The Living Years Chords

 
Intro

  Ab   Ab   Db   Dbsus   Db    

 Woah  Wo---ah



Verse 1

Ab               Db

Every generation blames the one before

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And all of their frustrations come beating on my door

  Bbm

I know that I'm a prisoner, to all my father held so dear

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I know that I'm a hostage to all his hopes and fears

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I just wish I could have told him, in the living years



Chorus

       Ab            Db    

Say it loud,  say it clear

        Bbm       Eb          Ab    

You can listen as well as you hear

         Ab            Db  

It's too late  when we die

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To admit we don't see eye to eye



Verse 2

Ab                             Db

Crumpled bits of paper, filled with imperfect thought

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Stilted conversations, I'm afraid that's all we've got

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You say you just don't see it, he says it's perfect sense

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You just can't get agreement in this present tense

   Eb                             Db           Ab

We all talk a different language talking in defense



[Chorus]



[Intro]



Verse 3

  Ab                                Db

I wasn't there that morning when my father passed away

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I didn't get to tell him all the things I had to say

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I think I caught his spirit later that same year

    Db

I'm sure I heard his echo in my baby's new born tears

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I just wish I could have told him in the living years



[Chorus]



[Intro]



Ending

  Ab   Ab   Db   Dbsus   Db     Ab

 Woah  Wo---ah   in the living years