Chords for Joshua Kadison - My Father's Son

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_ _ _ _ [Eb] The moon ain't made of cheese, you'd say.
[Bb] _ So find your own truth along the [Ab] way.
_ Santa Claus and his magic sleigh had to be you
[Bb] in the rain that [Eb] day.
And the superheroes on TV, [Bb] _ _ Saturdays we'd pretend to be.
_ [Ab] You'd say, boys, well, it seems to me
you're the best heroes [Bb] this world will ever [Cm] see. _
_ _ _ _ _ [Ab] You're the best [Bb] heroes this world will ever [Ab] see. _
_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] And after [Bb] all's been said and done [Fm] in my battles
for [Ab] independence won, [Eb] I'm proud to say [Bb] that I'm my [Ab] father's son. _
_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ After [Bb] all's been said and done [Fm] in my battles
for [Ab] independence _ [Eb] won, hear me, you [Bb] old sly son [Cm] of a gun.
_ [Ab] _ _ _ I'm proud to [Bb] say that I'm my [Eb] father's son.
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_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] Fool thinks he ain't bought and sold,
[Bb] _ because every man sells a bit of his soul
[Fm] to bring his family home some [Ab] gold.
_ Before he knows [Bb] he's gotten [Eb] old, your boys are not baseball [Bb] stars.
You never got that fleet of fancy [Fm] cars.
And mama left you for the distant _ [Ab] stars.
But you never showed [Bb] your battle [Cm] scars. _ _ _
_ _ _ [Ab] You never did like [Bb] to show your battle [Ab] scars. _ _
_ _ _ [Eb] And after all's [Bb] been said and done in [Fm] my battles
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[Ab] independence won, [Eb] I'm proud to say [Bb] that I'm my father's [Ab] son. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Eb] _ After all's [Bb] been said and done in [Fm] my battles
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for independence won, [Eb] hear me, you old [Bb] sly [Cm] son of a gun.
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_ _ _ I'm proud to [Bb] say that I'm my [Eb] father's son. _ _ _
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_ _ _ [Eb] _ You made mistakes, but you made them well.
_ [Bb] You got up each time you [Fm] fell.
You [Ab] paid your price and you lived some hell.
But didn't it [Eb] make the tales [Bb] you tell?
[Eb] We learned to laugh.
We learned to bend.
[Bb] We learned the lessons never end.
[Ab] And I'm the luckiest fool who's been to be your son
[Bb] and to get to call [Cm] you Fred, _ _ _ _ to [Ab] get to be your son
[Bb] and to call you my [Eb] best [Ab] friend. _
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_ _ Oh, [Eb] and after [Bb] all's been said and done [Fm] in my [Ab] battles _
for independence won, [Eb] I'm proud to say [Bb] that I'm my [Ab] father's son. _ _
_ _ _ _ [Eb] _ After [Bb] all's been said and done [Fm] in my battles
for [Ab] independence _ [Eb] won, hear me, you [Bb] old sly son [Cm] of a gun. _
[Ab] _ _ _ _ I'm proud to say [Bb] that I'm my father's [Cm] son. _ _
_ _ I'm [Ab] proud to say [Bb] that I'm my father's [Cm] son. _ _
_ _ _ [Ab] I'm proud to say [Bb] that I'm my father's [Eb] son. _ _
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