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Artist: Mike & The Mechanics Song: The living years Tabbed by: DJ 20th Jan 2014 A simple version for acoustic guitar Tuning: Standard CAPO: 1st fret (Sounds in key of Ab) Chord shapes are relative to capo position: G = 320003 D = xx0232 G4 = 320013 D7 = xx0212 Gsus2 = 3x0203 D4 = xx0233 Cmaj7 = x32000 C/D = xx0010 F#m = 244222 D5 = xx0235 C = x32010 G6 = 320000 Am = x02210 G/D = xx0033 Fmaj7 = 103210 Asus2 = x02200 G4/D = xx0013 Am7 = x02010 G/D(type2)= xx0003 D7sus4 = xx0213 *
| G/ / Gsus2 / G/ | G/ / Gsus2 / G/ | F#m / / / / | / / / / | Am Asus2 Am Am Asus2 Am D D4 D5 G/D G4/D G/D(type2) | / / / / | / / / / | / / /__/ / | / / /__/ / |
||: G/ / G4/__G/ G4/__G/ | G/ / G4/__G/ G4/__G/ :|| x2
G G4 G G4 G G G4 G G4 G Every gene - ra - tion---------, | / / /__/ /__/ | Cmaj7 C Cmaj7 C Cmaj7 Cmaj7 C Cmaj7 C Cmaj7 ...Blames the one be - fore-------------, | / / /__/ /__/ |
And aGll of their frust - G4ra - tiGons...G4 G | G/ / G4/__G/ G4/__G/ | Cmaj7 C Cmaj7 C Cmaj7 Cmaj7 C Cmaj7 C Cmaj7 ...Come beating on your door-------------! | / / /__/ /__/ |
I Fmaj7know that I'm a prisoner to all my Father held so dear, I kAm7now that I'm a hostage... to all his hopes, and fears, I just D7sus4wish I could have tD7old him... C/D D G G4 G G4 G G6 G4 G ...In the living years--------------! | / / / / |
G G4 G G4 G G G4 G G4 G Woh -oh, crumpled bits of pa - per--------, | / / /__/ /__/ | Cmaj7 C Cmaj7 C Cmaj7 Cmaj7 C Cmaj7 C Cmaj7 Filled with imperfect thought-----------, | / / /__/ /__/ | G G4 G G4 G G G4 G G4 G Stilted conver - sa - tions---------, | / / /__/ /__/ | Cmaj7 C Cmaj7 C Cmaj7 Cmaj7 C Cmaj7 C Cmaj7 I'm a - fraid that's all we've got--------------! | / / /__/ /__/ |
YouFmaj7 say you just don't see it, he says it's perfect sense, You Am7just can't get agreement...in this present tense, We all D7sus4talk a different lanD7guage, C/D D G G4 G G4 G Talking in de - fence---------------!
G6 G4 G G4 G G4 Cmaj7 C Cmaj7 C Say it loud-------, say it clear----! (Say it loud-----------, say it clear-----!)
You can lAm7isten... asD7sus4 well... D7as you hGear---G4----,
G6 G4 G G4 G G4 Cmaj7 C Cmaj7 C It's too late-------, oh, when we die----! (It's too late---------, when we die------!)
To ad - Am7mit we don'tD7sus4 see eD7ye to eGye---G4----!
G6 G4 G G4 G G4 G G G4 G G4 G So we open up a quar - rel---------, | / / /__/ /__/ | Cmaj7 C Cmaj7 C Cmaj7 Cmaj7 C Cmaj7 C Cmaj7 Between the present, and the past-----------, | / / /__/ /__/ | G G4 G G4 G G G4 G G4 G We only sacrifice the fu - ture---------, | / / /__/ /__/ | Cmaj7 C Cmaj7 C Cmaj7 Cmaj7 C Cmaj7 C Cmaj7 It's the bitterness that lasts------------! | / / /__/ /__/ |
So Fmaj7don't yield to the fortunes... you sometimes see as fate, It may hAm7ave a new perspective... on a different day, And if you D7sus4don't give up, and doD7n't give in, C/D D G G4 G G4 G You may just be o - kay---------------!
G6 G4 G G4 G G4 Cmaj7 C Cmaj7 C Say it loud-------, woh, say it clear------! (Say it loud---------, say it clear-----!)
You can lAm7isten... asD7sus4 well... D7as you hGear---G4----,
G6 G4 G G4 G G4 Cmaj7 C Cmaj7 C Because it's too late-------, oh, when we die----! (It's too late---------, when we die------!) Am7 D7sus4 D7 G G4 G6 G4 G To ad - mit we don't see eye to eye---------! | / / / / |
I waGsn't there, that mG4orn - iGng, G4 G | G/ / G4/__G/ G4/__G/ | When my Cmaj7Father passed Ca -Cmaj7 way, C Cmaj7 |Cmaj7 / / C /Cmaj7__/ C /Cmaj7__/ |
I diGdn't get to tG4ell hGim... G4 G | G/ / G4/__G/ G4/__G/ | All the Cmaj7things I had--- Cto Cmaj7say! C Cmaj7 | Cmaj7 / / C/_Cmaj7_/ C/_Cmaj7_/ |
I Fmaj7think I caught his spirit, later that same year, I'm Am7sure I heard his echo in my baby's new born tears, I justD7sus4 wish I could have tD7old him... C/D D G G4 G G4 G ...In the living years---------------!
G6 G4 G G4 G G4 Cmaj7 C Cmaj7 C Say it loud-------, come on,say it clear----! (Say it loud-----------, say it clear-----!)
You can lAm7isten... asD7sus4 well... D7as you hGear---G4----,
G6 G4 G G4 G G4 Cmaj7 C Cmaj7 C It's too late-------, oh, when we die----! (It's too late---------, when we die------!)
To ad - Am7mit we don'tD7sus4 see eD7ye to eGye---G4----!
G6 G4 G G4 G G4 Cmaj7 C Cmaj7 C Say it loud-------, say it clear----! (Say it loud-----------, say it clear-----!)
You can lAm7isten... asD7sus4 well... D7as you hCear---! G/B Am G