Mike And The Mechanics - The Living Years Chords

[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