were wed just after the war
C Am
And they settled in this river town and three fine sons she bore.
F
One became a lawyer and one fine pictures drew
F Am F Am F
And one became this lonely soul who sits here now
G C
And sings this song to you.
[Chorus]
Em Am
And the sons become the fathers and their daughters will be wives
F
As the torch is passed from hand to hand
C G
And we struggle through our lives.
Em Am G Am Am7
Though the generations wander, the lineage survives,
F Am F G C F C F
And all of us, from dust to dust, we all become forefathers by and by.
C F C F
By and by...
C F C F
By and by...
[Outro]
C F C F C F C F
Dan Fogelberg
Capo 2
[Intro]
C F C F C F C F
[Verse 1]
C F
They came from Scandinavia, the land of midnight sun,
C Am
And crossed the North Atlantic when this century was young.
F
They'd heard that in America every man was free
F C F G C F C
To live the way he chose to live and be who he could be.
[Verse 2]
C F
Some of them were farmers there and tilled the frozen soil.
C Am
But all they got was poverty for all their earnest toil.
F C F
They say one was a sailor who sailed the wide world round,
C F G C F C F C F C F
Made home port, got drunk one night, walked off the pier and drowned.
[Verse 3]
C F
My mother was of Scottish blood, it's there that she was born.
C Am
They brought her to America in 1924.
F Am F Am F
They left behind the highlands and the heather-covered hills
Am F G C F C
And came to find America with broad expectant dreams and iron wills.
[Verse 4]
C F
My granddad worked the steel mills of central Illinois.
C Am
His daughter was his jewel, his son was just his boy.
F
For thirty years he worked the mills and stoked the coke-fed fires
G C F C
And looked toward the day when he'd at last turn 65 and could retire.
[Chorus]
Em Am
And the sons become the fathers and their daughters will be wives
F
As the torch is passed from hand to hand
C G
And we struggle through our lives.
Em Am G Am Am7
Though the generations wander, the lineage survives,
F Am F Am G C
And all of us, from dust to dust, we all become forefathers by and by.
[Interlude]
C F C F C F C F C F C F C F
[Verse 5]
C F
The woman and the man were wed just after the war
C Am
And they settled in this river town and three fine sons she bore.
F
One became a lawyer and one fine pictures drew
F Am F Am F
And one became this lonely soul who sits here now
G C
And sings this song to you.
[Chorus]
Em Am
And the sons become the fathers and their daughters will be wives
F
As the torch is passed from hand to hand
C G
And we struggle through our lives.
Em Am G Am Am7
Though the generations wander, the lineage survives,
F Am F G C F C F
And all of us, from dust to dust, we all become forefathers by and by.
C F C F
By and by...
C F C F
By and by...
[Outro]
C F C F C F C F
Dan Reeder
Dan Romer
Dan Salvato
Dan Schutte
Dan Seals