Chords for Mike + The Mechanics - The Living Years (Official Video)

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_ _ _ _ Every generation blames _ the one before
_ _ And all of their frustration _ come _
[Db] beating on your door
_ I _
[Gb] know that I'm a prisoner to all my father held so [Ab] dear
[Bbm] I know that I'm a [Ab] hostage to all his [Bbm] hopes and fears
I [Eb] just wish I could have told him in the living [Ab] _ year _ _ _ _
Oh, crumpled bits of paper _ _ filled with [Db] imperfect _ law
_ _ [Ab]
Spills of conversations, _ _ I'm afraid [Db] that's all [Ab] we've got _
[Gb] You say you just don't see it, he says it's perfect sense
[Bbm] You just can't get agreement in this present tense
[Eb] Talk a different _ language, talking in [Ab] defense
_ Say _ it loud, _ _ _ say [Db] it clear, oh say it _ clear
You [Bbm] can miss us as [Eb] well as [Ab] you hear
_ _ _ It's too late, it's too late
What _
[Db] _ _ _ _ _ _ to [Bbm] our future, we don't [Eb] see eye [Ab] to eye
_ _ _ So we open up a quarrel
_ _ Between [Db] the present and the past
_ _ [Ab] We only sacrifice the future
Except _ [Db] in a nest that'll last
So [Gb] don't give in to the fortune, you sometimes see it's fate
You [Bbm] may have a new perspective on a different day
And [Eb] if you don't give up and don't give in
You may just be [Ab] okay
_ _ Say it loud, _ _ _ _ _ say [Db] it clear, oh say it clear
You [Bbm] can miss [Eb] us as well as [Ab] you hear
_ Because it's too late, _ it's too late
When [Db] we die, oh when we die
To [Bbm] admit [Eb] we don't see eye [Ab] to eye _ _ _ _ _
I wasn't there that morning
_ When [Db] my father passed [Ab] away
_ _ Didn't get to tell him
_ _ All [Db] the things I had to say _
[Gb] I think I caught his spirit later that same year
[Ab]
[Bbm] I'm sure I heard his echo in my baby's newborn tears
I [Eb] just wish I could have told him in the living [Ab] _ _ year
Say it _ loud, _ _ _ _ say [Db] it clear, _ _ _ _ oh [Bbm] say _ _ _ [Eb] it _ _
[Ab] _ _ clear
_ _ It's too late, it's too late
When [Db] we die, it's too late
_ _ _ To [Bbm] admit we [Eb] don't see eye to [Ab] eye
_ _ _ Say it, say it, say it loud _ _ _ _ _ _
[Db] _ Oh say it clear _ _ _ _
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