Intro
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Verse 1
G Every generation.... C blames the one before
And G all of their frustrations.... come C 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
I just D wish I could have told him D7 in the living G years
Verse 2
G Crumpled bits of paper.... filled C with imperfect thought
G Stilted conversations..... I'm C 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
We all D talk a different language D7 talking in de-Gfence
Chorus
Say it G loud........ say it C clear
You can Am listen as D well as you G hear
It's too G late...... when we C die
To ad-Ammit we don't Ds ee eye to G eye
Verse 3
So we G open up a quarrel..... between the C present and the past
We only G sacrifice the future...... it's the C bitterness that lasts
So F don't yield to the fortunes you sometimes see as fate
It Am may have a new perspective on a different day
And if you D don't give up, and don't give in you D7 may just be OGK.
Chorus
Verse 4
I G wasn't there that morning.....when my C father passed away
I G didn't get to tell him .....all the C things I had to say
I F think I caught his spirit later that same year
I'm Am sure I heard his echo in my baby's new born tears
I just D wish I could have told him D7 in the living G years
Chorus x2
Say it G loud........ say it C clear
You can Am listen as D well as you G hear
It's too G late...... when we C die
To ad-Ammit we don't Ds ee eye to G eye
Outro
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