Chords for Paul Carrack Living Years

[Bm] Good seed boys, get your energy up.
I mean, that was great, thank you.
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[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
[G] Every generation _ _ _
Blames [C] the one before
_ _ [G]
All their frustration
_ _ Come [C] beating on your door _ _
I [F] know that I'm a prisoner to all my father held so dear
[Am] I know that I'm a hostage to all his hopes and fears
[D] I wish I could have told [C] him in [D] the living [G] _ years
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[G] Oh, crumpled bits of paper
_ _ [C]
[G] Filled _ [C] with imperfect thought _
_ _ [G] Stilted conversation _ _
_ [C] I'm afraid that's all we've got
_ You [F] say you just don't see it
You say there's perfect [Am] sense
You just can't get agreement
In this present tense
We [D] all talk a different language
[C] _
[D] Talking in [G] defense
Will you help me people, [C] come on.
[G] Say it loud
Come on, say it loud
_ Say it [C] clear
_ Say it clear
[G] _ _ _ [Am] Listen _
[D] As well as [G] you hear
[C] It's too late
[G] _ _ _ _ _ [C]
When [G] _ _ [C] we die _
_ _ _ To [Am] admit
We [D] don't see eye [G] to eye
_ _ [C] _ So [G] we open up a quarrel
_ _ [C] _ Between the present and the past
We [G] only sacrifice the future
_ [C] [G] It's [C] the bitterness that lasts
_ _ _ [F] Don't yield to the fortune
You sometimes see as fate
[Am] May have a new perspective
On a different day
[D] If you don't give up and don't give in
It [C] may [D] just be [G] okay People
[C] _ _ [G] Say it loud
Come on, say it loud
Say [C] it clear
Oh, say it clear
_ [Am] _ Listen
[D] As well as [G] you hear
_ _ [C] _ It's [G] too _ late
It's too late
_ [C] _
When we die [Em] To [Am] admit
We [D] don't see eye [G] to eye
_ _ _ _ Once a little morning
_ When _ [C] my father passed away
_ _ [G] Didn't get to tell him
_ [C] _ [G] [C] All the things I had to say
_ _ [F] I think I caught his spirit
Later that same year
[Am] I'm sure I heard his echo
In my baby's newborn [D] tears
I wish I could have told [C] him
[D] In the living [C] year
[G]
Come on now
Say it loud
_ People, come on now
Say [C] it clear
_ _ _ You [Am] can listen
_ [D] As well _ [G] as you hear
[C] _ It's too [G] _
late
It's too late
When [C] _ _
_ we die [Em] To [Am] admit
We [D] don't see eye [G] to _ eye
Say it, say [C] it
[G] _ _
Say it loud
_ _ [C] Say _ _ _ _ _ [G] it _ _ loud
Say it [C] clear
Don't wait till it's too late
Say [G] it loud
_ _ _ _ _ [C] Don't wait till it's too late
_ Say [G] it loud
_ _ Say _ [C] it clear now
_ Say _ _ [G] it loud
_ _ _ _ Say [C] it clear
_ You _ can [Am] _
listen
[D] As well [C] as you hear
_ Don't _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ give up
You just don't give in
No, no, no, no
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[E] _ _ [A] _ _ _ [B] _ Who