G F#m Am D G
[Verse]
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
[Chorus]
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
[Verse]
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
[Chorus]
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
[Verse]
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
[Chorus]
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
[Outro]
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)
