Chords for Father Of Mine (Remastered 2004)

_ _ [F#] Father of mine, tell me [G] where have you been?
You know I just [E] closed my eyes, my [D] whole world disappeared
_ [F#] Father of mine, take me back [G] to the day
Yeah, when I [E] was still your golden boy, back before [D] you went away
I [F#] remember blue skies [G] walking the block
I loved [E] it when you held me high, I loved [D] to hear you talk
You would take [F#m] me to the movies, [G] you would take me to the beach
Take [E] me to a place inside that's so [D] hard to reach
_ [G] _ [F#] _ _ _ [A] _
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_ Father [F#] of mine, [G] tell me where did you go?
Yeah, you had [E] the world inside your hands, which did [D] not seem to know
Father [F#] of mine, tell [G] me what do you see?
When you look [E] back at your wasted life and you don't [D] see me
I was ten years old, doing all [G] that I could
Wasn't easy for [E] me to be a scared white boy in a black [D] neighborhood
_ Sometimes you would send me a birthday card with a five [G] dollar bill
Now remember [E] I'm just a good human, and I guess [D] I'm gonna win
_ _ [G] _ Daddy [D] gave me a name, _ _ [G] _ [F#] my daddy gave [D] me a name
To a friend
Daddy gave [A] me a name, _ _ [E] my daddy gave me [D] a name
To [F#] _ [C] a friend Oh [G] yeah
To [E] a friend _ [D] Oh _ _ _ [F#m] _ yeah
Daddy gave [A] me a name, _ _ [E] _ daddy gave me a name
To a friend
Daddy gave me a name, to a friend
My daddy gave me [D] a name
_ Yeah _ _ _
Yeah
Oh yeah _ _ _ _
_ Father [F#] of mine, [G] tell me where have you been?
Yeah, I [E] just closed my eyes and the world [D]
disappeared
Father [F#] of mine, [D] tell me how do [G] you sleep?
With the children [E] you abandoned
And the wife I [D] saw you feed
I will never [F#] be saved
I will never [G] be saved
I will always [E] be weird inside, I will always be [D]
late
Now I am a [F#m] grown man, with a child of [G] my own
I swear I'm [E] not gonna let you know, I'm [A] a painter and a _ [E] lover
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_ _ [E] _ _ Daddy gave me a name, _ _ _ _ to [D] a friend
Daddy _ [F#m] _ _ [D] gave me a name, to [F#m] a friend
My daddy [D] gave me a name
_ Yeah _ _ _ _
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