Chords for 'Things My Father Said' acoustic - Black Stone Cherry O2 BME London 23 May 2011

[D] _ _ [Am] _ _ [G] _ Yeah, this is [D] not_
No cameras here.
Oh yeah!
_ [F] _ _ [Cm] _ _
[G] _ _ _ [F] That's a nice [D] solo.
[C] That's beautiful.
_ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
We're literally having a serious conversation about how to play this song.
_ [G] Can you write [C] songs for a whole year?
[Dm] [C] You forget your catalog.
You [A] get a prize, [F] call it a catalog.
[D] That's when my father [Am] knows
[Dm]
He's a [F] soldier
_ [A] Pre-chorus.
[F] G.
I hold [Dm] my [Am] fire
[C] Over all the sun
[G] To the moon and [F] back
_ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ [Dm] And face the _ _ [F] _
whole [C] world
Oh my [G] god.
Alright, [Dm] we'll try.
Yeah!
_ [C] _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ [N] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] So [Bb] glad that I [F] can
Sing! _ _
I [Am] see a smile
[F] Alright, here we [C] go.
_ Alright, let's start it out.
I can [F] go grab the violin.
I can go grab the violin.
_ _ [G] [C] Just [G] stay on call.
I might forget the words.
[Am] Alright, wow.
[F] _ [G] Wait, if he forgets it, will you guys start singing it?
[D] That works.
[Gb] I think you guys have to sing along with it anyway.
Let's do this quiet _ like_
No, you gotta sing it like you [G] mean it.
We're singing alcohol.
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ [B]
[Ab] Here we go. Alright.
[Am] _ _ [A] _ _ [Ebm] _ [G] _
[Am] _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [N] _ _
_ [G] Alright, [Am] you ready? _
_ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[Cm] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [F] Yeah.
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ [Em] Things my [Fm] father said
[C] Would make me a [Em] better [G] man
[Cm] _ _ [A] _ [Em] Hard work and [Fm] a love of [C] friends
A woman that [G] understands _
_ [Fm] _ _ I hold my [Am] father
The _ [C] seeds with stones still [G] _
[C] grows
_ [F] _ And I [Am] go to sleep
[D] And pray he [F] can _ hold
[C] _ Some women [G] that's not as fresh as [D] him
So bright
[F] _ _
I see [C] a smile
_ _ [G] _
It's one [D] last _ glimpse [F] of him
You say _ [Am] goodbye _
_ _ [F] _ [Fm] _ _ _ [C] Sometimes _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ [Am] _ _
_ [F] I remember when
[C] You told me how I [G] should
_ _ _ [Am] But I [F] think I will never
_ [C] The day that I love [G] him
_ _ [F] _ _
I hold my [Am] father The notes
[Dm] The God that we [F] built
Will [C] always hold
Some women [G] that's not as shiny [D] So bright
[A] And [F] I can hear [C] his laugh
And all that [G] I need is one [D] last chance
To [F] see him
_ _ [Bb] _ _
And if [Dm] you have a dream
[Bb] You better hang on to [Dm] him
_ _ _ [Bb] _ And [D] when that cold wind [F] blows
There's nothing to [G] hide
_ [A] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [C] _
[F] _ Things my [C] father said _ _
[G] _ _ [Dm] Yeah, yeah
_ [C] _ [F] _
_ Yeah, yeah, [Gm] yeah
Some [G] women that's not as shiny [D] So [A] bright
And [F] I can see [C] his smile
And all that [G] I need is one [D] last _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ [C] chance
To say _ [G] goodbye
_ _ _ [D] Goodbye [C] Goodbye
Just to hear you say _ [G] goodbye
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _