Chords for Mike + The Mechanics - Living Years - Live at The Isle of Wight Festival 2016

[Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _ Sometimes I wish that I'd said what's on my mind
_ _ _ _ Wish I didn't leave it so long _ _ _
Took me such a long, long _
[Db] time _ _ _ _ _
Wish that I'd told him, yeah
Way _ back _ in the living _ _ _ _ _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ years Every generation
_ Blame [Db] the one before _
_ And [Ab] all of their frustrations
_ _ Come [Db] beating on your door
_ _ _ [Gb] And know that I'm a prisoner
To what my father else told me
[Bbm] Know that I'm a hostage
And all his hopes and fears
I just [Eb] wished that I'd told him
[Db] In the [Eb] living [Ab] years _
Oh, _ _ crumpled bits of paper _
_ Filled [Db] with imperfect voice
Still _ [Ab] the conversation _
_ But I'm [Db] afraid that's all we've got
_ _ [Gb] You say you just don't see it
Says it's perfect sense
[Bbm] Just can't get a green light
In the present tense
We all [Eb] talk a different language [Db] _ [Eb] Bokini _ [Ab] defense _ Oh, oh
Say it loud
Say it loud
Say [Db] it clear
Oh, say it clear
You [Bbm] can't listen
[Eb]
As well as [Ab] you hear _ _
_ _ It's too late _
It's too late
When [Db] we cry Too late
When _ _ _ _ [Bbm] _ we [Eb] don't see eye [Ab] to eye _
_ _ So we open up a portal _
_ _ To [Db] the present and the _ past
We only [Ab] sacrifice the future
_ _ It's [Db] a bitterness that lasts
So [Gb] don't give to the folks you
You might sometimes see as fake
[Bbm] Might bring a new perspective
On a different day
And [Eb] if you don't give up
And don't give [Db] up
It just [Eb] might be [Ab] okay Come on!
Say it _ loud _
Say it loud
Say [Db] it clear
Oh, say it clear
You [Bbm] can't listen
[Eb] As well as [Ab] you hear _
_ _ It's too late
It's too late
When [Db] we cry
It's too late
When we die Too [Bbm] late
When we [Eb] don't see eye [Ab] to eye
I _ _ _ _ _ wasn't there that morning
_ And [Db] my father passed away
_ And [Ab] I didn't get to tell him
_ All of the things [Db] I had to say
_ But [Gb] I caught his spirit
Later that same year
[Bbm] Sure I heard his echo
And my baby's new-grown tears
I [Eb] just wished it out of tone
[Db] In [Eb] the living [Ab] year _ _
So say it, say it, say it, say it
_ Say it loud
Say [Db] it clear _
Say it clear
You [Bbm] can't listen
[Eb] As _ _ [Ab] well as you _ hear
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ It's too late
When [Db] we die
It's too late
When _ _ _ [Bbm] we _ _ [Eb] don't see eye [Ab] _ _ _ _
to eye
So say it, say it, say it, say it _ _
_ Say it loud
[Db] You got _ _ to say it clear
Say [Ab] it loud _
Say it loud
_ _ [Db] _ _ _ _
_ _ Say [Ab] it loud _
_ _ _ _ [Db] You _ got to say it clear
[Ab] Say it _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Db] _ loud _
_ _ Say [Ab] _ _ _ _
_ it loud
Say [Db] it loud
Say it loud _ _
_ You _ [Bbm] can't listen
[Eb] As well as you [Db] _ _
hear _ _ _ _ _ _
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