G  G  G

[Verse 1]
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Still, I remember when I was told
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Stories of evenings and days of old
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Nothing to hide and nothing to lose
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Down to the hall in their dancing shoes

[Pre-Chorus]
        D        Em      C               D
Where a boy with nothing but hope to declare
                    Em      D           G  C
Saw a girl who was tying a bow in her hair

[Chorus]
Em                G
Here's to all the olden heroes
       D                G
Everyone who's gone before
Em             C              G
Here's to all your hopes and dreams and
C        G         D       G  G
Everything worth fighting for

[Verse 2]
G                    C     G
Hitting the earth on the day we're born
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We come from dust and to dust return
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All of our moments while we are here
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Last for a lifetime then disappear

[Pre-Chorus]
         D             Em          C       D
And she smiled as she heard the accordion play
          D               Em         D         G  C
And they laughed as they waltzed the evening away


[Chorus]
Em                G
Here's to all the olden heroes
C   G            D     C
Everyone who's gone before
Em                  C         G
Here's to all your hopes and dreams and
C        G         D       G
Everything worth fighting for
Em                C   G
Here's to all the olden heroes
C   G            D     C
Everyone who's gone before
Em                  C         G
Here's to all your hopes and dreams and
C        G         D       G
Everything worth fighting for

C  G  C  G  C  G  C  C

[Post-Chorus]
         D                  C        D
And the boy unconscious of everyone there
         D        D                          G  C
Held the girl who danced with the bow in her hair

[Verse 3]
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Ghosts of our ancestors watching on
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Out in the fields where the world was one
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Ghosts of the morning watch from above
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Ghosts of the evening who lived and loved

[Pre Chorus]
     D            Em     C                   D
And now there's a boy on a dance floor somewhere
        D         Em      D          G  C  C
And a girl still tying a bow in her hair

[Chorus]
Em             C         G
Here's to all the olden heroes
C    G           D     C
Everyone who's gone before
Em                  C         G
Here's to all your hopes and dreams and
C        G         D       G
Everything worth fighting for
       Em         C   G
Here's to all the olden heroes
C    G           D     C
Everyone who's gone before
Em                  C         G
Here's to all your hopes and dreams and
C        G         D       G
Everything worth fighting for

[Ending]
      D               Em     C                  D
And still, there's a boy on a dance floor somewhere
       D              Em      D          G  C
And a girl and she's tying a bow in her hair