Chords for Paul Carrack - The Living Years - Greatest Hits The Story So Far (Digital Edition)

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_ Every generation _ _ blames [Db] _ the one _ before _ [Ab] All their frustration _ _ come [Db] beating on your
[Db] door _ Know [Gb] that I'm a prisoner to all my father
house, oh dear [Bbm] I know that I'm a hostage to all his hopes
and [Eb] fears I wish I could have told him in the living
[Ab] _ _ years _ _ _ Woke on bits of paper _ filled _
[Db] with imperfect
_ _ thoughts _
[Ab] Still to conversation _ _ _
[Db] I'm afraid that's all we've got You [Gb] say you just don't see it
You say there's perfect sense [Bbm] You just can't get agreement
In this present tense [Eb] We all talk a different language
[Eb] Talking in [Ab] _ defense _ _ _ Say it loud
Say it loud Say [Db] it clear
[Db] Oh say it clear You [Bbm] can be so
As [Eb] well as [Ab] you _ _ hear _ It's too _ late
It's too late When [Db] we die
Oh when we die To [Bbm] admit
We don't see eye [Ab] to eye
_ _ _ So we open up a quarrel _ _ Between [Db] the present and the past
_ [Db] We [Ab] only sacrifice the future _ It's [Db] the bitterness that _ lasts _ _
[Gb] Don't give to the fortune You sometimes see us fade
[Bbm] May have a new perspective _ On a different day
[Eb] If you don't give up and don't give in [Eb] It may just be [Ab] okay
_ _ _ Say it _ loud _ _ _ _ Say [Db] _ _ _ it clear
You [Bbm] can be so As well as [Ab] you hear
_ _ _ _ It's too _ _ late It's too late _ _
[Db] When we die Oh when we _ _ _
[Bbm] _ We don't see eye [Ab] to eye _ _ _ _ _
I wasn't there that morning _ _ _ [Db] When my father passed away _ _
[Ab] I didn't get to tell him _ All [Db] the things I had to say _ _
[Gb] But I think I caught his spirit Later that same year
[Bbm] I'm sure I heard his echo In my baby's newborn tears
[Eb] I wish I could have told him In the living [Ab] _ years
_ _ Say it loud _ Say _ _ _ [Db] it _ _ _ clear
You [Bbm] can be so As well as [Ab] you hear
_ _ _ It's too late _ _ _ It's too late
When [Db] we die It's too late _ _ _ _
[Bbm] _ We don't see eye [Ab] to _ _ _ eye _ _
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