Chords for Paul Carrack Living Years Songs Of Praise 2010

Now our next song may not be a Christmas carol, but it still resonates deeply for many of us at this time of year
And to tell us why please welcome a man who during 40 years in the music business has performed with Roxy music
Squeeze Elton John Eric Clapton and BB King to name but a few it's the brilliant Paul Carrack _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ So let's get straight to it.
You're a family man.
So how are you gonna be celebrating Christmas?
My wife's family all come and visit us at Christmas because my family's all [E] in the north
But we live in the south and it's very much a family thing [Abm] a very large extended family
I know that hymns were important to you when you were growing up
Well, we sang them every day basically at school and I love the ancient hymns, you know, fabulous fabulous songs that have endured for centuries
So that's what I think why I love them, you know, the tradition and the fact that they [Eb] they're still around
You do sing songs that [Abm] mean so much to so many people and does that put an added pressure on you?
No, no, I don't think so.
No, I mean the song I'm going to sing now is one I recorded with Mike and the mechanics
but it was it was written by
two fellas BA Robertson and Mike Rutherford and
Basically, the song is about their relationship with their fathers and the fact that they wished that they had resolved certain issues
Before their fathers passed away
Christmas is a time when we focus on regrets maybe things we've said or maybe [Ab] things we haven't said as well
they just [Abm] wish they'd been more [N] open and
with each other and
So I guess yes, that's what songs about it's interesting, isn't it?
Because it's a modern piece of music and for some people it's almost like a hymn.
Hmm.
It has that that resonance if you like
Yeah, it does.
Well, it's a similar kind of structure
I suppose musically anyway to that kind of thing and of course it has a wonderful chorus
Which we're hoping anybody's familiar with the song may join in that would be wonderful
Ladies and gentlemen the one and only Paul Carrick
_ Every _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ [G] _ _
_ generation
_ _ Blames the [C] one [G] before
[C] And _ [G]
all of their frustration
_ Come _ [C]
beating on your door.
[G] _ _ [C] _ [F] I
Know that I'm a prisoner to all my father.
Hell so dear.
[C] I
Know that I'm a hostage [G] [Am] to all his hopes
And fears I just [G] wish I could have [D] told him
[G] _ [D] in the living
[G] _
_ [C] _ [D] Crumple _ [C] _ _ [G]
bits of [Am] paper [G] _ filled with imperfect [Am] _ _ [C] thoughts
_ [G] Still the conversation
[C] _ [G] _ I'm _ afraid [C] that's all we've got
_ _ [F] Say just don't see it.
It says it's perfect sense
[Am] You just can't get agreement in this present tense.
[D] We all talk a different [C] language
[D] _ _ Talking [G] in [C] defense _ [G] Say
_ _ [C] _ [G] _
_ Say
_ _ _ _ [C] _
_ [D] _ _ [C] _ _ You [Am]
can't miss _ [D] You
_ [G] _ [Am] _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ Was this too late
_ [C] _ [G] _ When [C] we die _ To _ [Em] [Am] admit
_ We [D] don't see
[G] _ _
[C] I
_ [G] _ _ _ _
Wasn't there that [C] morning
[G] When _ my father passed [C] away _ [G] I
[C] _ _ [G]
Didn't get to tell him
_ _ All the things [C] I had [G] to say
But [F] I think I caught his spirit
Later that same year.
[Am] I'm sure I heard his echo in my baby
newborn tears
[D]
Wish I could have told him _ [C] in the [G] living _ [C] _ [G] Say
_ _ [C] _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
[Am] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ It's too late _
_ _ _ _ _ _ To _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ admit [G] to [Am] where we [D] don't see _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
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Now our next Carol is sometimes known as the hymn for Christmas Day
But it's enjoyed right across Advent and the Christmas period
It's a particular favorite of mine and having recorded it recently.