In the Living Years Karl Scully and Paul Carrack Chords

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_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ Every generation _ _ blames _ [C] the one before [Em] _
[C] And _ [G] all of their frustration _ come _ [C] beating on
your door I _ _ [F] know that I'm a prisoner to all my father
held so dear [Am] I know that I'm a hostage to all his hopes
and fears I wish I could have [D] told him [D] in the living
[G] years [C] _ _ [G] _
_ [C] _ _ [G] Crumpled bits of paper _ filled _ [C] with imperfect
_ [G] thought _ [C] _ _ [G] Still the conversation _ _ I'm _ [C] afraid that's all with God
_ You say you just don't see it You say it's perfect sense
[Am] You just can't get agreement in this present tense
We [D] all talk a different _ language Talking [G] in defense
[C] _ _ _ [G] _
_ Say it loud _ Say it loud
Say it clear Say it clear
You [Am] can listen _ [D] as well [G] as you [C] hear _ _ [G]
Because it's too _ _ late _ _ when [C] we die _ _
[G] To [Am] admit we [D] don't see eye to [G] _ eye _ _
[C] _ _ [G] We open up a quarrel between _ _ the present [Am] and the _ past
[C] We only [G] sacrifice the future _ _ It's [C] a bitter nest at last
_ _ [F] But don't yield to the fortune you sometimes see [C] as fate
[Am] May have a new perspective on a different day
If you [D] don't give up and don't give in You may just be [G] okay
_ _ Say it loud _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Say [C] it clear
_ Say it clear [Em] You [Am] can listen _ [D] as well [G] as you hear _ _
Because it's too _ _ late _ when [C] we die
To _ _ [Am] admit _ [Em] we [D] don't see [G] eye to eye _ _ _ _ _
I wasn't there that morning _ _ When [C] my father passed away _ _ _
[G] I didn't get to [C] tell him _ All the things I had to say
But [F] I think I caught his spirit Later that same year
[Am] Sure I heard his echo In my baby's newborn tears
I [D] wish I could have told him In the living years
[G] _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ Say it loud _ [D] _ [G] _ Say it clear
[C] _ _ You [Am] can listen _ [D] as well [G] as you _ hear
_ _ Because it's too late _ _ when [C] we die
_ _ _ _ [Am] To admit we [D] don't see eye [C] to _ eye _ _ _ _
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