The Living Years

Mike and the Mechanics

• GDAmiF♯miG
  P1:
  x--x--x--x x--x--x--x 

  x--x--x--x x--x--x--x 

  x--x--x--x x--x--x--x 

  x--x--x--x x--x--x--x 

  x--x--x--x x--x--x--x x--x--x--x x--x--x--x
• GGCmaj7Cmaj7FAmiDG
  S1:
  Every generation 

  Blames the one before 

  And all of their frustrations 

  Come beating on your door 

  I know that I'm a prisoner to all my Father held so dear 

  I know that I'm a hostage to all his hopes and fears 

  I just wish I could have told him in the living years
• GGCmaj7Cmaj7FAmiDG
  S2:
  Oh, crumpled bits of paper 

  Filled with imperfect thought 

  Stilted conversations 

  I'm afraid that's all we've got 

  You say you just don't see it, he says it's perfect sense 

  You just can't get agreement in this present tense 

  We all talk a different language talking in defence
• GCAmiDGCAmiDGG
  R1:
  Say it loud (say it loud) 

  Say it clear (oh, say it clear) 

  You can listen as well as you hear 

  It's too late (it's too late) 

  When we die (oh, when we die) 

  To admit we don't see eye to eye
• GGCmaj7Cmaj7FAmiDG
  S3:
  So we open up a quarrel 

  Between the present and the past 

  We only sacrifice the future 

  It's the bitterness that lasts 

  So don't yield to the fortunes, you sometimes see as fate 

  It may have a new perspective on a different day 

  And if you don't give up, and don't give in, you may just be okay
• GCAmiDGCAmiDGG
  R1:
  Say it loud (say it loud) 

  Say it clear (oh, say it clear) 

  You can listen as well as you hear 

  It's too late (it's too late) 

  When we die (oh, when we die) 

  To admit we don't see eye to eye
• GCmaj7Cmaj7GFAmiDG
  S4:
  I wasn't there that morning 

  When my Father passed away 

  I didn't get to tell him 

  All the things I had to say 

  I think I caught his spirit later that same year 

  I'm sure I heard his echo in my baby's new born tears 

  I just wish I could have told him in the living years
• GCAmiDGCAmiDGG
  R1:
  Say it loud (say it loud) 

  Say it clear (oh, say it clear) 

  You can listen as well as you hear 

  It's too late (it's too late) 

  When we die (oh, when we die) 

  To admit we don't see eye to eye
• GCG
  D1:
  /: Say it loud (say it loud), say it clear (oh, say it clear) :/