The Living Years chords by Mike + The Mechanics

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

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I know that ...
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To all my father ...
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I know that ...
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To all his hopes ...
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I just wish I could ha...
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 In the ...


[Verse 2] (1:08-)

 Crumpled bits of ....

 You say you just ....


Chorus: (1:48-)
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Say it loud,  ...
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You can listen as ...

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It's too late  ...
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To ad-mit we don't ...


[Verse 3] (2:27-)



 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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   Say it loud,  ...