Chords for Mike & The Mechanics - Level 42 - The Living Years - Prince's Trust 1989 - Live
Tempo:
93.25 bpm
Chords used:
Ab
Db
Eb
Bbm
Gb
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[G] [N] The answer please, Mike Rutherford, Paul Carrot, Amy Lee from Mike and the [G] Nutellas
[Ab]
[Gm] Every
[Bbm]
[Eb] [Ab]
[Eb] [Ab]
generation blames [Db] the one before
All [Ab] of their frustration competing [Db] on your door
I [Gb] 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 thrown him [Bbm]
in [Eb] the [Ab] living years
[Db]
[Ab] [Db] Oh, [Ab] a purple pencil paper
Filled [Db] with imperfect thoughts
[Ab] Stilted conversations
Well, I'm [Db] afraid that's all we've got
[Gb] He says it's perfect sense
[Bbm] You just can't get agreement in this present tense
[Eb] We all talk a different [Db] language
[Eb] Talking in [Ab] deep things He said
[Db] He [Ab] said I'm [Db] your savior
It's [Bbm]
[Eb] way [Ab]
[Db] too late
It's [Ab]
too late
[Db] When we die
We [Bbm]
[Eb] don't see [Ab] eye to eye
[Db] [Ab] So we open up the bottle of our love
[Db] To the present and the past
We [Ab] only sacrifice the future
It's [Db] the bitterness that lasts
[Gb] So don't give to the fortune
You sometimes see a space
[Bbm] And you have a new perspective
On a different day
[Eb] Don't give up and don't give [Bbm] in
It may [Eb] just be [Ab] okay
[Db] [Ab] Say [Db] it, say [Ab] it, say it loud
Oh, [Db]
say it, say it
[Bbm] It's [Eb] way too [Ab] late
Well, you know it's too late
It's too late
[Db] It's too late
When we die
[Bbm] We don't see [Eb] eye [Ab] to eye
I wasn't there that morning
When [Db] my father passed away
Didn't [Ab] get to tell him
[Db] All the things I had to say
[Gb] I think I called his spirit
Later that same year
[Bbm] I'm sure I heard him say
Oh, in my baby's newborn tears
[Eb] Just wish I could have told [Db] him
[Eb] That I'd been living [Ab] years Yeah
[Db] Say it, say it, [Ab] say it loud
Oh, [Db] say it, say it
[Bbm] It's [Eb] way too [Ab] late
Well, you know it's too late
It's too late
[Db]
When we die
[Bbm] We [Eb] don't see eye [Ab] to eye
Say it, say it, say it loud
Say it, say it, say it loud
Oh, [Db] say it, say it
[Ab] It's way too [Db] late
Well, you know it's too late
When we [Ab] die
Say it loud
[Db] No more say it, say it, say it loud
Say it, [Ab]
say it, say it loud
[Db] Say it, say it, say it
[Bbm] It's too late
It's too late
[Eb] It's too late
[Db]
[Ab] It's too late
[E] [F]
[Ab]
[Gm] Every
[Bbm]
[Eb] [Ab]
[Eb] [Ab]
generation blames [Db] the one before
All [Ab] of their frustration competing [Db] on your door
I [Gb] 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 thrown him [Bbm]
in [Eb] the [Ab] living years
[Db]
[Ab] [Db] Oh, [Ab] a purple pencil paper
Filled [Db] with imperfect thoughts
[Ab] Stilted conversations
Well, I'm [Db] afraid that's all we've got
[Gb] He says it's perfect sense
[Bbm] You just can't get agreement in this present tense
[Eb] We all talk a different [Db] language
[Eb] Talking in [Ab] deep things He said
[Db] He [Ab] said I'm [Db] your savior
It's [Bbm]
[Eb] way [Ab]
[Db] too late
It's [Ab]
too late
[Db] When we die
We [Bbm]
[Eb] don't see [Ab] eye to eye
[Db] [Ab] So we open up the bottle of our love
[Db] To the present and the past
We [Ab] only sacrifice the future
It's [Db] the bitterness that lasts
[Gb] So don't give to the fortune
You sometimes see a space
[Bbm] And you have a new perspective
On a different day
[Eb] Don't give up and don't give [Bbm] in
It may [Eb] just be [Ab] okay
[Db] [Ab] Say [Db] it, say [Ab] it, say it loud
Oh, [Db]
say it, say it
[Bbm] It's [Eb] way too [Ab] late
Well, you know it's too late
It's too late
[Db] It's too late
When we die
[Bbm] We don't see [Eb] eye [Ab] to eye
I wasn't there that morning
When [Db] my father passed away
Didn't [Ab] get to tell him
[Db] All the things I had to say
[Gb] I think I called his spirit
Later that same year
[Bbm] I'm sure I heard him say
Oh, in my baby's newborn tears
[Eb] Just wish I could have told [Db] him
[Eb] That I'd been living [Ab] years Yeah
[Db] Say it, say it, [Ab] say it loud
Oh, [Db] say it, say it
[Bbm] It's [Eb] way too [Ab] late
Well, you know it's too late
It's too late
[Db]
When we die
[Bbm] We [Eb] don't see eye [Ab] to eye
Say it, say it, say it loud
Say it, say it, say it loud
Oh, [Db] say it, say it
[Ab] It's way too [Db] late
Well, you know it's too late
When we [Ab] die
Say it loud
[Db] No more say it, say it, say it loud
Say it, [Ab]
say it, say it loud
[Db] Say it, say it, say it
[Bbm] It's too late
It's too late
[Eb] It's too late
[Db]
[Ab] It's too late
[E] [F]
Key:
Ab
Db
Eb
Bbm
Gb
Ab
Db
Eb
[G] [N] The answer please, Mike Rutherford, Paul Carrot, Amy Lee from Mike and the [G] Nutellas
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Gm] Every _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bbm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _
[Eb] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ generation _ blames _ _ [Db] the one before _
All _ [Ab] of their frustration _ competing _ [Db] on your door
I _ _ [Gb] 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 thrown him [Bbm]
in [Eb] the [Ab] living years
_ _ [Db] _
[Ab] _ [Db] Oh, [Ab] a purple pencil paper _
_ Filled [Db] with imperfect _ thoughts
_ _ [Ab] Stilted conversations _
_ Well, I'm [Db] afraid that's all we've got
_ [Gb] He _ says it's perfect sense
[Bbm] You just can't get agreement in this present tense
[Eb] We all talk a different [Db] language
[Eb] Talking in [Ab] deep things _ He said
[Db] He [Ab] _ _ said _ I'm _ _ [Db] _ your savior
_ It's [Bbm] _ _ _
_ [Eb] way _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
[Db] too late
It's _ [Ab] _ _ _
too late
_ _ [Db] _ When we die
We [Bbm] _ _ _
[Eb] don't see [Ab] eye to eye
_ _ _ [Db] _ [Ab] So we open up the bottle of our love
[Db] To the present and the past
_ We [Ab] only sacrifice the future
_ _ It's [Db] the bitterness that lasts
_ _ [Gb] So don't give to the fortune
You sometimes see a space
[Bbm] And you have a new perspective
On a different day
[Eb] Don't give up and don't give [Bbm] in
It may [Eb] just be [Ab] okay _
_ [Db] _ [Ab] Say [Db] it, say [Ab] it, say it loud
_ _ _ Oh, [Db] _ _
say it, say it
_ _ [Bbm] It's _ _ [Eb] way too [Ab] late
Well, _ _ _ you know it's too late _ _
It's too late
_ [Db] It's too late
When we die
_ _ [Bbm] We _ don't see [Eb] eye [Ab] to eye
_ I _ _ wasn't there that morning
_ _ When [Db] my father passed away
_ Didn't [Ab] _ get to tell him
_ _ [Db] All the things I had to _ say
_ [Gb] I think I called his spirit
Later that same year
[Bbm] I'm sure I heard him say
Oh, in my baby's newborn tears
[Eb] Just wish I could have told [Db] him
[Eb] That I'd been living [Ab] years Yeah
_ [Db] _ Say it, say it, [Ab] say it loud
_ _ _ Oh, [Db] say _ it, say it
_ _ _ [Bbm] _ It's _ [Eb] way too [Ab] late
Well, you know _ _ it's too late _ _
It's too late
_ [Db] _ _
When we die
_ _ [Bbm] We _ [Eb] don't see eye [Ab] to eye _
Say it, say it, say it loud
Say it, say it, say it loud
Oh, _ _ _ _ _ [Db] say it, say it
_ _ _ [Ab] It's way _ _ _ _ too [Db] late
Well, you know it's too late
_ _ When we [Ab] die _
Say it loud
_ _ [Db] No more say it, say it, say it loud
_ Say it, [Ab] _ _
say it, say it loud
[Db] Say it, say it, say it
_ _ _ [Bbm] _ It's too late
It's too late
[Eb] It's too late
_ _ [Db] _ _ _
_ _ [Ab] It's too _ late _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Gm] Every _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bbm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _
[Eb] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ generation _ blames _ _ [Db] the one before _
All _ [Ab] of their frustration _ competing _ [Db] on your door
I _ _ [Gb] 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 thrown him [Bbm]
in [Eb] the [Ab] living years
_ _ [Db] _
[Ab] _ [Db] Oh, [Ab] a purple pencil paper _
_ Filled [Db] with imperfect _ thoughts
_ _ [Ab] Stilted conversations _
_ Well, I'm [Db] afraid that's all we've got
_ [Gb] He _ says it's perfect sense
[Bbm] You just can't get agreement in this present tense
[Eb] We all talk a different [Db] language
[Eb] Talking in [Ab] deep things _ He said
[Db] He [Ab] _ _ said _ I'm _ _ [Db] _ your savior
_ It's [Bbm] _ _ _
_ [Eb] way _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
[Db] too late
It's _ [Ab] _ _ _
too late
_ _ [Db] _ When we die
We [Bbm] _ _ _
[Eb] don't see [Ab] eye to eye
_ _ _ [Db] _ [Ab] So we open up the bottle of our love
[Db] To the present and the past
_ We [Ab] only sacrifice the future
_ _ It's [Db] the bitterness that lasts
_ _ [Gb] So don't give to the fortune
You sometimes see a space
[Bbm] And you have a new perspective
On a different day
[Eb] Don't give up and don't give [Bbm] in
It may [Eb] just be [Ab] okay _
_ [Db] _ [Ab] Say [Db] it, say [Ab] it, say it loud
_ _ _ Oh, [Db] _ _
say it, say it
_ _ [Bbm] It's _ _ [Eb] way too [Ab] late
Well, _ _ _ you know it's too late _ _
It's too late
_ [Db] It's too late
When we die
_ _ [Bbm] We _ don't see [Eb] eye [Ab] to eye
_ I _ _ wasn't there that morning
_ _ When [Db] my father passed away
_ Didn't [Ab] _ get to tell him
_ _ [Db] All the things I had to _ say
_ [Gb] I think I called his spirit
Later that same year
[Bbm] I'm sure I heard him say
Oh, in my baby's newborn tears
[Eb] Just wish I could have told [Db] him
[Eb] That I'd been living [Ab] years Yeah
_ [Db] _ Say it, say it, [Ab] say it loud
_ _ _ Oh, [Db] say _ it, say it
_ _ _ [Bbm] _ It's _ [Eb] way too [Ab] late
Well, you know _ _ it's too late _ _
It's too late
_ [Db] _ _
When we die
_ _ [Bbm] We _ [Eb] don't see eye [Ab] to eye _
Say it, say it, say it loud
Say it, say it, say it loud
Oh, _ _ _ _ _ [Db] say it, say it
_ _ _ [Ab] It's way _ _ _ _ too [Db] late
Well, you know it's too late
_ _ When we [Ab] die _
Say it loud
_ _ [Db] No more say it, say it, say it loud
_ Say it, [Ab] _ _
say it, say it loud
[Db] Say it, say it, say it
_ _ _ [Bbm] _ It's too late
It's too late
[Eb] It's too late
_ _ [Db] _ _ _
_ _ [Ab] It's too _ late _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ [F] _ _ _