A
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D
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Every generation
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blames the one before
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A
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D
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And
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all of their frustrations come
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beating on your door
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G
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I know that I'm a prisoner to all my Father held so dear
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Bm
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I know that I'm a hostage to all his hopes and fears
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E
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A
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I just wish I could have told him in the living
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years
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A
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D
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Crumpled bits of paper
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filled with imperfect thought
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A
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D
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Stilted conversations I'm
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afraid that's all we've got
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G
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You say you just don't see it he says it's perfect sense
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Bm
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You just can't get agreement in this present tense
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E
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A
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We all talk a different language talking in
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defence
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A
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D
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Say it
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loud, say it
|
clear
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Bm
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E
|
A
| |
You can l
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isten as w
|
ell as you h
|
ear
|
A
|
D
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It's too l
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ate when we d
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ie
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Bm
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E
|
A
| |
To ad
|
mit we don't
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see eye to
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eye
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A
|
D
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So we
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open up a quarrel between the
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present and the past
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A
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D
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We only
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sacrifice the future it’s the
|
bitterness that lasts
|
G
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(G)
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So
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don’t yield to the fortunes
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you sometimes see as fate
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Bm
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It
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may have a new perspective on a different day
|
E
|
A
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And if you don't give up, and don't give in you may just be
|
OK.
|
A
|
D
| |
Say it
|
loud, say it
|
clear
|
Bm
|
E
|
A
| |
You can l
|
isten as w
|
ell as you h
|
ear
|
A
|
D
| |
It's too l
|
ate when we d
|
ie
|
Bm
|
E
|
A
| |
To ad
|
mit we don't
|
see eye to
|
eye
|
A
|
D
| |
I wasn't t
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here that morning when my
|
Father passed away
|
A
|
D
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I
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didn't get to tell him all the
|
things I had to say
|
G
|
(G)
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I
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think I caught his spirit
|
later that same year
|
Bm
|
(Bm)
| |
I'm
|
sure I heard his echo
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in my baby's new born tears
|
E
|
A
|
I just wish I could have told him in the living
|
years
|
A
|
D
| |
Say it
|
loud, say it
|
clear
|
Bm
|
E
|
A
| |
You can l
|
isten as w
|
ell as you h
|
ear
|
A
|
D
| |
It's too l
|
ate when we d
|
ie
|
Bm
|
E
|
A
| |
To ad
|
mit we don't
|
see eye to
|
eye
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