The Living Years tab by Chris De Burgh

Tabs

Artist: Chris De Burgh.
Song: The Living Years.
Album: Footsteps 2.
Year: 2011.

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Enjoy!


Chords:

  AbAb  G minorGm  BbmBbm  Eb MajorEb  DbDb  GbGb
|--4--|--3--|--6--|--6--|----|----|
|--4--|--3--|--6--|--8--|----|----|
|--5--|--3--|--6--|--8--|----|----|
|--6--|--5--|--8--|--8--|----|----|
|--6--|--5--|--8--|--6--|----|----|
|--4--|--3--|--6--|-----|----|----|

Intro:

AbAb - G minorGm - BbmBbm - Eb MajorEb - AbAb x1.

|---------------------------|
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|---------------------------| Repeat - Palm Muted!
|--10-10--10-11-11-10-11-10-|
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Verse 1:
AbAb              DbDb
Every generation, blames the one before
           AbAb           DbDb
And all of their frustrations, come beating on your door
GbGb
I know that I?m a prisoner to all my father held so dear
        BbmBbm
I know that I?m a hostage to all his hopes and fears
    Eb MajorEb
I just wish I could have told him in the living years

Verse 2:
AbAb
Crumpled bits of paper
       DbDb
Filled with imperfect thoughts
AbAb                    DbDb
Stilted conversations, I?m afraid that?s all we?ve got
         GbGb
You say you just don?t see it, he says its perfect sense
          Bb majorBb
You just can?t get agreement, in this present tense
    Eb MajorEb
We all talk a different language, talking in defense

Chorus:
     AbAb
So say it loud
    DbDb
Say it clear
    BbmBbm    Eb MajorEb     AbAb
You can listen as well as you hear
     AbAb
It?s too late (it?s too late)
    DbDb
When we die (when we die)
   BbmBbm     Eb MajorEb     AbAb
To admit we don?t see eye to eye

Verse 3:
   AbAb
So we open up the quarrel
      DbDb
Between the present and the past
     AbAb
We only sacrifice the future
        DbDb
It?s the bitterness that lasts
  GB
So don?t yield to the fortunes

You sometimes see as fate
    BbmBbm
It may have a new perspective on a different day
      Eb MajorEb                         AbAb
And if you don?t give up, and don?t give in, you may just be Okay

Chorus:
     AbAb
So say it loud
    DbDb
Say it clear
    BbmBbm    Eb MajorEb     AbAb
You can listen as well as you hear
     AbAb
It?s too late (it?s too late)
    DbDb
When we die (when we die)
   BbmBbm     Eb MajorEb     AbAb
To admit we don?t see eye to eye

Verse 4:
 AbAb
I wasn?t there that morning
    DbDb
When my father passed away
AbAb                     DbDb
I didn?t get to tell him, all the things I had to say
 GbGb
I think I caught his spirit, later that same year
  BbmBbm
I?m sure I heard his echo in my baby?s newborn tears
    Eb MajorEb                    AbAb
I just, wish I could have told him in the living years

Chorus:
     AbAb
So say it loud
    DbDb
Say it clear
    BbmBbm    Eb MajorEb     AbAb
You can listen as well as you hear
     AbAb
It?s too late (it?s too late)
    DbDb
When we die (when we die)
   BbmBbm     Eb MajorEb     AbAb
To admit we don?t see eye to eye

     AbAb
It?s too late (it?s too late)
    DbDb
When we die (when we die)
   BbmBbm     Eb MajorEb     AbAb
To admit we don?t see eye to eye

         AbAb
Every generation?

Lyrics found at:
http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/chrisdeburgh/thelivingyears.html