Mike And The Mechanics - The Living Years Chords

[Intro]
G

[Verse]
G                             Cmaj7
Every generation              blames the one before
G                             Cmaj7
and all of their frustrations come beating on your door
F6
I 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. I just
C/D                        D7
wish I cuold have told him In the living years. 

[Chorus]
G            C
Say it loud, say it clear. You can
Am          D7           G
listen as well as you hear.
                       C         Am7
It's to late, when we die, to admit
          D7        G
we don't see eye to eye.

[Verse]
G                          Cmaj7
Oh crumpled bits of paper filled with imperfect thought
G                          Cmaj7
Stilted conversations, I'm afraid that's all we got.
F6
You say you just don't see it, he says it's perfect sense,
Am
you just can't get agreement in this present tense.
C/D                              D7
We all talk a different language, talking in defense.

[Chorus]
G            C
Say it loud, say it clear. You can
Am          D7           G
listen as well as you hear.
                       C         Am7
It's to late, when we die, to admit
          D7        G
we don't see eye to eye.

[Verse]
G                           Cmaj7
So we open up a quarrel,   between the present and the past.
G                           Cmaj7
We only sacrifice the future, It's the bitterness that lasts.
F6
So don't yield to the fortunes you sometimse see as fate.
Am
It may have a new perspective on a different day.
C/D                       
And if you don't give up, and don't give in
D7
You may just be ok.

[Chorus]
G            C
Say it loud, say it clear. You can
Am          D7           G
listen as well as you hear.
                       C         Am7
It's to late, when we die, to admit
          D7        G
we don't see eye to eye.

[Verse]
G                           Cmaj7
I wasn't there that morning when my father passed away.
G                           Cmaj7
I didn't get to tell him all the things I had to say.
F6
I think I cqught his spirit later that same year.
Am
I'm sure I heard his echo in my baby's new born tears.
C/D                            D7
I just wish I could have told him in the living years.

[Outro]
Am    C/D   D7   G