INTRO: D
D
Who killed this woman this artist this mother?
A
Who broke the candle and snuffed out her light
Along with her husband and wounded her children
D
And sauntered away like a beast in the night?
D
"Not I" said the soldier
"I just follow orders and
A
it was my duty to do my job well"
"Not I" said the leader who ordered the slaughter
A
"I’m saddened it happened, but then, war is hell"
D
"Not us" said the others who heard of the horror
A
Turned a cold shoulder on all that was done
In all the confusion a single conclusion
D
The circle of sorrow has only begun
And in Argentina...
D
Straight to the circle on Sundays
A
Down through the canyons they come
Bearing names of their mothers and daughters
D
Names of their fathers and sons
G
Stolen away with no warning, never to ever return
D A7 D
On el Rio del Muerto, All the bridges are burned
BRIDGE:
G D
Los desaparecidos, lost in the darkness alone
A
Gone from the face of the earth
D
With no trace left behind them to mark with a stone
G D
And the faces of Los Olvidados, only survivors recall
A D
But for the pain and the heartbreak, did they matter at all?
D A D
D A
Slowly the circle of sadness, spins in the Plaza Mayor
Lonesome remains of the madness and pain
D
In a world gone insane in a war
G
And the song of those broken survivors, dancing alone in the dark
D A7 D
With the silence of Los Olvidados, like a hole in the heart
BRIDGE:
G D
Los desaparecidos, lost in the darkness alone
A
Gone from the face of the earth
D
With no trace left behind them to mark with a stone
G D
And the faces of Los Olvidados, only survivors recall
A D
But for the pain and the heartbreak, did they matter at all?
D A D
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