The Living Years Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[G][G][F#m][F#m]
[Am][Am][D][D]
[G][G][G][G]

[Verse 1]
[G]Every generation
[C]Blames the one before
And [G]all of their frustrations
Come [C]beating on your door
I [F]know that I'm a prisoner
To all my father held so dear
I [A]know that I'm a hostage
To all his hopes and fears
I just [D]wish I could have told him
in the living [G]years

[Verse 2]
Oh, [G]crumpled bits of paper
Filled [C]with imperfect thought
[G]Stilted conversations
I'm a[C]fraid that's all we've got
You [F]say you just don't see it
He says it's perfect sense
You [A]just can't get agreement
In this present tense
We all [D]talk a different language
Talking in de[G]fence

[Chorus 1]
Say it [G]loud (say it loud),
say it [C]clear (oh, say it clear)
You can [Am]listen as [D]well [D]as you [G]hear
It's too [G]late (it's too late)
when we [C]die (oh, when we die)
To ad[Am]mit we don't [D]see eye to e[G]ye

[Verse 3]
So we [G]open up a quarrel
Between the [C]present and the past
We only [G]sacrifice the future
It's the [C]bitterness that lasts
So [F]don't yield to the fortunes
You sometimes see as fate
It may [A]have a new perspective
On a different day
And if you [D]don't give up, and don't give in
You may just be o[G]kay
So say it...

[Chorus 2]
Say it [G]loud,
say it [C]clear (oh, say it clear)
You can [Am]listen as [D]well [D]as you [G]hear
It's too [G]late (it's too late)
when we [C]die (oh, when we die)
To ad[Am]mit we don't [D]see eye to e[G]ye

[Verse 4]
I [G]wasn't there that morning
When my [C]father passed away
I [G]didn't get to tell him
All the [C]things I had to say
I [F]think I caught his spirit
Later that same year
I'm [A]sure I heard his echo
In my baby's new born tears
I just [D]wish I could have told him
in the living [G]years
So say it...

[Chorus 3]
Say it [G]loud,
say it [C]clear (come on say it clear)
You can [Am]listen as [D]well [D]as you [G]hear
It's too [G]late (it's too late)
when we [C]die (it's too late when we die)
To ad[Am]mit we don't [D]see eye to e[G]ye
Hey, so say it...

[Outro 1]
Say it [G]loud (say it loud)
Say it [C]clear (come on say it clear)
[Repeat and fade]