The Living Years tab by Chris De Burgh

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

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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.

|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------| Repeat - Palm Muted!
|--10-10--10-11-11-10-11-10-|
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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?

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