The Living Years chords by Mike + The Mechanics

Chords

The Living Years
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Written by Mike Rutherford and B.A. Robertson
>From the album, Living Years (Mike & The Mechanics), 1988

Transcribed by Hisao Chida (hchida@be.mbn.or.jp)

Key: A-Flat Major, Time: 4/4, Tempo: 98

Intro:
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<Synth solo>
|AbAb  |    |G minorGm  |    |
|BbmBbm |    |Eb MajorEb  |    ||

<Enter drums and mute guitar>
|AbAb  |    |    |    |


Verse 1: (0:30-)
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|AbAb              |      |
 Every ...
|Dbmaj7Dbmaj7               |
 Blames the one ...
   |AbAb                       |
And all of their ...
    |Dbmaj7Dbmaj7               |
Come beating on ...

 |Ebm/Gb
I know that ...
         |
To all my father ...
 |BbmBbm
I know that ...
  |
To all his hopes ...
      |Eb MajorEb                        |
I just wish I could ha...
|Db/Eb  Eb MajorEb    |AbAb    |     |
 In the ...

[Verse 2] (1:08-)

 Crumpled bits of ....

 You say you just ....


Chorus: (1:48-)
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      |AbAb   |       |DbDb   |
Say it loud,  ...
       |BbmBbm      |Eb MajorEb         |AbAb   |
You can listen as ...

        |AbAb  |        |DbDb  |
It's too late  ...
     |BbmBbm         |Eb MajorEb        |AbAb   |
To ad-mit we don't ...


[Verse 3] (2:27-)

<Enter overdrive and snare>

 So we open up a .....

 So don't yield to ....


(Chorus) (3:06-)


[Verse 4] (3:45-)

 I wasn't there that ....

 I think I caught his ...

(Chorus) (4:23-)


Coda: (5:02-)
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||       |AbAb   |       |DbDb   ||
   Say it loud,  ...<repeat to fade