Mike & The Mechanics

Mike & The Mechanics - The Living Years guitar tab

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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)

http://plaza20.mbn.or.jp/~hisao_chida/index.html

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

Intro:

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Verse 1: (0:30-)

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Every generation______

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Blames the one before___

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And all of their frustrations____

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Come beating on your door._____

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I know that I'm a prisoner

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To all my father held so dear

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I know that I'm a hostage

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To all his hopes and fears

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I just wish I could have told him

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In the living years. oh,

[Verse 2] (1:08-)

Crumpled bits of paper

Filled with imperfect thought

Stilted conversations

I'm afraid that's all we've got.

You say you just don't see it

He says it's perfect sense

You just can't get agreement

In this present tense

We all talk a different language

Talking in defence.

Chorus: (1:48-)

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Say it loud, say it clear

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You can listen as well as you hear

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It's too late when we die

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To ad-mit we don't see eye to eye.

[Verse 3] (2:27-)

So we open up a quarrel

Between the present and the past

We only sacrifice the future

It's the bitterness that lasts.

So don't yield to the fortunes

You sometimes see as fate

It may have a new perspective

On a different day

And if you don't give up, and don't give in

You may just be OK.

(Chorus) (3:06-)

[Verse 4] (3:45-)

I wasn't there that morning

When my father passed away

I didn't get to tell him

All the things I had to say

I think I caught his spirit

Later that same year

I'm sure I heard his echo

In my baby's new born tears

I just with I could have told him

In the living years

(Chorus) (4:23-)

Coda: (5:02-)

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Say it loud, say it clear

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