Chords for Judy Collins - My Father

[G] When I first started writing songs, [Gm] I have of course have been singing other people's songs for a long time [Bb]
and
[D] _ I'm still [G] rather [Am] a slow writer, [Bb] but this was about the fourth [Eb] song that I wrote _ [Bb] and
_ It's [Eb] _ _ [Gm] not as [Bbm] entirely autobiographical as [Bb] it sounds _ only in sentiment
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[F] My [Bb] father [Eb] always _ [Bb] promised _ [Eb] us
_ [Cm] That we would live [Bb] in _ France
[F] _ _ [Bb] _ _
We'd [F] go boating
[Eb] _ _
[Bb] on the _ _ [Cm] Seine
_ And I would learn to _ [F] dance _
[Gm] _ _ _ We lived in [C] Ohio
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ [F] _ _ _
[Am] He [Dm] worked in the mine _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ On his [Bb] dreams like boats
We [Eb] knew we would set _ [Db] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] in [Bb] time
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[Bb] _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ [F] _ All [Eb] my sisters _ [Bb] soon were _ [Eb] gone
[Cm] To Denver and [Bb] _ Cheyenne _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ Marrying [Eb] their grown [Bb]-up _ _ [Cm]
dreams
The lilacs [Bb] and the man
[F] _ _ I [Gm] _ _ _ _
stayed [C] behind the youngest _
_ [F] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [Dm]
Still
The [F] colors _ [Ab] _ _
_ _ of [Bb] my father's [Eb] dreams [Bb] _ [Eb] were _ faded _
[Cm] _ _ [Db] _ _ _ Without _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] a song _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ [Eb] and I live in [Bb] Paris [Eb] now
_ My [Cm] children [Bb] dance and _ _ [F]
dream
_ [Bb] Hearing [F] the ways [Eb] of _ [Bb] miners lie
_ [Eb] _
In [Cm] words they've [F] only _ _ seen _ [Gm] _ _ I say
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ [Am] Lie _ _
[Dm] _ across the Seine
[Fm] _ _
_ [Ab] _ And watch the [Bb] _ Paris sun
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _
Set [Cm] in my mother's [Db] arms _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] Again _ _
_ _ [F] My _ [Bb] _ _ _
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_ father [Eb] always _ [Bb] promised us
_ [Eb] _ _ [Cm] That we would live in [Bb] _ _ _ _ France _
We'd [F] go boating
_ [Eb] _ _
_ [Bb] On the _ [Cm] Seine
And I would learn [F] to _ _ _ _ [Gm] dance
_ _ [Bb] I sail [C] my memories of _ [F] home
_ [Am] Like _ [Dm] _ _ boats across the Seine
[Fm] _ _ [Ab] And watch the Paris [Bb] sun _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ Set in my _ [Db] father's _ arms _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] Again _ _
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