Chords for Mike And The Mechanics - Living Years (Live At Shepherds Bush)
Tempo:
97 bpm
Chords used:
Ab
Db
Eb
Bbm
Gb
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Jam Along & Learn...
[Gm]
[Bbm]
[Eb]
[Ab] [Eb] [Ab]
[Gb]
[Bbm]
[Eb]
[Db] [Eb] [Ab]
I'm afraid [Bb] that's all we've got.
[Gb] You say you just don't care.
You say it's perfect sense.
[Bbm] You just can't get agreement in this present tense.
We [Eb] all talk a different [Db] language [Eb] [Ab] in defense.
Would you help me out?
Say it loud.
Oh, say it loud.
Say [Db] it clear.
Come on, say it clear.
You [Bbm] can't listen [Eb] as well as [Ab] you need.
It's too late.
It's too late.
[Db]
It's [Bb] too ending.
[Eb] [Ab]
So we open up a quarrel between [Db] the present and the past.
We [Ab] only sacrifice the future.
It's [Db] the bitterness that lasts.
[Gb] Don't yield to the fortune.
You sometimes see a state.
[Bbm] May have a new perspective on a different [Eb] day.
If you don't give up and don't give [Bb] in, you may [Eb] just be [Ab] okay.
Come on now.
Just say it loud.
Won't you say it loud?
Say [Db] it clear.
Come on, say it clear.
[Bbm] You can't listen [Eb] as well as [Ab] you need.
Oh, don't you know it's too late now?
It's too late.
It's too late.
When [Db] we die.
Oh, when we die.
It's too [Bbm] ending.
We [Eb] don't see eye [Ab] to eye.
I wasn't there to [Db] lead this away.
[Ab] I didn't get to tell him all [Db] the things I had to say.
I [Gb] think I caught his spirit later that same year.
[Bbm] Sure I heard his echo in my baby's newborn tears.
[Eb] I wish I could have told him.
[Ab]
Sing it.
Say it, say it, say it loud.
Say it loud.
Say [Db] it clear.
Oh, won't you say it clear?
You [Bbm]
can't listen [Eb] as well as [Ab] you need.
Cause you know that it's too late.
It's too late.
People, it's too late.
[Db] It's too late.
[Bbm] To admit that we don't [Eb] see eye to [Ab] eye.
Just say it, say it, say it loud.
Say it loud.
Say [Db] it clear.
Won't you say it clear?
[Ab] Don't [Db] you wait this way.
Say it every single [Ab] day.
The more you know it's too late.
[Db] Don't let it wait too long before you say it.
[Ab]
Say it loud.
Say [Db] it clear.
Don't let it go.
[Ab] Say it loud.
Say [Db] it clear.
You [Bbm] can't listen [Eb] as well [Db] as you need.
No, no.
[Ab]
[Bbm]
[Eb]
[Ab] [Eb] [Ab]
[Gb]
[Bbm]
[Eb]
[Db] [Eb] [Ab]
I'm afraid [Bb] that's all we've got.
[Gb] You say you just don't care.
You say it's perfect sense.
[Bbm] You just can't get agreement in this present tense.
We [Eb] all talk a different [Db] language [Eb] [Ab] in defense.
Would you help me out?
Say it loud.
Oh, say it loud.
Say [Db] it clear.
Come on, say it clear.
You [Bbm] can't listen [Eb] as well as [Ab] you need.
It's too late.
It's too late.
[Db]
It's [Bb] too ending.
[Eb] [Ab]
So we open up a quarrel between [Db] the present and the past.
We [Ab] only sacrifice the future.
It's [Db] the bitterness that lasts.
[Gb] Don't yield to the fortune.
You sometimes see a state.
[Bbm] May have a new perspective on a different [Eb] day.
If you don't give up and don't give [Bb] in, you may [Eb] just be [Ab] okay.
Come on now.
Just say it loud.
Won't you say it loud?
Say [Db] it clear.
Come on, say it clear.
[Bbm] You can't listen [Eb] as well as [Ab] you need.
Oh, don't you know it's too late now?
It's too late.
It's too late.
When [Db] we die.
Oh, when we die.
It's too [Bbm] ending.
We [Eb] don't see eye [Ab] to eye.
I wasn't there to [Db] lead this away.
[Ab] I didn't get to tell him all [Db] the things I had to say.
I [Gb] think I caught his spirit later that same year.
[Bbm] Sure I heard his echo in my baby's newborn tears.
[Eb] I wish I could have told him.
[Ab]
Sing it.
Say it, say it, say it loud.
Say it loud.
Say [Db] it clear.
Oh, won't you say it clear?
You [Bbm]
can't listen [Eb] as well as [Ab] you need.
Cause you know that it's too late.
It's too late.
People, it's too late.
[Db] It's too late.
[Bbm] To admit that we don't [Eb] see eye to [Ab] eye.
Just say it, say it, say it loud.
Say it loud.
Say [Db] it clear.
Won't you say it clear?
[Ab] Don't [Db] you wait this way.
Say it every single [Ab] day.
The more you know it's too late.
[Db] Don't let it wait too long before you say it.
[Ab]
Say it loud.
Say [Db] it clear.
Don't let it go.
[Ab] Say it loud.
Say [Db] it clear.
You [Bbm] can't listen [Eb] as well [Db] as you need.
No, no.
[Ab]
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_ _ _ I'm afraid [Bb] that's all we've got.
_ [Gb] You say you just don't care.
You say it's perfect sense.
[Bbm] You just can't get agreement in this present tense.
We [Eb] all talk a different [Db] language _ [Eb] _ [Ab] in defense.
Would you help me out?
Say it loud.
Oh, say it loud.
Say [Db] it clear.
Come on, say it clear.
You [Bbm] can't _ _ listen [Eb] as well as [Ab] you need.
_ _ _ It's too late. _
It's too late.
_ [Db] _ _ _
_ _ It's [Bb] too ending. _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
_ _ _ So we open up a quarrel _ between [Db] the present and the past.
_ _ We [Ab] only sacrifice the future.
_ It's [Db] the bitterness that lasts.
_ _ [Gb] Don't yield to the fortune.
You sometimes see a state.
[Bbm] May have a new perspective on a different [Eb] day.
If you don't give up and don't give [Bb] in, you may [Eb] just be [Ab] okay.
Come on now.
Just say it loud. _
Won't you say it loud?
Say [Db] it clear.
Come on, say it clear.
_ _ [Bbm] You can't listen [Eb] as well as [Ab] you need.
Oh, don't you know it's too late now?
It's too late.
It's too late.
When [Db] we die.
Oh, when we die.
It's too [Bbm] ending.
We _ [Eb] don't see eye [Ab] to eye.
_ _ _ _ I wasn't there _ _ _ _ to [Db] lead this away.
_ _ _ [Ab] I didn't get to tell him all _ _ [Db] the things I had to say.
_ _ I [Gb] think I caught his spirit later that same year.
[Bbm] Sure I heard his echo in my baby's newborn tears.
[Eb] I wish I could have told him.
_ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
Sing it.
Say it, say it, say it loud. _
Say it loud.
Say [Db] it clear.
Oh, won't you say it clear?
You [Bbm] _ _
can't listen [Eb] as well as [Ab] you need.
Cause you know that it's too late.
_ It's too late.
People, it's too late.
_ [Db] It's too late.
_ _ _ _ _ [Bbm] To admit that we don't [Eb] see eye to [Ab] eye. _ _
_ Just say it, say it, say it loud. _ _
_ Say it loud.
Say [Db] it clear. _
Won't you say it clear?
_ _ [Ab] Don't _ _ _ _ _ [Db] you wait this way.
_ _ Say it every single [Ab] day. _ _
The more you know it's too late.
[Db] _ Don't let it wait too long before you say it.
[Ab] _ _ _
_ Say it loud.
Say [Db] it clear.
Don't let it go.
_ [Ab] Say it loud. _
_ _ _ Say [Db] it clear. _
_ _ _ You [Bbm] can't listen _ _ [Eb] as well [Db] as you need.
_ _ _ No, no. _ _
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_ _ _ I'm afraid [Bb] that's all we've got.
_ [Gb] You say you just don't care.
You say it's perfect sense.
[Bbm] You just can't get agreement in this present tense.
We [Eb] all talk a different [Db] language _ [Eb] _ [Ab] in defense.
Would you help me out?
Say it loud.
Oh, say it loud.
Say [Db] it clear.
Come on, say it clear.
You [Bbm] can't _ _ listen [Eb] as well as [Ab] you need.
_ _ _ It's too late. _
It's too late.
_ [Db] _ _ _
_ _ It's [Bb] too ending. _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
_ _ _ So we open up a quarrel _ between [Db] the present and the past.
_ _ We [Ab] only sacrifice the future.
_ It's [Db] the bitterness that lasts.
_ _ [Gb] Don't yield to the fortune.
You sometimes see a state.
[Bbm] May have a new perspective on a different [Eb] day.
If you don't give up and don't give [Bb] in, you may [Eb] just be [Ab] okay.
Come on now.
Just say it loud. _
Won't you say it loud?
Say [Db] it clear.
Come on, say it clear.
_ _ [Bbm] You can't listen [Eb] as well as [Ab] you need.
Oh, don't you know it's too late now?
It's too late.
It's too late.
When [Db] we die.
Oh, when we die.
It's too [Bbm] ending.
We _ [Eb] don't see eye [Ab] to eye.
_ _ _ _ I wasn't there _ _ _ _ to [Db] lead this away.
_ _ _ [Ab] I didn't get to tell him all _ _ [Db] the things I had to say.
_ _ I [Gb] think I caught his spirit later that same year.
[Bbm] Sure I heard his echo in my baby's newborn tears.
[Eb] I wish I could have told him.
_ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
Sing it.
Say it, say it, say it loud. _
Say it loud.
Say [Db] it clear.
Oh, won't you say it clear?
You [Bbm] _ _
can't listen [Eb] as well as [Ab] you need.
Cause you know that it's too late.
_ It's too late.
People, it's too late.
_ [Db] It's too late.
_ _ _ _ _ [Bbm] To admit that we don't [Eb] see eye to [Ab] eye. _ _
_ Just say it, say it, say it loud. _ _
_ Say it loud.
Say [Db] it clear. _
Won't you say it clear?
_ _ [Ab] Don't _ _ _ _ _ [Db] you wait this way.
_ _ Say it every single [Ab] day. _ _
The more you know it's too late.
[Db] _ Don't let it wait too long before you say it.
[Ab] _ _ _
_ Say it loud.
Say [Db] it clear.
Don't let it go.
_ [Ab] Say it loud. _
_ _ _ Say [Db] it clear. _
_ _ _ You [Bbm] can't listen _ _ [Eb] as well [Db] as you need.
_ _ _ No, no. _ _
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