Key: Ab major•
Intro 1
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Ab
Gm
Gm
Bbm
Bbm
Eb
Eb
Ab
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Verse 1
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Every generation
Db
Blames the one before
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And all of their frustrations
Db
Come beating on your door
Gb
I know that I'm a prisoner
To all my father held so dear
Bb
I know that I'm a hostage
To all his hopes and fears
Eb
I just wish I could have told him
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in the living years
Verse 2
Ab
Oh, crumpled bits of paper
Db
Filled with imperfect thought
Ab
Stilted conversations
Db
I'm afraid that's all we've got
Gb
You say you just don't see it
He says it's perfect sense
Bb
You just can't get agreement
In this present tense
Eb
We all talk a different language
Ab
Talking in defence
Chorus 1
Ab
Say it loud (say it loud),
Db
say it clear (oh, say it clear)
Bbm
Eb
Eb
Ab
You can listen as well as you hear
Ab
It's too late (it's too late)
Db
when we die (oh, when we die)
Bbm
Eb
Ab
To admit we don't see eye to eye
Verse 3
Ab
So we open up a quarrel
Db
Between the present and the past
Ab
We only sacrifice the future
Db
It's the bitterness that lasts
Gb
So don't yield to the fortunes
You sometimes see as fate
Bb
It may have a new perspective
On a different day
Eb
And if you don't give up, and don't give in
Ab
You may just be okay
So say it...
Chorus 2
Ab
Say it loud,
Db
say it clear (oh, say it clear)
Bbm
Eb
Eb
Ab
You can listen as well as you hear
Ab
It's too late (it's too late)
Db
when we die (oh, when we die)
Bbm
Eb
Ab
To admit we don't see eye to eye
Verse 4
Ab
I wasn't there that morning
Db
When my father passed away
Ab
I didn't get to tell him
Db
All the things I had to say
Gb
I think I caught his spirit
Later that same year
Bb
I'm sure I heard his echo
In my baby's new born tears
Eb
I just wish I could have told him
Ab
in the living years
So say it...
Chorus 3
Ab
Say it loud,
Db
say it clear (come on say it clear)
Bbm
Eb
Eb
Ab
You can listen as well as you hear
Ab
It's too late (it's too late)
Db
when we die (it's too late when we die)
Bbm
Eb
Ab
To admit we don't see eye to eye
Hey, so say it...
Outro 1
Ab
Say it loud (say it loud)
Db
Say it clear (come on say it clear)
[Repeat and fade]
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