Chords for The Living Years

[Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bbm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ Every generation blames the one before. _ _ _
And all of their frustrations _ _ come [Db] beating on your door. _ _ _
[Gb] I know that I'm a prisoner to all my father held so dear.
[Bbm] I know that I'm a hostage to all his hopes and fears.
I [Eb] just wish I could have told him in the living [Ab] _ _ years. _ _ _
Oh, crumpled bits of paper _ filled _
[Db] with imperfect _ thought.
_ _ [Ab] _
Sealed to conversations. _ _ _
I'm afraid [Db] that's all we've got. _ _
[Gb] You say you just don't see it.
He says it's perfect sense.
[Bbm] You just can't get agreement in this present tense.
We [Eb] all talk a different language, talking in [Ab] deep _ ends.
_ _ Say it loud.
Say it loud.
_ Say [Db] it clear.
Oh, say it clear.
You [Bbm] can be as hard _ [Eb] _ as [Ab] you _ hear.
_ _ It's too late.
It's too late.
When [Db] we all do _ _ [Bbm] admit it.
We don't [Eb] see eye [Ab] to eye.
_ _ _ _ So we open up a quarrel _ _ between [Db] the present and the past.
_ _ [Ab] We only sacrifice the future.
_ _ It's [Db] a bit of a mess that [Ab] lasts.
_ [Db] _
[Gb] So don't yield to the fortunes.
You sometimes see it's fate.
It [Bbm] may have a new perspective on a different day.
[Eb] And if you don't give up and don't give in, you may just be [Ab] OK.
_ _ _ _ Say it loud.
_ _ _ _ _ Say [Db] it clear.
Oh, say it clear.
_ You [Bbm] can be as [Eb] hard as _ you [Ab] _ hear.
_ _ Because it's too late.
_ _ It's too late.
When [Db] we all _ _ do _ [Bbm] admit [Eb] it.
We don't see eye [Ab] to eye. _ _ _ _ _
I wasn't there that morning.
_ _ When my father passed away. _ _ _ _
Didn't get to tell him.
_ All the things [Db] I had to say.
_ _ [Ab] _
[Gb] Think I caught his spirit later that same [Ab] year.
[Bbm] I'm sure I heard his echo in my baby's newborn tears.
I [Eb] just wish I could have told him in the living [Ab] _ _ _ years.
Say it loud.
_ _ _ _ _ Say [Db] it clear.
Oh, say it clear.
You can [Bbm] be as hard [Eb] as _ you [Ab] _ hear.
_ _ _ Because it's too late.
It's too late.
When [Db] we all _ do _ _ [Bbm] admit it.
We [Eb] don't see eye to [Ab] _ eye.
_ So say it, say it, say it loud.
_ _ _ _ Say it [Db] clear.
Oh, say it clear.
Say it clear.
[Ab] Don't give up. _ _ _ _
[Db] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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