The Living Years tab by Chris De Burgh
Guitar Tab
Artist: Chris De Burgh. Song: The Living Years. Album: Footsteps 2. Year: 2011. Comments, requests, corrections and questions to: Kenni-B@hotmail.com Enjoy! Chords: Ab Gm Bbm Eb Db Gb |--4--|--3--|--6--|--6--|----|----| |--4--|--3--|--6--|--8--|----|----| |--5--|--3--|--6--|--8--|----|----| |--6--|--5--|--8--|--8--|----|----| |--6--|--5--|--8--|--6--|----|----| |--4--|--3--|--6--|-----|----|----|
Intro:
Ab - Gm - Bbm - Eb - Ab x1.
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Verse 1:
Ab Db
Every generation, blames the one before
Ab Db
And all of their frustrations, come beating on your door
Gb
I know that I?m a prisoner to all my father held so dear
Bbm
I know that I?m a hostage to all his hopes and fears
Eb
I just wish I could have told him in the living years
Verse 2:
Ab
Crumpled bits of paper
Db
Filled with imperfect thoughts
Ab Db
Stilted conversations, I?m afraid that?s all we?ve got
Gb
You say you just don?t see it, he says its perfect sense
Bb
You just can?t get agreement, in this present tense
Eb
We all talk a different language, talking in defense
Chorus:
Ab
So say it loud
Db
Say it clear
Bbm Eb Ab
You can listen as well as you hear
Ab
It?s too late (it?s too late)
Db
When we die (when we die)
Bbm Eb Ab
To admit we don?t see eye to eye
Verse 3:
Ab
So we open up the quarrel
Db
Between the present and the past
Ab
We only sacrifice the future
Db
It?s the bitterness that lasts
GB
So don?t yield to the fortunes
You sometimes see as fate
Bbm
It may have a new perspective on a different day
Eb Ab
And if you don?t give up, and don?t give in, you may just be Okay
Chorus:
Ab
So say it loud
Db
Say it clear
Bbm Eb Ab
You can listen as well as you hear
Ab
It?s too late (it?s too late)
Db
When we die (when we die)
Bbm Eb Ab
To admit we don?t see eye to eye
Verse 4:
Ab
I wasn?t there that morning
Db
When my father passed away
Ab Db
I didn?t get to tell him, all the things I had to say
Gb
I think I caught his spirit, later that same year
Bbm
I?m sure I heard his echo in my baby?s newborn tears
Eb Ab
I just, wish I could have told him in the living years
Chorus:
Ab
So say it loud
Db
Say it clear
Bbm Eb Ab
You can listen as well as you hear
Ab
It?s too late (it?s too late)
Db
When we die (when we die)
Bbm Eb Ab
To admit we don?t see eye to eye
Ab
It?s too late (it?s too late)
Db
When we die (when we die)
Bbm Eb Ab
To admit we don?t see eye to eye
Ab
Every generation?
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