Tom: G
Introdução: G F#m Am D G
G C
Every generation, blames the one before
G C
And all of their frustrations, come beating on your door
F
I know that I' m a prisoner, to all my father held so dear
Am
I know that I' m a hostage, to all his hopes and fears
D7 G
I just wish I could have told him in the living years
G C
Crumpled bits of paper, filled with imperfect thought
G C
Stilted conversations, I' m afraid that' s all we' ve got
F
You say you just don' t see it, he says it' s perfect sense
Am
You just can' t get agreement, in this present tense
D7 G
We all talk a different language, talking in defence
G C
Say it loud, say it clear
Am D G
You can listen as well as you hear
G C
It' s too late when we die
Am D G
To admit we don' t see eye to eye
G C
So we open up a quarrel, between the present and the past
G C
We only sacrifice the future, it' s the bitterness that lasts
F
So don' t yield to the fortunes, you sometimes see as fate
Am
It may have a new perspective, on a different day
D7 G
And if you don' t give up and don' t give in, you may just be okay
G C
Say it loud, say it clear
Am D G
You can listen as well as you hear
G C
It' s too late when we die
Am D G
To admit we don' t see eye to eye
G C
I wasn' t there that morning, when my father passed away
G C
I didn' t get to tell him, all the things I had to say
F
I think I caught his spirit, later that same year
Am
I' m sure I heard his echo, in my baby' s new born tears
D7 G
I just wish I could have told him in the living years
G C
Say it loud, say it clear
Am D G
You can listen as well as you hear
G C
It' s too late when we die
Am D G
To admit we don' t see eye to eye
G
So say it, say it, say it loud, (say it loud) say it loud
C
(Say it clear) Come on say it clear
G
(Say it loud) Don' t give up, don' t give in
C
(Say it clear) And don' t look back ' til it' s too late (Fade)