Chords for Mike and the Mechanics - The Living Years lyrics

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_ _ _ _ Every generation blames [Db] the one _ [Ab] before
And all of their frustration _ come [Db] beating on your door
_ I [Gb] know that I'm a prisoner to all my father household [Ab] here
[Bbm] I know [Ab] that I'm a hostage to all his [Bbm] hopes and fears
I just [Eb] wish I could have told him in the living [Ab] _ _ years _ _ _
Oh, crumpled bits of paper _ _ filled [Db] with imperfect [Ab] raw _ _ _
Skills of conversations, _ _ I'm afraid [Db] that's all we've got
You [Gb] say you just don't see it, you say it's perfect sense
[Bbm] You just can't get agreement in this present tense
We [Eb] all talk a different language, talking in [Ab] _ defense
_ _ Say it loud, _ say _ [Db] it clear, oh say it clear
Who [Bbm] can listen as _ [Eb] _ _
[Ab] you hear?
_ _ _ _ It's too late, it's too late
When [Db] we _ _ don't _ see [Bbm] the day
We don't [Eb] see eye [Ab] to _ eye
_ _ So we open up a quarrel _ in [Db] the present and the past
_ _ [Ab] We only sacrifice the future in _ _
[Db] a nest that'll [Ab] last
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[Gb] So those beautiful tunes you sometimes see as fate
It [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
Who [Bbm] can _ _ [Eb] listen as _ you [Ab] hear?
_ _ _ It's too late, _ _ it's too late
When [Db] we don't see _ _ _
[Bbm] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ the day
We don't see eye to [Ab] eye
_ _ _ I _ wasn't there that morning
_ _ When [Db] my father passed away
[Ab] _ _ _ Didn't get to tell him
All the things [Db] I had to say _
[Gb] I think I caught his spirit later that same [Ab] year
[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] _ _ _ years
Say it loud, _ _ _ _ _ say [Db] it clear, oh say _ _ _ _
[Bbm] it clear
Who can listen [Eb] as _ you [Ab] _ _ hear?
_ _ It's too late, it's too late
When [Db] we _ _ _ don't see the day _
[Bbm] We _ _ [Eb] don't see eye [Ab] to _ eye
So say it, say it, say it loud
_ _ _ _ Say [Db] it clear, oh say it clear
Say it [Ab] loud _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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