Mike & the Mechanics - The living years
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During the verse, you can do an Ab, Absus4, Absus2, into Db, Ab/Db, listen to the song.
Ab Gm Bbm Eb7 Ab
AbEvery generation
DbBlames the one before
And aAbll of their frustrations
Come Dbbeating on your door
I kGb6now that I'm a prisoner
To all my Father held so dear
I kBbmnow that I'm a hostage
To all his hopes and fears
I just wisEb7h I could have told him in the living years Ab
AbCrumpled bits of paper
DbFilled with imperfect thought
AbStilted conversations
I'm aDbfraid that's all we've got
You Gb6say you just don't see it
He says it's perfect sense
You jBbmust can't get agreement
In this present tense
We allEb7 talk a different language
Talking in defenAbse
Say it lAboud, say it clear Db
You can listeBbmn as wellEb7 as you hear Ab
It's tooAb late when we die Db
To admit we dBbmon't see Eb7eye to eye Ab
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 fat
It may have a new perspective
On a different date
And if you don't give up, and don't give in
You may just be O.K.
CHORUS
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
CHORUS
FADE OUT