Artist: Mike & The Mechanics
Song: The living years
Tabbed by: DJ
20th Jan 2014

A simple version for acoustic guitar

Tuning: Standard
CAPO: 1st fret (Sounds in key of Ab)

Chord shapes are relative to capo position:
G (320003@1)   = 320003   D (xx0232@1)  = xx0232        G4 (3x0013@1)   =  320013   D7 (xx0212@1) = xx0212
Gsus2= (3x0233@1)3x0203   D4 (xx0233@1) = xx0233        Cmaj7 (x32000@1)=  x32000   C/D (x5555x@1)= xx0010
F#m (244222@1) = 244222   D5 (xx023x@1) = xx0235        C (x32010@1)    =  x32010   G6 (320000@1) = 320000
Am (x02210@1)  = x02210   G/D (4x3121@7)= xx0033        Fmaj7 (1x3210@1)=  103210
Asus2= (x02200@1)x02200   G4/D = xx0013        Am7 (x02010@1)  =  x02010
                 G/D(type2)= xx0003   D7sus4= (xx0213@1) xx0213

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G (320003@1)  Gsus2 (3x0233@1)name="chord_320003@1">G     G (320003@1)  Gsus2 (3x0233@1)name="chord_320003@1">G    F#m| (244222@1) /  /   /   /  |  /  /   /   /  |  /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  /  |

Am (x02210@1) Asus2 (x02200@1)name="chord_x02210@1">Am    Am (x02210@1) Asus2 (x02200@1)name="chord_x02210@1">Am   D (xx0232@1)     D4 (xx0233@1)D5 (xx023x@1)G/D (4x3121@7)   G4/D G/D(type2)
|  /  /   /   /  |  /  /   /   /  | /  /  /__/  /  | /  /  /__/   /  |

G (320003@1)   G4 (3x0013@1)name="chord_320003@1">G  G4 (3x0013@1)name="chord_320003@1">G     G (320003@1)   G4 (3x0013@1)name="chord_320003@1">G  G4 (3x0013@1)name="chord_320003@1">G
||:  /  /  /__/  /__/  |  /  /  /__/  /__/  :|| x2

G (320003@1)        G4 (3x0013@1)   G (320003@1)   G4 (3x0013@1)name="chord_320003@1">G       G (320003@1)   G4 (3x0013@1)name="chord_320003@1">G  G4 (3x0013@1)name="chord_320003@1">G
Every gene - ra - tion---------,  |  /  /  /__/  /__/  |

Cmaj7 (x32000@1)              C (x32010@1)Cmaj7 (x32000@1)C (x32010@1)name="chord_x32000@1">Cmaj7   Cmaj7 (x32000@1) C (x32010@1)name="chord_x32000@1">Cmaj7  C (x32010@1)name="chord_x32000@1">Cmaj7
...Blames the one be - fore-------------,  |  /  /   /__/     /__/  |

G (320003@1)                 G4 (3x0013@1)   G (320003@1)   G4 (3x0013@1)G (320003@1)  G (320003@1)   G4 (3x0013@1)name="chord_320003@1">G  G4 (3x0013@1)name="chord_320003@1">G
And all of their frust - ra - tions...      |  /  /  /__/  /__/  |

Cmaj7 (x32000@1)         C (x32010@1)Cmaj7 (x32000@1)C (x32010@1)name="chord_x32000@1">Cmaj7   Cmaj7 (x32000@1) C (x32010@1)name="chord_x32000@1">Cmaj7 C (x32010@1)name="chord_x32000@1">Cmaj7
...Come beating on your door-------------!  |  /  /   /__/    /__/  |

Fmaj7
I know that I'm a prisoner to all my Father held so dear,
   Am7I (x02010@1)know that I'm a hostage...  to all his hopes, and fears,
       D7sus4 (xx0213@1)           D7I (xx0212@1)just wish I could have told him...
   C/D (x5555x@1)    D (xx0232@1)    G (320003@1)   G4 (3x0013@1)name="chord_320003@1">G   G4 (3x0013@1)name="chord_320003@1">G      G6 (320000@1)  G4 (3x0013@1)name="chord_320003@1">G
...In the living years--------------!  |  /  /  /  /  |

G (320003@1)            G4 (3x0013@1)  G (320003@1)  G4 (3x0013@1)G (320003@1)   G (320003@1)   G4 (3x0013@1)name="chord_320003@1">G  G4 (3x0013@1)name="chord_320003@1">G
Woh -oh, crumpled bits of pa - per--------, |  /  /  /__/  /__/  |

Cmaj7 (x32000@1)           C (x32010@1)Cmaj7 (x32000@1)C (x32010@1)name="chord_x32000@1">Cmaj7    Cmaj7 (x32000@1)C (x32010@1)name="chord_x32000@1">Cmaj7 C (x32010@1)name="chord_x32000@1">Cmaj7
Filled with imperfect thought-----------,   |  /  /   /__/    /__/  |

G (320003@1)           G4 (3x0013@1)   G (320003@1)   G4 (3x0013@1)G (320003@1)     G (320003@1)   G4 (3x0013@1)name="chord_320003@1">G  G4 (3x0013@1)name="chord_320003@1">G
Stilted conver - sa - tions---------,  |  /  /  /__/  /__/  |

Cmaj7 (x32000@1)                 C (x32010@1)Cmaj7 (x32000@1)C (x32010@1)name="chord_x32000@1">Cmaj7  Cmaj7 (x32000@1)C (x32010@1)name="chord_x32000@1">Cmaj7 C (x32010@1)name="chord_x32000@1">Cmaj7
I'm a - fraid that's all we've got--------------! |  /  /  /__/    /__/  |

Fmaj7
You say you just don't see it, he says it's perfect sense,
    Am7You (x02010@1)just can't get agreement...in this present tense,
       D7sus4 (xx0213@1)            D7We (xx0212@1)all talk a different language,
 C/D (x5555x@1)  D (xx0232@1)       G (320003@1)   G4 (3x0013@1)name="chord_320003@1">G   G4 (3x0013@1)name="chord_320003@1">G 
Talking in de - fence---------------!

G6 (320000@1)  G4 (3x0013@1)   G (320003@1) G4 (3x0013@1)    G (320003@1)  G4 (3x0013@1)   Cmaj7 (x32000@1)C (x32010@1)          Cmaj7 (x32000@1)C (x32010@1)               Say it loud-------,               say it clear----!
    (Say it loud-----------,  say it clear-----!)

Am7 (x02010@1)      D7sus4 (xx0213@1) D7 (xx0212@1)    G (320003@1)   G4You (3x0013@1)can listen... as well... as you hear-------,

G6 (320000@1)  G4 (3x0013@1)     G (320003@1) G4 (3x0013@1)     G (320003@1)   G4 (3x0013@1)  Cmaj7 (x32000@1)C (x32010@1)            Cmaj7 (x32000@1)C (x32010@1)                 It's too late-------,             oh, when we die----!
    (It's too late---------,     when we die------!)

Am7 (x02010@1)       D7sus4 (xx0213@1)D7 (xx0212@1)   G (320003@1)  G4To (3x0013@1)ad - mit we don't  see  eye to eye-------!

G6 (320000@1) G4 (3x0013@1)      G (320003@1)       G4 (3x0013@1)   G (320003@1)   G4 (3x0013@1)G (320003@1)    G (320003@1)   G4 (3x0013@1)name="chord_320003@1">G  G4 (3x0013@1)name="chord_320003@1">G
        So we open up aquar (x02210@1)- rel---------,  |  /  /  /__/  /__/  |

Cmaj7 (x32000@1)         C (x32010@1)Cmaj7 (x32000@1)C (x32010@1)name="chord_x32000@1">Cmaj7   Cmaj7 (x32000@1)C (x32010@1)name="chord_x32000@1">Cmaj7 C (x32010@1)name="chord_x32000@1">Cmaj7
Between the present, and the past-----------,  |  /  /  /__/    /__/  |

G (320003@1)        G4 (3x0013@1)  G (320003@1)  G4 (3x0013@1)G (320003@1)      G (320003@1)   G4 (3x0013@1)name="chord_320003@1">G  G4 (3x0013@1)name="chord_320003@1">G
We only sacrifice the fu - ture---------,  |  /  /  /__/  /__/  |

Cmaj7 (x32000@1)        C (x32010@1)Cmaj7 (x32000@1)C (x32010@1)name="chord_x32000@1">Cmaj7   Cmaj7 (x32000@1)C (x32010@1)name="chord_x32000@1">Cmaj7 C (x32010@1)name="chord_x32000@1">Cmaj7
It's the bitterness that lasts------------!  |  /  /  /__/    /__/  |

Fmaj7
So don't yield to the fortunes... you sometimes see as fate,
        Am7It (x02010@1)may have a new perspective... on a different day,
           D7sus4 (xx0213@1)             D7And (xx0212@1)if you don't give up, and don't give in,
    C/D (x5555x@1)    D (xx0232@1)     G (320003@1)   G4 (3x0013@1)name="chord_320003@1">G   G4 (3x0013@1)name="chord_320003@1">G
You may just be o - kay---------------!

G6 (320000@1) G4 (3x0013@1)     G (320003@1)    G4 (3x0013@1)   G (320003@1)    G4 (3x0013@1)Cmaj7 (x32000@1)         C (x32010@1)   Cmaj7 (x32000@1)  C (x32010@1)                   Say it loud-------,          woh, say it clear------!
    (Say it loud---------,     say it clear-----!)

Am7 (x02010@1)      D7sus4 (xx0213@1) D7 (xx0212@1)    G (320003@1)   G4You (3x0013@1)can listen... as well... as you hear-------,

G6 (320000@1) G4 (3x0013@1)     G (320003@1)         G4 (3x0013@1)     G (320003@1) G4 (3x0013@1)   Cmaj7 (x32000@1)C (x32010@1)          Cmaj7 (x32000@1)C (x32010@1)                Because it's too late-------,          oh, when we die----!
   (It's too late---------,            when we die------!)

Am7 (x02010@1)       D7sus4 (xx0213@1)D7 (xx0212@1)   G (320003@1)   G4 (3x0013@1)       G6 (320000@1)  G4 (3x0013@1)name="chord_320003@1">G
To ad - mit we don't  see  eye to eye---------!  |  /  /  /  /  |

G (320003@1)               G4 (3x0013@1)   G (320003@1)   G4 (3x0013@1)G (320003@1)    G (320003@1)   G4 (3x0013@1)name="chord_320003@1">G  G4 (3x0013@1)name="chord_320003@1">G
I wasn't there, that morn - ing,           |  /  /  /__/  /__/  |

Cmaj7 (x32000@1)       C (x32010@1)Cmaj7 (x32000@1)C (x32010@1)name="chord_x32000@1">Cmaj7   Cmaj7 (x32000@1)C (x32010@1)name="chord_x32000@1">Cmaj7 C (x32010@1)name="chord_x32000@1">Cmaj7
When my Father passed a- (x02210@1)way,           |  /  /  /__/    /__/  |

G (320003@1)          G4 (3x0013@1) G (320003@1)   G4 (3x0013@1)G (320003@1)    G (320003@1)   G4 (3x0013@1)name="chord_320003@1">G  G4 (3x0013@1)name="chord_320003@1">G
I didn't get to tell him...         |  /  /  /__/  /__/  |

Cmaj7 (x32000@1)         C (x32010@1)Cmaj7 (x32000@1)C (x32010@1)name="chord_x32000@1">Cmaj7   Cmaj7 (x32000@1)C (x32010@1)name="chord_x32000@1">Cmaj7 C (x32010@1)name="chord_x32000@1">Cmaj7
All the things I had--- to say!           |  /  /  /__/    /__/  |

Fmaj7
I think I caught his spirit, later that same year,
    Am7I'm (x02010@1)sure I heard his echo in my baby's new born tears,
      D7sus4 (xx0213@1)            D7I (xx0212@1)just wish I could have told him...
  C/D (x5555x@1)     D (xx0232@1)    G (320003@1)   G4 (3x0013@1)name="chord_320003@1">G   G4 (3x0013@1)name="chord_320003@1">G
...In the living years---------------!

G6 (320000@1) G4 (3x0013@1)     G (320003@1) G4 (3x0013@1)    G (320003@1)  G4 (3x0013@1)   Cmaj7 (x32000@1) C (x32010@1)               Cmaj7 (x32000@1)C (x32010@1)                Say it loud-------,             come on,say it clear----!
    (Say it loud-----------,  say it clear-----!)

Am7 (x02010@1)      D7sus4 (xx0213@1) D7 (xx0212@1)    G (320003@1)   G4You (3x0013@1)can listen... as well... as you hear-------,

G6 (320000@1)  G4 (3x0013@1)     G (320003@1) G4 (3x0013@1)     G (320003@1)  G4 (3x0013@1)  Cmaj7 (x32000@1)C (x32010@1)       Cmaj7 (x32000@1)  C (x32010@1)                 It's too late-------,              oh, when we die----!
    (It's too late---------,    when we die------!)

Am7 (x02010@1)       D7sus4 (xx0213@1)D7 (xx0212@1)   G (320003@1)  G4To (3x0013@1)ad - mit we don't  see  eye to eye-------!



G6 (320000@1) G4 (3x0013@1)     G (320003@1) G4 (3x0013@1)    G (320003@1)   G4 (3x0013@1)   Cmaj7 (x32000@1)  C (x32010@1)        Cmaj7 (x32000@1)C (x32010@1)                Say it loud-------,                say it clear----!
    (Say it loud-----------,   say it clear-----!)

Am7 (x02010@1)      D7sus4 (xx0213@1) D7 (xx0212@1)    C (x32010@1)      G/B (143121@7)Am (x02210@1)GYou (320003@1)can listen... as well... as you hear---!

                                        
                                            
                                            
                                        
                                                                
                        
                        
                        
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