Ev ’ry gen er a tion

filled (Db)blames the one be fore,

and (Ab)all of their frus tra tions

I’m come (Db)beat ing on your door.

I (Gb)know that I’m a pris ’ner to all my fa ther held so dear, I (Bbm)know that I’m a hos tage to all his hopes and fears.

I just wish I could have told him (Db)in the (Eb)liv ing years.

Oh, crum pled bits of pa per

filled (Db)with im per fect thought,

and (Ab)stilt ed con ver sa tions,

I’m a (Db)fraid that’s all we’ve got.

You (Gb)say you just don’t see it, to all he says it’s per fect sense.

You (Bbm)just can’t get a gree ment to in this pres ent tense.

We all talk a dif f’rent lan guage, (Db)talk ing (Eb)in de fense.

Oh,

Say it loud,

say it (Db)clear.

You can (Eb)lis ten as well as you (Ab)hear.

It’s too late

when we (Db)die

to ad (Eb)mit we don’t see eye to (Ab)eye.

So we crum pled bits of pa per

filled (Db)with im per fect thought,

and (Ab)stilt ed con ver sa tions,

I’m a (Db)fraid that’s all we’ve got.

You (Gb)say you just don’t see it, to all he says it’s per fect sense.

You (Bbm)just can’t get a gree ment to in this pres ent tense.

We all talk a dif f’rent lan guage, (Db)talk ing (Eb)in de fense.

Oh,

Say it loud,

say it (Db)clear.

You can (Eb)lis ten as well as you (Ab)hear.

It’s too late

when we (Db)die

to ad (Eb)mit we don’t see eye to (Ab)eye.

So we

Say it loud,

say it (Db)clear.

You can (Eb)lis ten as well as you (Ab)hear.

It’s too late

when we (Db)die

to ad (Eb)mit we don’t see eye to (Ab)eye.

I

Say it (Ab)loud,

say it (Db)clear.

Say it (Ab)loud,

say it (Db)clear.

Say it (Ab)loud.