Mike And The Mechanics – The Living Years chords

      Artist: Mike & the Mechanics
  Song Title: The Living Years
       Album: The Living Years (1988)
   Tabbed By: Cinthia G

[Chords in parenthesis are optional and played louder in the song]


Capo 1


Beginning Chords:

G F#m Am D G



G                CEvery generation Blames the one before
    G                              CAnd all of their frustrations Come beating on your door
FI know that I'm a prisoner To all my Father held so dear
AmI know that I'm a hostage To all his hopes and fears
D                                               GI just wish I could have told him in the living years


G                      CCrumpled bits of paper Filled with imperfect thought
G                         CStilted conversations I'm afraid that's all we've got
FYou say you just don't see it He says it's perfect sense
AmYou just can't get agreement In this present tense
D                                           GWe all talk a different language Talking in defence


       G            CSay it loud, say it clear
         Am        D           GYou can listen as well as you hear
          G            CIt's too late when we die
     Am           D          G To admit we don't see eye to eye


      G                             CSo we open up a quarrel Between the present and the past
        G                             CWe only sacrifice the future It's the bitterness that lasts
   F                           (F)So Don't yield to the fortunes You sometimes see as fate
   AmIt may have a new perspective On a different day
D                                                           GAnd if you don't give up, and don't give in You may just be OK.

      
       G            CSay it loud, say it clear
         Am        D           GYou can listen as well as you hear
          G            CIt's too late when we die
     Am           D          G To admit we don't see eye to eye


          G                         CI wasn't there that morning When my Father passed away
  G                              CI didn't get to tell him All the things I had to say
  F                         (F)I think I caught his spirit Later that same year
    Am                    (Am)I'm sure I heard his echo In my baby's new born tears
D                                               GI just wish I could have told him in the living years


       G            CSay it loud, say it clear
         Am        D           GYou can listen as well as you hear
          G            CIt's too late when we die
     Am           D          G To admit we don't see eye to eye