Chords for 'The Living Years' (MIKE + THE MECHANICS) Cover by The HSCC | New Age Rock | #coversong

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'The Living Years' (MIKE + THE MECHANICS) Cover by The HSCC | New Age Rock | #coversong chords
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[Gm]
[Bbm]
[Eb]
[Eb] [Ab]
Every generation [Fm] blames the one before
[Ab] And all of their frustrations come [Db] beating on your door
[Gb] I know that I'm a prisoner to all my father held so dear
[Bbm] I know that I'm a hostage to all his hopes and fears
I just [Eb] wish I could have told him [Eb] in the living [Ab]
year
Oh, Crawford made some paper
[Fm] Filled with imperfect [Db] thoughts
[Ab] Still to conversation
I'm afraid that's all we got
You [Gb] say you just don't see it
It says it's perfect sense
You [Bbm] just can't get agreement
In this present tense
We [Eb] all talk a different language
Talking in [Ab] defense
Say it loud
Say it loud
Say it [Db] clear
Say it clear
[Bbm]
As [Eb] well as [Ab] you hear
It's too late
When [Db]
we die
You [Bbm] and me
We [Eb] don't see eye to [Ab]
eye
So we don't fend off a quarrel
Between [Db] the present and the past
We [Ab] only sacrifice the future
[Db] It's the bitterness that lasts
[Gb] So don't yield to the fortunes
You sometimes see as fate
[Bbm] You may have a new perspective
On a different day
[Eb] And if you don't give up
And don't give in
You may just be [Ab] okay
So say it, say it, say it loud
Say [Db] it clear
Come on, say it clear
[Bbm] As [Eb] well as [Ab] you hear
It's too late
When [Db] we die
You [Bbm] and me
We [Eb] don't see eye [Ab] to eye
I wasn't there that morning
When [Db] my father passed away
[Ab] Didn't get to tell him
[Fm] All the things I had to say
[Gb] I think I caught his spirits
Late in that same year
[Bbm] I'm sure I heard his echo
In my baby's newborn tears
I just [Eb] wish I could have told [F] him
In the [Ab] living years
So say it, say it, say it loud
Say [Db] it clear
Come on, say it clear
[Bbm] As [Eb] well as [Ab] you hear
It's too late
[Db]
[Bbm]
We [Eb] don't see eye [Ab] to eye
Say it, say it, say it loud
[Db]
Come on, say it clear
[Bbm]
As well [Eb] [F] as [Ab] you hear
It's too late
[Db]
We [Bbm]
[Eb] don't see eye to [Ab] eye
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Eb
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Bbm
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Db
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Gb
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Ab
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Eb
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Bbm
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_ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bbm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ Every generation _ _ _ _ [Fm] blames the one before
_ _ _ [Ab] And all of their _ frustrations _ _ come [Db] beating on your door
_ _ _ [Gb] I know that I'm a prisoner to all my father held so dear
[Bbm] I know that I'm a hostage to all his hopes and fears
I just [Eb] wish I could have told him [Eb] in the living [Ab] _
year
_ _ _ _ Oh, Crawford made some paper _ _ _ _
[Fm] Filled with imperfect [Db] _ _ thoughts _ _
[Ab] Still to conversation
_ I'm _ afraid that's all we got _
You [Gb] say you just don't see it
It says it's perfect sense
You [Bbm] just can't get agreement
In this present tense
We [Eb] all talk a different language
Talking in [Ab] defense _ _ _ _
Say it loud
Say it loud
Say it [Db] clear
Say it clear
_ _ [Bbm] _ _ _
As [Eb] well as [Ab] you _ _ hear
_ _ It's too _ _ _ late
_ When _ [Db] _ _
we die
You [Bbm] and me
We [Eb] don't see eye to [Ab] _ _
eye
_ _ _ So we don't fend off a quarrel
_ Between [Db] the present and the past
_ We [Ab] only sacrifice the future
_ _ _ [Db] It's the bitterness that _ lasts
_ [Gb] So don't yield to the fortunes
You sometimes see as fate
[Bbm] You may have a new perspective
On a different day
[Eb] And if you don't give up
And don't give in
You may just be [Ab] okay
_ _ So say it, say it, say it loud
_ _ _ _ Say [Db] it clear
Come on, say it clear
_ _ [Bbm] As _ _ [Eb] well as [Ab] you _ _ hear
_ It's _ _ _ too late
When [Db] we die
_ _ _ _ You [Bbm] and me
We [Eb] don't see eye [Ab] to eye
_ _ _ _ _ I wasn't there that morning
_ _ When [Db] my father passed away
_ _ _ _ [Ab] Didn't get to tell him
_ _ [Fm] All the things I had to say
_ _ _ [Gb] I think I caught his spirits
Late in that same year
[Bbm] I'm sure I heard his echo
In my baby's newborn tears
I just [Eb] wish I could have told [F] him
In the [Ab] living _ years
_ So say it, say it, say it loud
_ _ _ Say [Db] it clear
Come on, say it clear
_ [Bbm] As _ _ [Eb] _ well as [Ab] you _ _ hear
_ _ It's too late
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Db] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bbm] _
We [Eb] don't see eye [Ab] to eye
_ _ Say it, say it, say it loud
_ _ _ _ _ [Db] _
Come on, say it clear
_ _ [Bbm] _
As well _ [Eb] _ _ [F] as [Ab] you _ hear _ _ _ _ _ _
It's too late
_ _ [Db] _ _
We _ _ _ _ [Bbm] _ _
_ [Eb] don't see eye to [Ab] eye
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