WWW.AZCHORDS.COM | Mike And The Mechanics - The Living Years Chords | Ver. 2
[INTRO]
(over 4 bars)
G Gsus4 G Gsus4 G Gsus4 G Gsus4
[VERSE 1]
G
Every generation,
Cmaj7 C6 C C6
blames the one be-fore.
G
And all of their frustrations,
Cmaj7 C6 C C6
Come beating on your door.
F
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,
D7
I just wish I could have told him,
D7sus4 D7 G Gsus4 G
in the living years.
[VERSE 2]
G
Crumpled bits of paper,
Cmaj7 C6 C C6
Filled with imperfect thoughts.
G
Stilted conversations,
Cmaj7 C6 C C6
I'm a-fraid that's all we've got.
F
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,
D7
We all talk a different language,
D7sus4 D7 G Gsus4 G
talking in de-fence.
[CHORUS]
G C
Say it loud, say it clear.
Am D G
You can listen as well as you hear.
G C
It's too late when we die.
Am D G Gsus4 G
To ad-mit we don't see eye to eye.
[VERSE 3]
G
So we open up a quarrel,
Cmaj7 C6 C C6
between the present and the past.
G
We only sacrifice the future,
Cmaj7 C6 C C6
It's the bitterness that lasts.
F
So Don't yield to the fortunes,
You sometimes see as fate.
Am
It may have a new perspective,
On a different day.
D7
And if you don't give up, and don't give in,
D7sus4 D7 G Gsus4 G
you may just be O-K.
[CHORUS]
G C
Say it loud, say it clear.
Am D G
You can listen as well as you hear.
G C
It's too late when we die.
Am D G Gsus4 G
To ad-mit we don't see eye to eye.
[VERSE 4]
G
I wasn't there that morning,
Cmaj7 C6 C C6
When my Father passed a-way
G
I didn't get to tell him,
Cmaj7 C6 C C6
all the things I had to say.
F
I think I caught his spirit,
later that same year,
Am
I'm sure I heard his echo,
in my baby's new born tears,
D7
I just wish I could have told him,
D7sus4 D7 G Gsus4 G
in the living years.
[CHORUS]
G
Say it!, Say it!, Say it Loud!
C
Say it clear.
Am D G
You can listen as well as you hear.
G C
It's too late when we die.
Am D G Gsus4 G
To ad-mit we don't see eye to eye.
[OUTRO]
G Gsus4 G Gsus4 G