VERSION: Edited
Getting Started - by MelodicMystic
To learn Joe Cocker - My Fathers Son chords with lyrics, build your understanding on these core chords: Eb, Ab, G, Cm, Fm, G, Fm, Bbm, C#, Eb. For a smooth transition, initiate your practice at 48 BPM and gradually match the song's pace of 97 BPM. Set the capo considering your vocal range and favored chords, aligned with the key: Eb.
Fm _ _ _ _ _
G _ _ _ .
_
Cm _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
_
Fm _ _ _
G _ _ _ _ .
Abm _
Cm _ _ _ _ _
Fm heart over mind.
_
G Yes, I'm my
Cm father's son.
_ _ _ I live my
Fm life _
G just like my
Cm father's done.
_ _ _ _ .
Gm If
Fm he'd told me
G one day that
Cm somebody had my heart in chains, would
Fm I believe it?.
_
G No way.
_ .
Made
Cm up my mind I'd never fall that way.
_ .
But
Ab tell me why every
Gm time I try to tell you
Fm it's goodbye, I can't seem to
Eb let
Ab go
Eb in
Ab my heart.
I know I
Gm want to stay while I'm
C trying to _ say.
_ heart
Fm over mind.
_
G Yes, I'm my
Cm father's son.
_ _ _ And I'm
Fm inclined to
G do as
Cm my father's done.
_ _ _ _ _ .
_
Ab _ _ _ _
G _ _ _ .
_
Cm _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
_
Fm _ _
Cm _ _
G _ _ _ .
_
Cm _ _ _ _ _ _ .
Here I
Bbm am with you.
_ _
Db _
Eb And I know that
Ab it's true.
_ _
Fm _ Despite
Bbm all the feelings _ _
Db _
Eb you're pushing
Ab me through, _ _
Db _ I
Fm try to walk away.
C _ _ _ _ .
Something
Gb makes me stay.
_
G _
Ab heart over mind.
G Yes, I'm
Cm my father's son.
_ _ _ I live
Ab my life _
G just like my
Cm father's done.
_
Dm _
Cm _ _ .
Eb But
Ab tell me why every
Gm time I try to tell you
Fm it's goodbye, I can't
Bbm seem to
Eb let go in
Ab my heart.
I know I
Gm want to stay while I'm
C trying to _ say.
_
Ab heart over mind.
_
G Yes, I'm my
Cm father's son.
_ _ _ I live
Ab my life _
G just like my
Cm father's done.
_ _ _ _ .
If
Ab he'd told me
G one day
Cm that somebody had my heart
Eb in
Cm chains,.
would
Fm I believe it?.
G No way.
Made
Cm up my mind I'd never fall that way.
Heart over
Ab mind.
_ _
G Yes, _
Gm I'm my father's
Cm son.
_ _ _ .
And I'm
Ab inclined to
G do as my
Cm father's done.
_ _
G heart
Ab over mind.
Yes,
G _ I'm my
Cm father's son.
_ _ _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .