The Living Years chords by
Mike + The Mechanics

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Key: Ab major

Intro 1

Ab

Ab

Gm

Gm

Bbm

Bbm

Eb

Eb

Ab

Ab

Ab

Ab

Verse 1
Ab Ab 4
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Every generation
Db Db 4
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Blames the one before
Ab Ab 4
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And all of their frustrations
Db Db 4
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Come beating on your door
Gb Gb 2
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I know that I'm a prisoner
To all my father held so dear
Bb Bb 
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I know that I'm a hostage
To all his hopes and fears
Eb Eb 6
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I just wish I could have told him
Ab Ab 4
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in the living years

Verse 2
Ab Ab 4
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Oh, crumpled bits of paper
Db Db 4
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Filled with imperfect thought
Ab Ab 4
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Stilted conversations
Db Db 4
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I'm afraid that's all we've got
Gb Gb 2
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You say you just don't see it
He says it's perfect sense
Bb Bb 
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You just can't get agreement
In this present tense
Eb Eb 6
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We all talk a different language
Ab Ab 4
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Talking in defence

Chorus 1
Ab Ab 4
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Say it loud (say it loud),
Db Db 4
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say it clear (oh, say it clear)
Bbm Bbm 
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Eb Eb 6
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Eb Eb 6
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Ab Ab 4
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You can listen as well as  you hear
Ab Ab 4
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It's too late (it's too late)
Db Db 4
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when we die (oh, when we die)
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Eb Eb 6
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Ab Ab 4
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To admit   we don't see eye to eye

Verse 3
Ab Ab 4
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So we open up a quarrel
Db Db 4
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Between the present and the past
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We only sacrifice the future
Db Db 4
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It's the bitterness that lasts
Gb Gb 2
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So don't yield to the fortunes
You sometimes see as fate
Bb Bb 
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It may have a new perspective
On a different day
Eb Eb 6
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And if you don't give up, and don't give in
Ab Ab 4
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You may just be okay
So say it...

Chorus 2
Ab Ab 4
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Say it loud,
Db Db 4
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say it clear (oh, say it clear)
Bbm Bbm 
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Eb Eb 6
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Eb Eb 6
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Ab Ab 4
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You can listen as well as  you hear
Ab Ab 4
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It's too late (it's too late)
Db Db 4
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when we die (oh, when we die)
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Eb Eb 6
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Ab Ab 4
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To admit   we don't see eye to eye

Verse 4
Ab Ab 4
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I wasn't there that morning
Db Db 4
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When my father passed away
Ab Ab 4
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I didn't get to tell him
Db Db 4
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All the things I had to say
Gb Gb 2
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I think I caught his spirit
Later that same year
Bb Bb 
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I'm sure I heard his echo
In my baby's new born tears
Eb Eb 6
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I just wish I could have told him
Ab Ab 4
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in the living years
So say it...

Chorus 3
Ab Ab 4
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Say it loud,
Db Db 4
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say it clear (come on say it clear)
Bbm Bbm 
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Eb Eb 6
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Eb Eb 6
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Ab Ab 4
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Ab Ab 4
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It's too late (it's too late)
Db Db 4
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when we die (it's too late when we die)
Bbm Bbm 
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Eb Eb 6
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Ab Ab 4
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To admit   we don't see eye to eye
Hey, so say it...

Outro 1

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