The Living Years Chords by The Isaacs

_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ Every generation blames _ _ [G] the one [Em] before
_ And _
[B] _ [Dm] all of their frustrations _ come [D] _ [G] beating on [Em] your door _ _ _
[Bm] [Am] I know that I'm a prisoner to all my father held so dear
[Em] I know that I'm a hostage to all his hopes and fears
[Dm] I just wish I [A] could have told him in [Dm] the living _ years
_ _ [G]
[Dm] Crumpled _ bits of paper _ _ _
[F#m] Filled with [G] imperfect thoughts _ _
_ [D] Stilted conversations _ _ _
[G] I'm afraid [Em] that's all we've [F#m] got
[Em] _ _
[C] You say you just don't see
He says it's perfect sense
[Em] You just can't get agreement in this present tense
We [A] all talk a different [D] [G] language
[A] Talking in [D] detail
_ _ Say _ [A] _
[Dm] it loud
_ _ Say [D] [G] it clear
_ You _
[D] [Em] can listen [A] as [D] well as you hear
_ _ _ _ [A]
[D] It's too late
_ When _ _ [G] we die _ _ _
[D] To admit [Em] we [D] don't see our true love _ _ _
So we open up a quarrel _ _
Between the present [G] and the past _ _
[D] We only sacrifice the future _ _ _
[A] It's the [G] bitterness that [A] [G] lasts _
[C] So don't yield [F] to the fortunes
You sometimes see us [C] fail
You [Em] may have a new perspective
On a different date
[Dm] And if you don't give [G] up, you [Em] don't give in
You may just [A] be [D] okay
_ I _ _
_ [E] wasn't there that morning _ _ _
[A] When my father passed away _ _ _
[E] I didn't get to tell him
_ All the things I [A] had [B] to [E] say
[A] I _ [D] think I caught his spirit
Later that same year
[F#m] I'm sure I heard his echo
In my baby's newborn tears
[B] I just wish I could have told
In [E] the living years _ _ _
Say it loud _ _ _
Say [A] it clear
_ _ _ You [F#m] can listen [B] as _ _ [E] you hear
_ _ _ [B]
[E] It's too late _ _ _
When [A] we die
_ To _
[E] [F#m] admit _ [B] we don't see our [E] true love
_ _ Say _ it loud _ _ _ _ _
Say [A] it clear
_ _ You _ [F#m] can listen [B] as _ _ [E] you hear
_ [A] _ _ [E]
It's too _ _ _ late
When [A] we die _ _ _
To [F#m] admit _ [E] [A] we [B] don't see our [E] true love _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F#m] I wish I could have told him
I _ [B] wish I [F#m] could have told him
[E] I _ [A] wish I could have told [Em] him
[Bm] In the [E] _ _ living _ _ [B] years
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _