Standard tuning
capo II
Em G C x 2
Em G C
Oh what have we here, he must be three or four,
Em G C
Shaken out of a boot on its way back to war
G Bm Em
And he’s not looking for a father or a mother,
C G
Just a seven year old brother,
Am D
On this smudged line border camp of refugees,
Em G C
I am the one who will remember everything
Em G C
I am the one who will remember everything
Em G C
So where are we now, he must be five or six,
Em G C
Just running around, hungry kids, sharpened sticks.
G Bm Em
And he will grow with pain and fear and jealousy,
C G
Taken in by schools of zealotry,
Am D
Who train orphans to make orphans evermore.
Em G C
I am the one who will remember everything
Em G C
I am the one who will remember everything
Em G C
I am the one who will remember everything
Em G C
I am the one who will remember everything
Bridge:
Em G
You drink the smoke, you ride the noise
C
You drink the smoke, you ride the noise,
Em G
And you say it’s necessary,
C
And you forget the ordinary
Em G C
But I say, on the wheel of time,
Scour the Earth and find the
Em G C
Orphans of forgetting, all the orphans of forgetting,
Em G
Give them stars for math and praise for good play,
C Am
Here’s a Band-Aid, happy birthday,
D
Yes of course I did remember,
Em
I remember everything
Em G C
Oh come over here, kid we’ve got all these books to read,
Em G C
With the turtles and frogs, cats and dogs who civilize the centuries,
G Bm Em
And in a world that’s angry, cruel and furious,
C G
There’s this monkey who’s just curious,
Am D
Floating high above a park with bright balloons.
I am the one who will remember everything.
Em G C
I am the one who will remember everything
Em G C
I am the one who will remember everything
Em G C
I am the one who will remember everything
Em G C
I am the one who will remember everything
Em
Everything…
