Chords for Mike & The Mechanics - The Living Years

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_ _ _ _ _ _ Every generation _ _ brings _ the [Db] one before _ _ All [Ab] their frustration _ comes _ beating on [Db] your door
_ _ _ Know [Gb] that I'm a prisoner to all my father has so dear
And know that I'm [Bbm] a hostage to all his hopes and fears
I just wish [Eb] I could have told him [Db] in [Eb] the living [Ab] _ _
years
_ [Db] _ Oh, [Ab] a couple bits of paper _ _ filled _ [Db] with imperfect thoughts
_ _ [Ab] And still to conversation _ _ I'm afraid [Db] that's all we've got
_ [Gb] You say you just don't see it, say it's perfect sense
[Ab] You just can't get agreement in this [Eb] present tense
We all talk a different language, [Db] talking [Eb] in [Ab] defense _
_ _ _ So say it loud, _ _ _ _ say [Db] it clear, say it clear
[Fm] You [Bbm] can listen _ [Db] as [Eb] well as [Ab] you hear
You know that it's too _ late, it's too late
When we [Db]
cry _ _ to admit _ we don't [Eb] see eye to [Ab] eye
_ _ _ _ So we all come to call to _ the [Db] present and the past
_ _ We [Ab] only sacrifice the future, _ it's a better [Db] place at last
_ _ [Gb] We're going into the budget, sometimes see us late
And [Bbm] they have a new dimension on a different day
[Eb] So don't give up and don't give in, it may just be [Ab] okay
_ So say it, say it, say it loud, _ _ _ say it [Db] clear
_ _ _ You [Bbm] can listen [Eb] as well as [Ab] you hear
_ You know that it's too late, _ _ it's too late
When [Db] we cry _ _ to _ [Bbm] admit we don't [Eb] see eye to [Ab] _ _
_ _ _ eye
I wasn't there that morning _ when my father [Eb] passed _ away
[Ab] _ _ Didn't get to tell him all the [Db] things I had to say
_ [Gb] I think I caught his spirit later that same year
You sure I heard [Bbm] his echo in my baby's newborn tears
I [Eb] just wish I could have told him _ in the living [Ab] years
_ _ Say it, say it, say it loud, _ _ _ _ _ say [Db] it clear
Come on, say it clear
_ You [Bbm] can listen _ [Eb] as well as you [Ab] _
hear
_ You know that it's too _ late, it's too late
When [Db] we die, it's too late when we die
_ [Bbm] Tonight, if we [Eb] don't see eye [Ab] to eye
_ Just say it, say it, say it loud, _ _ say it loud
Say it [Db] clear
Come on, say it clear
Say it [Ab] loud
Don't give up, don't give in
[Db] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] Say it loud
_ Say it _ [Db] _
loud
Say it _ _ loud
Say it [Ab] loud _
_ _ _ Say it [Db] loud
Say it loud
Say it _ _ loud
Say [Ab] it loud
_ _ _ _ Say [Db] it loud
_ _ _ _ Say [Bbm] it _ loud
Say it [Eb] loud
Say it loud
Say it loud
Say [Db] _ _
_ it _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ loud
[Ab] _ _
Don't give up, _ don't give in _
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_ _ [Eb] Thank you, Sam _ _ _