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)